16 Amendments of Daniel BUDA related to 2015/2279(INI)
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas mountain areas make a positive contribution to sustainable development and the preservation of regional ecosystems, and in many cases offer great potential for conversion to organic farming and quality agriculture systems;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the lack of investment in mountain areas contributes to the widening gap between these and other areas;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the coordination of EU policies, strategies and programmes that have an indirect effect upon mountainous regions, such as Horizon 2020, COSME, LIFE, Natura 2000, the EU Broadband Strategy, the EU Climate Adaptation Strategy, the EU Environment Action Programme, the Connecting Europe Facility, European Territorial Cooperation, ESI Funds and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), as well as macroregional strategy initiatives; calls on the Commission to consider the specific application of these programmes to mountainous regions;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a substantial increase in allocations of ESI Funds at national level for undeveloped mountainous areas, using a multi-sectoral policy approach, where possible; calls on the Member States to encourage investment in mountain areas by favouring operational programme funding for such areas;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages the Member States to make use of tools such as the Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) and the Community-led Local Development (CLLD) instruments in support of the development of mountainous areas, in view of their specific development potential and objectives;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop strategies between local authorities, civil society and economic players in mountain ranges in order to determine joint action plans for the promotion, development and protection of the mountain ranges in question; welcomes and supports in this regard the Alpine macro-regional strategy initiative; recommends strengthening policies on mountain regions, since the pasturing and stock-breeding industries have an extremely important role to play in mitigating climate change and in helping to adjust and reduce vulnerability to it, particularly through sound grassland management;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that the European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) instrument offers an excellent opportunity to share best practices and knowledge among mountainous regions, and calls for a specific mountain dimension in the future ETC; welcomes initiatives, such as ‘Policies against depopulation in mountainous areas’ (PADIMA), that are aimed to address the specific problems faced by mountainous regions; welcomes initiatives to attract young people into the agricultural sector and calls on the Commission to develop similar programmes for mountain areas;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that SMEs in mountainous regions are faced with serious difficulties owing to lack of accessibility, infrastructure, connectivity and human resources; urges the Member States accordingly to give priority to investment in infrastructure and services in mountain areas to facilitate the development of integrated production systems; calls on the Commission to pay specific attention to the development of SMEs in mountainous regions, and to combine the European Fund for Regional Development (ERDF), EARDF resources and the COSME programme in a holistic and effective policy approach to supporting SMEs;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that measures under the second pillar of the CAP must ensure the sustainability and diversification of agricultural production in mountain areas by supporting the emergence of projects that create added value, innovation projects, agricultural investment projects and farm development projects and projects to maintain processing enterprises; stresses that these funds should be used as tools to boost the competitiveness of the regional agricultural sector and / or as a means of allowing the economic diversification of farms; emphasises that mountain areas are able to produce food of high ecological value for a growing consumer segment and calls on the Commission and the competent authorities in the Member States to support the development of products from mountain areas;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the essential character of measures to support generational renewal and the establishment of active young farmers, in particular by organising access to multidisciplinary training enabling them to carry out various activities simultaneously and successively over the year; encourages Member States to help local authorities in mountain areas to develop infrastructure projects aimed at making it more attractive to establish farms in those areas;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recognises the need for support from the EARDF, and believes that its synergy with ESI Funds could have a positive impact in mountainous regions; calls on the Commission help develop multiple agricultural production, tourist development and environmental protection activities;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need to foster integrated production systems and takes the view that promoting related agri-tourism oriented activities will contribute to the development of mountain areas;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for the improvement of healthcare facilities in mountainous regions, where necessary; advocates the development of voluntary work for the provision of public services, taking into account best practices in certain Member States;
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that such approaches help maintain and create local markets and short supply chains and initiate approaches geared to quality and promoting and protecting products (‘mountain products’, Protected Designations of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) and Traditional Specialty Guaranteed (TSG)); in this connection, encourages local authorities to provide logistic support to farmers for the transportation, sale and storage of agricultural products;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Insists that reaching EU renewable energy targets must not come at the cost of nature and the environment; recalls that, in some cases, hydropower and biomass extraction may be highly damaging for ecosystems, while wind and solar energy plants can harm the landscape; calls on the Member States to strike a balance between renewable energy exploitation in mountain areas and environmental protection;