4 Amendments of Jorgo CHATZIMARKAKIS related to 2009/2243(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes - while acknowledging that Community programmes such as SF, FP7 and CIP differ in their primary focus, mechanism and administration - that diverse rules, procedures and practices unnecessarily hinder effective implementation; calls for a more harmonised approach, better coordination and more exchange of information between the different programmes; (to eligibility rules, standard unit costs, lump-sums, etc.), better coordination (of schedules of calls for proposals, themes and types of calls, etc.) and more exchange of information between the different programmes; sees a clear need for more expertise on the regional level regarding application for Community funding, administrative and financial procedures, fund management and financial engineering; in this respect, calls on the Commission to act as a facilitator and to provide joint guidance on Community funding opportunities through ex-ante guidance notes;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on regional authorities to make better use of the SF to build up research, knowledge and innovation capacity in their regions, for instance by setting up research infrastructure, enabling them to take part in EU research and innovation activities; encourages regions to establish R&D priorities that are complementary with those of FP7;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports stronger collaboration between national FP7 contact points , managers of R&D programmes and regional innovation agencies, allowing different aspects or phases of research and innovation projects to be funded from different sources; recommends closer cooperation between the Enterprise Europe Network and the Structural Funds’ managing authorities and a closer link between the Lead- Market Initiative, Technology Platforms and regional technological roadmaps;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that regional innovation could benefit from a clear strategic approach that fosters regional partnerships between business, universities and research institutes in specific fields (cluster forming); in this respect, highlights the new Knowledge and Innovation Communities created in the framework of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, linking up leading European knowledge-intensive regional clusters;