25 Amendments of Britta THOMSEN related to 2011/2107(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, based on the budget review, the European Commission has decided to launch a debate to improvmaximise the efficiency of research and innovation funding at national and EU levels and to handle the allocation of financial resources for EU research and innovation programs as a top-priority of the EU,
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the European Commission to implement gender budgeting in the CSF; mainstreaming in the CSF – including all programmes forming part of the CSF – by collecting gender- disaggregated data on the representation of women and men and on the allocation of funding;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas we are currently experiencing an economic and social crisis (which is affecting EU Member States in very different ways), and whereas research, education and innovation are crucial instruments for both economic recovery and job creation, as well as for the definition of a sustainable and inclusive growth model; whereas the main EU priority should be to maximise the growth and jobs potential of the EU by achieving the aims of the EU 2020 flagship initiatives,
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the European Commission to make a special effort to increase the number of female entrepreneurs in the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP); 1welcomes the Commission’s plans to set up networks for female employers, but notes that a number of ambitious measures are needed; Or. da See Report on equality between women and men 2010 (COM(2009) 694)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas other regions and countries of the world are increasingly investing in R&D&I, and whereas EU investment in this domain should therefore be oriented towards a reinforcement of scientific capacity and an improvement in overall EU competitive capacity; whereas the creation of a consistent set of support tools along the whole “innovation chain" is needed, ensuring proper balance between the academically oriented research, the applied scientific research and innovation,
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists on using the Cohesion FundPolicies to finance initiatives aimed at increasing female employment in technology and innovation and educating female researchers;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas there is an enormous untapped potential for coordinating the 27 national research programmes so as to avoid wasting resources on duplicated work and unnecessary administration,
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises the importance of promoting non-gender-segregated research areas; calls on universities, EU institutions and Member States to promote science as a field of interest to both sexes from the early stages of education by promoting female researchers as role models and implementing information campaigns on the possibility of becoming a researcher.
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance of women being represented in leading positions in research institutes as well as in specific research projects;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the great importance of SMEs for the EU economy and employment is not mirrored in their level of access to EU R&D&I funds; whereas the participation of SMEs in R&D&I projects should reach the level of 15%, thus promoting Europe's competitive base,
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas, in the light of the global crisis, there is a need for a paradigm shift in EU research from a rigid topic-based approach to a focus on the major societal challenges facing the world,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas poverty-related and neglected diseases hamper economic development, especially in developing countries; whereas the diseases affect more than a billion people and cause millions of deaths every year,
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that a strong link needs to be forged between the common strategic framework and the ‘New skills and jobs’ flagship initiative, so as to exploit the job creation potential of the framework programme;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls the importance of assuring continuity of successful instruments (including JTIs) between the 7th Framework Programme and the next Common Strategic Framework in particular in the cooperation programmes that have proven their value; believes that the need of specific sectors must be taken into account in order to meet the European long term objectives and that enough room and opportunity should be left also for new players;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the need to enhance the flexibility of the common strategic framework, not only so that appropriations can be moved between the individual chapters and calls, but also so that the CSF is flexible enough to allow appropriations to be allocated to meet major societal challenges that arise during the budget period;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. This layer is the space for overall research, fundamental and applied, and social sciences and humanities; coordination participants are universities and, research centres/institutes, although the industrial sector should be encouraged to participatebusinesses and NGOs;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that the European Research Council (ERC) has proved to be successful and ahas made a contribution as an effective and strengthening element of the European Research Area (ERA); stresses the need to increase the appropriations allocated to the ERA in the common strategic framework and thus strengthen excellence in research; stresses the need to increase the proportion of the budget dedicated to grants to young researchers, as well to strengthen Marie Curie actions and initiatives, thus reinforcing mobility; calls for the implementation of the necessary measures to cope with the precarious conditions of scientific workers in the EU as a means to attract and retain researchers, bearing in mind that precarious working conditions (which are still more prevalent for women) constitute a bottleneck on the way to achieving excellence in Europe;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. This layer is the space for marketing of products and services and generation of public wealth; businesses, and in particular innovative SMEs, play a pivotal role here in developing novel products and services;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. The funding scheme within this layer is covered by EU funding associated with CIP, access to credit enhancement by the EIF and specific loans from the EIB (mainly covering projects under EUR 50 million), and cooperation with the Structural Funds associated with entrepreneurship; additionally, suggests the creation of a new funding instrument – the EU SME Bank – which should act in articulation with national contact points and financial institutions designated by the MSrecalls that the Risk Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF) has proven itself successfully as an instrument for innovation financing; believes that the RSFF should further be applied in such a way that a granting of funds at a small level is possible via national intermediates;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for consolidation of multidisciplinary research and recognition of the social dimension of research; in this context, recalls that great societal challenges (such as climate change, demographic ageing, energy supply, mobility and infrastructure, world health, migration and resources sustainability) cannot be dealt with only through technological responses and that therefore European research in social sciences and humanities is a pivotal asset in successfully addressing them;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for a balance to be kept between bottom-up (cooperative) and top-down projects (‘great societal challenges’), as well as for smaller bottom-up projects and bottom-up research cooperation to be facilitated;
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Stresses the need for continued investment in and accelerated research on the development of tools to tackle poverty related and neglected diseases and the need to continue to build national research capacity and to ensure affordable access to the results of the research, especially in developing countries;