8 Amendments of Louis GRECH related to 2011/2107(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. CIs of the opinion that, on research and innovation, the European Union is falling behind larger economies like the USA and Japan, as well as huge emerging ones like China; therefore it is encouraging that the Commission is proposing a Common Strategic Framework which should ensure that EU funds on research and innovation are utilised in an effective manner; considers that a more integrated approach is needed to further develop education, research and innovation and to achieve the objective of investing 3% of GDP in research and development; calls for the Common Strategic Framework to promote coordination between research and innovation programmes and the cohesion funds, though not to the detriment of the resources allocated to the funds;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is convinced that investments in research, innovation and education are key elements towards achieving a highly competitive social market economy in Europe; endorses the fact that the re- launch of the single market should open new horizons in the research and innovation sector with an emphasis on knowledge and technology, which constitute a driving force for the future economic development of a competitive service-based society;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Believes that innovation and creativity are essential to economic recovery and that the importance of converting the Union’s scientific and technological breakthroughs into new goods and services cannot be underestimated; expects that sufficient funds and new investments should be allocated in order to create a genuine single market for knowledge, attracting more innovative- friendly businesses and entrepreneurs, creating new high added value jobs and addressing major societal challenges;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that, in order to ensure European competitiveness at global level, urgent improvements are needed in order to resolve outstanding issues such as intellectual property rights and in particular the community patent, European standardisation, public procurement and access to private finance, amongst others;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates that there are still many SMEs which carry out minimal or no research activities, therefore is of the opinion that the European Commission and Member States should recognise the importance of SMEs in boosting innovation in Europe by further simplifying research and innovation programmes, developing more standardised rules and procedures and making research programmes more accessible for all types of small and micro businesses in EU; Takes the view that the Commission should allocate part of the research budget to SMEs run by young people and businesswomen, rewarding the establishment of networks or clusters;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Taking into account the fact that the EU is the largest market in the world and that the world economy is becoming more and more knowledge-intensive, the different EU instruments for research and innovation should constantly adapt and respond to market developments, taking into account the consumer perspective;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Proposes that the Commission should find concrete benchmarks to measure innovation performance and progress for all the different EU instruments of research and innovation; believes that enhancing the dissemination of information and the results achieved from different funding programmes and projects is needed to improve understanding of the innovation process and to reduce the gap between European citizens and scientific and technological development;