12 Amendments of Linda McAVAN related to 2018/0225(COD)
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – paragraph 19
Annex I – paragraph 19
Greater impact will be obtained through aligning actions with other nations and regions of the world within an international cooperation effort of unprecedented scale. Based on mutual benefit, partners from across the world, to develop a shared future based on sustainable development bringing together knowledge capacity and infrastructure to support actions on both sides. Based on mutual benefit, partners from across the world, including research and education partners, industry, government and NGOs, will be invited to join EU efforts as an integral part of initiatives in support of EU action for sustainability, reinforced research and innovation excellence, and competitiveness. The transfer of knowledge, capacity and infrastructure between the partners internationally will drive shared approaches and regulation that will bring synergistic trading to both.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – paragraph 20
Annex I – paragraph 20
International joint action will ensure effective tackling of global societal challenges and Sustainable Development Goals, access to the world’s best talents, expertise and resources, and enhanced supply and demand of innovative solutions. International collaboration and cooperation will be designed around common goals requiring international collaboration. This will facilitate European researchers to engage with the best researchers in their field.
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 3
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 3
Health research and innovation research and innovation, including product development, have played a significant part in this achievement but also in improving productivity and quality in the health and care industry. However, the EU continues to face novel, newly emerging or persisting challenges that are threatening its citizens and public health, the sustainability of its health care and social protection systems, as well as the competitiveness of its health and care industry. Major health challenges in the EU include: the lack of effective health promotion and disease prevention; the rise of non-communicable diseases; the spread of antimicrobial drug resistance and the emergence of infectious epidemics; increased environmental pollution; the persistence of health inequalities among and within countries affecting disproportionally people that are disadvantaged or in vulnerable stages of life; the detection, understanding, control, prevention and mitigation of health risks in a rapidly changing social, urban and natural environment; the increasing costs for European health care systems and the progressive introduction of personalised medicine approaches and digitalisation in health and care; and the increasing pressure on the European health and care industry to remain competitive in and by developing health innovation vis-a-vis new and emerging global players.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 4
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 4
These health challenges are complex, interlinked and global in nature and require multidisciplinary, cross-sectorial and transnational collaborations. Research and innovation activities will build close linkages between discovery, clinical, epidemiological, environmental and socio- economic research as well as with regulatory sciences. They will harness the combined skills of academia, not-for-profit product developers and industry and foster their collaboration with health services, patients, policy-makers and citizens in order to leverage on public funding and ensure the uptake of results in clinical practice as well as in health care systems. They will foster strategic collaboration at EU and international level in order to pool the expertise, capacities and resources needed to create economies of scale, scope and speed as well as to share the expected benefits and financial risks involved.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 1
Protecting people against cross-border health threats and poverty-related and neglected diseases is a major challenge for public health, calling for effective international cooperation at EU and global level. This will involve as well as coordination between EU funding instruments in R&I and international development. This will involve developing tools for prevention, preparedness, early detection, treatment and cure of infectious diseases, and also tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) following a ‘One Health approach’.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
– Vaccines, diagnostics, treatments and cures for infectious diseases, including co-morbidities and co-infections with priority for diseases significantly impacted by antimicrobial resistance ;
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
– Trans-border aspects ofand research and product development in infectious diseases and specific challenges in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), such as tuberculosis, HIV and malaria as well as neglected tropical diseases.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 1
Human activities are exerting increasing pressure on soils, seas and oceans, water, air, biodiversity and other natural resources. Nourishing the planet’s growing population is directly dependent on the health of natural systems and resources. However, combined with climate change, humanity’s growing demand for natural resources creates environmental pressures that go far beyond sustainable levels, affecting ecosystems and their capacity to provide services for human well-being. Growth in food production is not matching growth in global population. This requires breakthroughs in intensification of production. The concepts of the circular economy, the bioeconomy and the blue economy provide an opportunity to balance environmental, social and economic goals and to set human activities on a path to sustainability. At the same time, we must ensure nutrition and health are central to how our food production systems are implemented.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
– Sustainable and healthy diets for people’s well-being across their lifespan ensuring that food production and processing systems are designed from the ground up with nutritional needs in mind.;
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 a (new)
- The use of new genomic and metabolomics technologies to recognise and meet the different nutritional needs of our global population to produce positive health impacts. Combining these two advancing technologies with the right regulatory, governance and knowledge transfer structures will create a powerful combination of healthy, nutritious food, targeted to specific population segments that takes full account of the local environment, culture and resources.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 7 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 7 a (new)
- Addressing the four central challenges of sustainability, production, nutrition and economic growth at a global level through dedicated Sustainable Development Infrastructure for Agrifood (SDIA).Future economies will be built, not on the physical resources of the past, but on data flows, knowledge and collaboration. The objective of the SDIAs will be to: - enable the EU & Lesser Developed Countries (LDCs)develop a shared future based on sustainable development - facilitate collaboration bringing knowledge, capacity and infrastructure to support actions on both sides - meet regional and local needs, in such way that allows the sharing of baseline knowledge across a network of institutes participating in the SDIA within Europe. - Develop synergies with the EU Neighbourhood, Development and International Co-operation Instrument(2021-27) under Horizon Europe rules.
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 2 – point 1 – indent 5
Annex I – part II – point 6 – point 6.2 – point 6.2.2 – paragraph 2 – point 1 – indent 5
– Research on newly emerging health issues and health threats, large scale epidemics of infectious diseases and health threats with special attention for the threat of antimicrobial resistance.