11 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2009/2243(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance placed by the EU 2020 strategy on research and innovation with a view to the EU’s becoming an intelligent, sustainable and integrative economy with high levels of employment, productivity and economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that investment in R&D, as also in innovation, education and resource-efficient technologies, will benefit traditional sectors and rural areas as much as it will high-skill service economies, and will therefore reinforce economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that in order to consolidate knowledge and innovation as motors of future economic growth, 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 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Supports the three flagship initiatives of the EU 2020 Strategy for achieving intelligent growth, namely ‘Innovation Union’, ‘Youth on the move’ and ‘A digital agenda for Europe’, in whose implementation the Structural Funds will have a key role to play;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that a strong and well- financed EU regional policy is a precondition for delivering the objectives of the EU 2020 Strategy in order to secure intelligent, sustainable and integrative growth, as well as for achieving social, economic and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the need to review and consolidate the role of the EU instruments that support innovation, namely the Structural Funds, the EAFRD, the Framework Programme for Research and Development, the CIP and the SET plan, 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;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Considers that the Structural Funds are the appropriate instrument for supporting local and regional authorities in their endeavours to promote creativity and innovation, but that this calls for greater flexibility so as to ensure the swift use of this funding for purposes of promoting business initiatives, especially on the part of innovative SMEs and microbusinesses;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Recommends that the entirety of the funding not spent in a given region under N+2 and N+3 be assigned to regionally based venture capital and seed capital funds which could offer, via the EIB, access to financing for SMEs, social enterprises and Community initiatives, or to the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, with a view to facilitating the retraining of workers in environment- friendly skills, or to a future Fund for Adaptation to Climate Change, the express aim being to create projects to aid innovation and development for SMEs;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Believes it is necessary to undertake a closer analysis of the territorial impact of the EU’s innovation policies, in order to identify and promote the most suitable means at European level of supporting local and regional investment in innovation; recalls the need to take account of the different social and economic circumstances of the three types of region (convergence, transition and competitiveness), and the variations in creative and innovative capacity and entrepreneurial spirit;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Supports the proposal of the Committee of the Regions for the creation of a ‘virtual creativity network’ that would be open to all (businesses, local and regional authorities, central public authorities, the private sector and the citizens) and would provide advice, assistance and access to venture capital and technical services; stresses that a virtual network offers the additional advantage of giving the inhabitants of islands, outlying regions, rural areas, mountain areas and sparsely populated areas easier access to expert advice, education and information, business support and financial guidance;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Insists on the importance of taking account of equal opportunities when assessing the suitability of projects and determining access to funding from the Structural Funds and other Community instruments;