9 Amendments of Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI related to 2011/0402(CNS)
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Horizon 2020 pursues three priorities, namely generating excellent science (“Excellent science”), creating industrial and agricultural leadership (“Industrial and agricultural leadership”) and tackling societal challenges (“Societal challenges”). Those priorities should be implemented by a specific programme consisting of three Parts on indirect actions and one Part on the direct actions of the Joint Research Centre (JRC).
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) There is a critical need to reinforce and extend the excellence of the Union’s science base and ensure a supply of world class research and talent to secure Europe's long term competitiveness and well-being. Part I “Excellent science” should support the activities of the European Research Council on frontier research, future and emerging technologies, Marie Curie Actions and European researchthe research infrastructures of Member States jointly forming a European network of science infrastructures. These activities should aim at building competence in the long term, focusing strongly on the next-generation of science, systems and researchers, and providing support for emerging talent from across the Union and from associated countries. Union activities to support excellent science should help consolidate the European Research Area and make the Union’s science system more competitive and attractive on a global scale.
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The direct actions of the Joint Research Centre should be implemented in a flexible, efficient and transparent manner, taking into account the relevant needs of the users of the Union and Joint Research Centre and Union policies, as well as respecting the objective of protecting the Union's financial interests. Those research actions should be adapted where appropriate to these needs and to scientific and technological developments and aim to achieve scientific excellence.
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Joint Research Centre should continue to generate additional resources through competitive activities, including participation to the indirect actions of Horizon 2020, third -party work and, to a lesser extent, the exploitation of intellectual property.
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
d) strengthening European researchthe research infrastructures of the Member States forming a European network of science infrastructures, including e- infrastructures.
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Part II “Industrial and agricultural leadership” shall strengthen industrial and agricultural leadership and competitiveness in accordance with the priority “Industrial and agricultural leadership” set out in Article 5(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No XX/2012 [Horizon 2020] by pursuing the following specific objectives:
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The specific programme shall be assessed in relation to results and impact as measured against performance indicators, including, where appropriate, publications in high impact journals, the circulation of researchers, the accessibility of research infrastructures, investments mobilised via debt financing and venture capital, SMEs introducing innovations new to the company or the market, references to relevant research activities in policy documents as well as occurrences of specific impacts on policies and the implementation of research results in practice.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
The work programmes for the implementation of the Parts I, II and III referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 2(2) shall set out the objectives pursued, the expected results, the method of implementation and their total amount, including indicative information on the amount of climate related expenditure, where appropriate. They shall also contain a description of the actions to be financed, an indication of the amount allocated to each action, an indicative implementation timetable, as well as a multi-annual approach and strategic orientations for the following years of implementation. They shall include for grants the priorities, the essential evaluation criteria and the maximum rate of co-financing. They shall allow for bottom-up approaches that address the objectives in innovative ways.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.1. – paragraph 3
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.1. – paragraph 3
Particular attention will be paid to ensuring a broad approach to innovation, which is not only limited to the development of new products and services on the basis of scientific and technological breakthroughs, but which also incorporates aspects such as the use of existing technologies in novel applications, continuous improvement, non-technological and social innovation and implementation in practice. Only a holistic approach to innovation can at the same time tackle societal challenges and give rise to new competitive businesses and industries.