14 Amendments of Julie WARD related to 2019/0151(COD)
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The EIT should give priority tofacilitate the transfer of its higher education, research and innovation activities to the business context and their commercial application, as well as tond it should supporting the creation of start- ups, spin-offs and, small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), public-private partnerships, cooperatives, social enterprises and other sustainable organisational forms, including in the public and third sector.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) An EIT KIC on the cultural and creative sectors (‘CCS’) should empower networking opportunities, collaboration, co-creation and know-how transfer between education, research, businesses, public institutions and cultural organisations within the cultural and creative sectors and with other sectors of the society and the economy. It should catalyse bottom-up and top-down initiatives at regional, national and Union levels. It should also develop the necessary framework conditions for the creation and scale-up of new ventures in innovative ecosystems. It should provide researchers and students in many disciplines (including arts, humanities, business, social sciences and applied hard sciences) and entrepreneurs from the CCS and other sectors (including social entrepreneurs) with the knowledge and skills necessary to deliver innovative solutions and to turn them into new economic opportunities and social and community undertakings.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11 b) The EIT should foster multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral cooperation as one of the key domains where innovation takes place. It should strive to foster cooperation between the economic, technological, societal and scientific spheres, including the arts and humanities. The EIT should contribute to the emergence of science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) communities by strengthening the links between the KICs.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) It is expected that industry, the finance and service sectors will contribute significantly to the budget of the KICs. The KICs should aim at maximising the share of contributions from the private sector and achieving financial sustainability . The third sector and the public sector, particularly at a local and regional level, should also be considered as contributors to the financial sustainability of the KICs. The KICs and their partner organisations should publicise the fact that their activities are undertaken in the context of the EIT and that they receive a financial contribution from the general budget of the Union.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘innovation’ means the process, including its outcome, by which new ideas respond to societal or, economic or cultural needs and demand and generate new products, services, processes or business and organisational models that are successfully introduced into an existing market or that are able to create new markets and thator to provide value to society in non-market domains;
Amendment 46 #
(1 a) 'social innovation' is a subset of innovation activities aiming at developing new ideas, goods, services, processes and models to better address social issues, to create social relationships and to form new collaborations, that invites input from public and private actors, including civil society, to address unmet social challenges more effectively.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘partner organisation’ means any legal entity which is a member of a KIC and may include, in particular, higher education institutions, vocational education and training providers, research organisations, public or private companiinstitutions, public and private companies, social enterprises, financial institutions, regional and local authorities, foundations and non-profit organisations;
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The EIT’s mission is to contribute to addressing major challenges faced by society and to boost sustainable Union economic growth and competitiveness by reinforcing the scientific, economic, technological and societal innovation capacity of theall Member States and the Union in order to address major challenges faced by the society. It shall do this by promoting synergies and cooperation among partners and across sectors, and by integrating, higher education, research and innovation of the highest standards, including by fostering entrepreneurship.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a General objectives The general objectives of the EIT shall be: (a) to strengthen sustainable challenges- based innovation ecosystems throughout the Union that help to tackle global challenges; (b) to foster the development of entrepreneurial and innovation skills in a lifelong learning perspective, including increasing capacities of Union higher education institutions across the Union, and to support their entrepreneurial transformation; and (c) to bring new solutions to global and societal challenges to the market, whilst also facilitating other forms of sustainable social uptake. The EIT shall develop synergies with other Union programmes and shall bring added value within Horizon Europe. The implementation shall take place through support to KICs and EIT-coordinated activities.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) promote multidisciplinary approaches to innovation, including social innovation, through the integration of technological, social and non-technological solutions, organisational approaches and new business models;
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) innovation activities and investments with European added value , including thefacilitating support tofor the creation and development of innovative businessof innovative start-ups and social ventures, and the development of innovative businesses and other organisational forms, in complementarity with the EIC and the InvestEU, Erasmus+ and Creative Europe programmes, fully integrating the higher education and research dimensions to attain a critical mass and stimulating the dissemination and exploitation of results;
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) outreach activities and the dissemination of best practices in the innovation sector with a focus on the development of cooperation between higher education, research and business, including the service and financial sectors, as well as public and third-sector organisations;
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a KIC in the Cultural and Creative Sectors (CCS) 1. For the period 2021-2027, a new KIC in the field of CCS shall be launched, to harness the potential of arts and culture- based creativity, help strengthen the competitiveness and smart growth of the Union and tackle societal challenges. 2. The KIC on CCS shall: (a) reduce the fragmentation of the CCS’ innovation landscape by fostering the creation of innovation, including social innovation, ecosystems connecting all actors and networks across sectors and disciplines at local, regional, national and Union levels; (b) train the next generation of creators in the CCS sectors by equipping them with the necessary social and business entrepreneurial and technical skills needed to thrive in a fast changing environment; (c) contribute to the development of the right framework conditions to transform ideas into new technological developments and social innovation that improve the quality of life and benefit Union citizens; (d) foster the creation and development of new ventures in the CCS by mobilising investment from the public sector, including at a local and regional level, and the third sector, as well as a long- term commitment from the business sector; (e) establish synergies with the existing KICs, as well as with other European partnerships, programmes and initiatives to drive innovation beyond CCS in other sectors; (f) strengthen the position of the Union as a global actor in CCS by harnessing Europeans’ creativity and cultural diversity.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I a (new)
Annex I a (new)