4 Amendments of Ana MIRANDA related to 2012/2042(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the European Council to preserve the cohesion policy budget for the next programming period, as the Structural and Cohesion Funds are among the EU's most effective instruments for creating growth and jobs, increasing competitiveness of the European economy and supporting SMEs; and offer employment to unprotected vulnerable groups such as youth, women and migrants;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need for better coordination and synergy between different European, national and regional polices directly addressing SMEs; points out that existing initiatives and financial instruments for SME support should be more coherent, and should complement each other; stresses the need to reduce fragmentation, and to consolidate financial support schemes for SMEs, in order to ensure greater pooling and coordination of resources at European, local, regional and national levels; emphasizes that competitiveness will also be increased if investments and aid for SMEs are adapted to regional diversity, in particular the diversity of languages across regions;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the Structural Funds should continue to provide financing to SMEs by means of equity, guarantees and loans, and, loans and utilizing the advantages offered by electronic administration also underlines that complex administrative procedures, as well as significant differences between the provisions applied respectively by managing authorities and intermediate bodies, should be avoided;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on Member States and on regional and local authorities to apply, on their respective levels, the instruments promoted by the Commission, such as competitiveness proofing, fitness checks and SME tests, in order to guarantee the policies’ overall effectiveness; calls on the European Commission to include support for the creation of SME joint ventures between regions of the Member States in the new programmes for territorial cooperation.