Activities of Matthijs van MILTENBURG related to 2015/2278(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs - Cohesion Policy and Research and Innovation Strategies for smart specialisation (RIS3) - European territorial cooperation - best practices and innovative measures - EU strategy for the Alpine region (debate) NL
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on Cohesion Policy and Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) PDF (396 KB) DOC (123 KB)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
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4. Is of the opinion that the S3 platform in Seville plays a key role in advising and benchmarking regions on their innovation strategies, helping lagging regions and enhancing multi-level governance and synergies between regions; stresses that the platform should develop mentoring activities in lagging regions, as well as by providing information, methodologies, expertise and advice to national and regional policy makers; stresses that the platform should make a continuous effort to update its database, taking into account the local needs, specificities and priorities of regions and cities;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
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8. Highlights the importance of close coordination throughout the whole implementation phase between the development of the RIS3 and the management of the operational programmes and the RIS3;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
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10. Calls for the development of flexibility and coordination mechanisms linking the S3 platformto facilitate an integrated use of different funds and the Horizon 2020 programme, and encourages regions to use tools such as the Vanguard Initiative, the Seal of Excellence, the Knowledge Exchange Platform (KEP), the S3 platform and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) , as well as strategic cluster partnerships, with a view to boosting investment, enhancing coordination, creating synergies and promoting exchanges of views in order to avoid duplication and inefficient spending of public resources;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
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11. Calls on authorities to simplify procedures and reduce bottlenecks in the administrative process of the strategies; encourages investments in human capital, including via EU interregional partnerships, to increase administrative capacities and to manage and implementefforts to manage, implement and monitor the RIS3 process successfully;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
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19. Welcomes the concentration of these regional strategies on energy, health, information and communicatstrategies on the region's technology, advanced food materials, services, tourism, sustainable innovation, manufacturing systems and cultural and creative industries; regrets that only a few regions have created clusters in fields reflecting popular priorities, suchspecific specialisations and most competitive sectors; encourages the development of clusters in fields as renewable energy, sustainability, transport, the digital agenda, KETs and public health, and encourages more regions to do soall stakeholders to seek for cross-overs between sectors, as these cross-overs can foster innovations;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
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20. Calls for the use of existing tools like the Community Innovation Survey (CIS) for periodic monitoring – both quantitative and qualitative – of the implementation of the strategies; criticises the fact that both regions and Member States face similar problems in terms of evaluation of monitoring, and calls on regions to develop strong qualitative and quantitative measures, and to publish regular reports on achievements of their objectives, in order to better analyse the impact of RIS3;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
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21. Encourages regions and Member States to be proactive in the framework of the action plans, established with the Commission, in view of the target date of December 2016; asks them to set and implement their monitoring mechanism in a continuous review of the RIS3, focused on specifying priorities and strengthening the links between priorities and concrete economic, regional structure and the future development perspectives;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
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26. Asks DG Regio and the S3 platform to draft, and widely disseminate, a short policy paper on the past RIS3 experience, focused on the following areas: a SWOT analysis of the experience; lessons learned by regions and main pitfalls observed for each of the six steps described in the RIS3 guide; recommendations and standardised templates for a continuous improvement of the RIS3 to better design the strategies after 2020; human capacity needed to successfully design and implement a RIS3;