7 Amendments of Anne SANDER related to 2016/2147(INI)
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Understands that the FP intends to incentivise industry participation in order to increase R&D spending by industry16 ; regrets that industries have not increased their share ofwelcomes the fact that industry already funds two-thirds of total R&D spending; asks the Commission to assessfurther promote the added value of funding for industry- driven instruments such as Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs), which account for a large share of the budget17 , and further underline the coherence and transparency of all joint initiatives18 ; _________________ 16 Two-thirds of the 3% of GDP for R&D should come from industry. 17 In total, the 7 JTIs account for more than EUR 7 billion of the H2020 funds, ca. 10% of the whole H2020 budget and more than 13% of the actual available funding for H2020 calls (ca. EUR 8 billion/year over 7 years). 18 See Council conclusions of 29 May 2015.
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Confirms that ‘excellence’ should remain the key criterion across the three pillars, while noting that it is only one of the three evaluation criteria, alongside ‘impact’ and ‘quality and efficiency of the implementation’; calls forwarns against the reweighting of these criteria and invites the Commission to set out additional sub- criteria by adding ‘SSH integration and geographical balance’ under ‘impact’ and ‘project size’ under ‘efficiency of the implementation’;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that SSH integration means SSH research in interdisciplinary projects and not an ex-post add-on to otherwise technological projectsis already well integrated in advisory groups, eligibility criteria and evaluation, and that the most pressing problems faced by the EU require methodological research that is more conceptually focused on SSH; calls on the Commission either to introduce a minimum percentage dedicated to SSH funding, or to create an evaluation sub- criterion that takes account of its inclusion in projectsdriven by excellence;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the fact that Open Access is now a general principle under Horizon 2020; highlights that the number of publications linked to projects up to December 201621 shows that new policies on enforcing the free sharing of data and ideas are required in order to make allthe maximum scientific data produced by future projects available by default, as the 100% objective is still a distant goalavailable; _________________ 21 OpenAIRE report: In H2020, 2017 (19%) out of a total number of 10684 projects have ended and 8667 are ongoing. OpenAIRE has identified 6133 publications linked to 1375 H2020 projects.
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to look for a solution to thincrease synergies between FP and other funds to tackle some research deficiencies facing convergence regions in some Member States, in application of the principle of additionality; regrets that financial allocations from the Structural and Investment Funds can lead to a reduction in national expenditure in regions where they apply, but insists that these must be additional to national public expenditure; calls also on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that investment in R&D is not accounted for as investment in relation to deficit objectives;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. NotesWelcome the fact that R&D investment by industry has not significantly increasedrepresents two- thirds of total research in the EU; in view of the generally scarce resources for public R&D spending, calls for industrial competitiveness to be supported by differentiating between mature and emerging sectors, thus allowing larger or more mature industries to participate in projects more at their own cost or through loanflexible instruments that best adapt to each sector's specificities;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Regrets the mixed set of results achieved by the gender equality focus in H2020, as the only target reached is the share of women in the advisory groups, while the share of women in the project evaluation panels and among project coordinators, and the gender dimension in research and innovation content, remain below target levels; encourages Member States to create a gender-positive legal and political environment and to provide incentives for change, and calls on the Commission to continue to promote gender equality and mainstreaming in FP9 and to consider the possibility of gender as a sub- criterion in the evaluation phase;