16 Amendments of Lambert van NISTELROOIJ related to 2009/2233(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the "Report of the Independent Expert Group on R&D and Innovation appointed following the Hampton Court Summit and chaired by Mr. Esko Aho" identifies the key areas - e-Health, Pharmaceuticals, Transport and Logistics, Environment, Digital Content, Energy, and Security - where a market for innovation can work and public policy can have a significant role,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas in order for the EU2020 targets to be achieved it is necessary to accept there is aknowledge the starting position of disparity in levels of development and in limitations, and that objectives should be set which tally with the real situation and needs that are identified by consulting with all the actors involved at the various levels of government,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, alongside the effects of the crisis, major challenges will have to be faced in coming years - adjusting to globalisation, demographic changes, climate change and energy-related issues - and the regions will play a crucial role in ensuring the conditions are in place to limit their impa the regions will play a crucial role in limiting the impact of the crisis effects on the public, and whereas these need to be bolstered, on the basis of identified needs,w challenges that the global crisis has created claim to be bolstered by harnessing the partnership principle and suitable instruments for ex-ante assessment of the territorial impact of different policy types,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas there are a range of working instruments and analytical methods, proposed at local and regional level, that help advance economic development and social inclusion, which demonstrates the involvement and commitment of local and regional actors to cohesion policy involvement of local and regional actors to cohesion policy is reflected in their regional and local strategies to advance economic development and social inclusion,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the economic competitiveness of regions that are lagging behind is being bolstered by the development of infrastructure of all typtheir capacities enabling access to education, research and innovation,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas, while some elements of the architecture of these instruments, such as the same time frame and alignment with the Lisbon agenda, allow for synergies, there are still differences, such as different legal bases, thematic versus territorial focus, and shared versus centralised management,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Appreciates that, in 2007-2013, in conformity with the second Community Strategic Guideline on cohesion, all Member States have devoted a significant amount of their total financial allocations to R&D, innovation and development of a knowledge-based economy, resulting in 246 National or Regional Operational Programmes with around EUR 86 billion allocated to research and innovation, of which EUR 50 billion have already been allocated for core R&D and innovation; notes that cohesion policy has become a major source of European support for this field, rivalling the budget of both FP7 (EUR 50.5 billion) and CIP (EUR 3.6 billion); points to the effectiveness and the possibility of determining quantified targets in terms of the amounts allocated to research and development spending;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recommends that Member States and the Commission allocate sufficient resources from the SF for research and innovation, in particular sustainable innovations, and strengthen research capacities; stresses the need to promote and apply successful models in the knowledge triangle and to ensure the sustainable development of regional research and strategic frameworks for innovation in collaboration with enterprises, research centres, universities and public authorities; highlights the potential of knowledge-intensive regional innovative clusters in mobilising regional competitiveness and welcomes the inclusion of cluster development in both CIP and FP7 (Regions of Knowledge action in FP7); highlights the new Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) established within the framework of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), linking up leading European knowledge-intensive regional clusters; notes that knowledge exchange in regional clusters can also be facilitated by Structural Funds; emphasises that such clusters represent a major opportunity for disadvantaged regions in particular;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the results of the URBAN and LEADER initiatives and believes that cohesion policy can create the framework for balanced rural-urban development; calls on the Commission to examine and propose working methodologies that promote urban-rural partnerships and stimulate sustainable urban development; both urban and rural areas play a dynamic role in regional economic development. Therefore, in the next programming period financial resources should be allocated for investment in urban as well as sub-urban and rural projects;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that the key indicator in deciding which areas are eligible for EU financial assistance should be the level of GDP and that the introduction of other indGDP remains the principal criterion for determining the eligibility of regions for Cohesion policy assistance but calls for the definition of complementary indicators taking into account the specific ators can only be admitted after studies have been conducted on their relevance and on the way in which that information is collected and processedtributes of each region; cohesion policy becomes more result oriented with increased efficiency and effectiveness, and this requires significant improvements of the monitoring and evaluation systems, including more rigorous appraisal methods and a stronger emphasis on impact evaluation; for this reason, it is important to identify indicators permitting the measurement of results and cross- programme comparisons;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that in order to consolidate knowledge and innovation as motors of future economic growth and European competitiveness, it is necessary to improve the quality of education, build on the results of research, promote innovation and the transfer of knowledge Union- wide, exploit ITCs to the maximum, ensure that innovative ideas are reflected in new products and services that generate growth and quality jobs and contribute to meeting the challenges of social change in Europe and the world, encourage entrepreneurship, prioritise user needs and market opportunities, and guarantee funding of an accessible and adequate nature on the basis of a key role for the Structural Funds;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the fact that economic, social and territorial cohesion provides an opportunity to harness the full potential of research, development and innovation and to ensure that the European public have better living standards and greater confidence in the EU; selective and combined investment in research, development and innovation must take into account regional and urban capacities and potentials and help develop this sectorkey areas such as e-Health, Pharmaceuticals, Transport and Logistics, Environment, Digital Content, Energy, and Security, by means of institutional development and capacity- building programmes;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that a strong and well- financed EU regional policy which benefits all EU regions is a precondition for delivering the objectives of the EU 2020 Strategy and European competitiveness, in order to secure intelligent, sustainable and integrative growth with high levels of employment and productivity, as well as for achieving social, economic and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Stresses the need to review and consolidate the role of the EU instruments that support European competitiveness with a view to rationalising administrative procedures, facilitating access to funding, especially for SMEs, and introducing innovative incentive mechanisms based on achieving objectives linked to intelligent, sustainable and integrative growth, as well as to promoting closer cooperation with the EIB;