Activities of Florent MARCELLESI related to 2016/2147(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Assessment of Horizon 2020 implementation (debate) ES
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on assessment of Horizon 2020 implementation in view of its interim evaluation and the Framework Programme 9 proposal
Amendments (17)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. having regard to Article 2 and Article 3(3), second subparagraph, of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-A a. having regard to Article 14(1) and Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC,
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-A a. whereas the EU is committed to promoting gender equality and ensuring gender mainstreaming in all of its actions;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the share of women in advisory groups in the period 2014-2015 was 51.9%1a, being this the only indicator linked to women's participation that met the target established, in this case a target of 50 %; _________________ 1aHorizon 2020 Monitoring report 2015. Available at http://ec.europa.eu/research/evaluations/p df/archive/h2020_monitoring_reports/sec ond_h2020_annual_monitoring_report.pd f
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas the share of women experts registered in the expert databases was 31.1% and of women participating in the evaluation panels 36.7%1b, both below their corresponding targets of 40%; _________________ 1bHorizon 2020 Monitoring report 2015. Available at http://ec.europa.eu/research/evaluations/p df/archive/h2020_monitoring_reports/sec ond_h2020_annual_monitoring_report.pd f
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas the gender dimension in research and innovation content was visible in 36.2 % of granted projects1c; _________________ 1cHorizon 2020 EU framework programme for research and innovation”, EPRS Study, February 2017
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
B d. whereas in the period 2014-2015 the share of women participants in Horizon 2020 projects was 35.8% of the total workforce, including non- researchers1d; _________________ 1dHorizon 2020 EU framework programme for research and innovation”, EPRS Study, February 2017
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
B e. whereas Horizon 2020, like all EU programmes, aims to achieve Europe 2020 as well as other international commitments such as the COP21 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including SDG 5 for gender equality; whereas these goals will not be achieved without new innovation, research and development;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the fact that applicants have the possibility to include training and specific studies on gender as eligible costs in their proposals;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Welcomes that gender balance in staff is one of the ranking factors in the evaluation criteria in Horizon 2020 but, considering that women only represent a 35.8% of the workforce, calls on the Commission to introduce a requirement of a minimum participation of 40% of the under-represented sex in the next Framework Programme;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Welcomes that the way sex and/or gender analysis is taken into account in a proposal is assessed by evaluators alongside the other relevant aspects of the proposal but regrets the fact that only 36.2% of the signed grants in the same period took into account the gender dimension in the research and innovation content ; calls, therefore, on the Commission to include the elaboration of a gender impact assessment as an ex-ante conditionality to apply to all grants under the Framework Programme 9;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Regrets that the share of women experts registered in the expert databases was 31.1% and of women participating in the evaluation panels 36.7%, not reaching the target of 40% of participation of the under-represented sex ; calls on the Commission to propose new measures to address this situation;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Notes that there are currently no indicators in place to assess the percentage of projects specifically addressing matters of gender equality and issues closely linked to gender equality such as, inter alia, health and in particular maternal and new born health, poverty related and neglected diseases which disproportionately affect women and children , food and nutrition, water and sanitation, and access to resources; nor to measure the percentage of calls for proposals that solicit such projects; calls on the Commission to include indicators on this in future Horizon 2020 annual monitoring reports and in the new Framework Programme;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that a further review is needed in order to assess the results, based also on indicators such as the percentage of women participants and women project coordinators in Horizon 2020, and to propose adjustments to the specific actions ifwhere required;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to show a firmer commitment to ensuring that gender mainstreaming be further strengthened within Horizon 2020 and the future framework programme 9, and calls for the development of gender equality targets in strategies, programmes and projects at all stages of the research cycle;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts to overcome remaining structural gender inequalities among researchers, particularly in working conditions –such as pay gaps and discriminatory contractual arrangements- and in the representation of women in governing boards of research institutions and universities6a; _________________ 6a C.f. She Figures 2015. https://ec.europa.eu/research/swafs/pdf/p ub_gender_equality/she_figures_2015- final.pdf#view=fit&pagemode=none
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls for the maintenance of an independent line of funding for gender- specific structural change projects (such as GERI for 2014-2016), as well as of other gender equality topics in research and innovation;