11 Amendments of Jamila MADEIRA related to 2008/2213(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas there is a need for the EU to combat negative economic trends and to do everything possible to ensure mobility for young peopleresearchers and to keepretain them in the European Union,
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the need to make a commitment to the proposed programme by adopting concrete proposals, as well as to ensure the rapid continuation of the objectives associated with the specific programme 'People' under the Seventh European Community Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration (2007- 2013);
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and Member States to launch a new policy aimed at ensuring that suitable social protection considerations are also included in short-term contracts;researchers' contracts; the adoption of a new incentives policy should focus not only on researchers' pay but also on their conditions of work and on family reunion and career continuity issues,
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that every effort should be made to accelerate the mutual recognition of qualifications acquired in third countries;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses its concern at the lack of flexible contracts for experienced researchers and researchers at the end of their careers, a circumstance which obstructs mobility and inhibits the proper exchange of knowledge and experience, and, therefore, the permanent improvement of research centres in the EU that can make Europe more attractive for researchers;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that more research projects should be entrusted to young researchers and that there is a need to facilitate autonomy in research and inter-generational transfer of know-how; it is also necessary to promote cooperation actions with third countries with a view to the training of researchers at the beginning of their careers, alongside assistance with the promotion of publications, studies and books by researchers with the aim of diffusing knowledge and supporting the theoretical and scientific training of young researchers;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that the Member States must continue to increase the budgetary resources allocated to research, as a means of creating quality jobs that comply with basic ethical principles and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Requests the Council, the Commission and the Member States to consider raisinge the profile of scientific research in the European Union budget, in accordance with the undertaking made to achieve 3% growth and 600 000 more researchers on average by 2010;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Invites the Council, the Commission and the Member States to support the creation of a genuine European labour market for researchers, to implement a coherent package of back-up measures with a view to eliminating the obstacles to professional mobility, notably with regard to social security and tax issues affecting researchers, since these often deter people from becoming researchers, and to promote researchers' career prospects in Europe, especially by ensuring them appropriate financial conditions and pay levels; account should also be taken of the quality aspects of research training, the sharing of knowledge between sectors and research bodies via the researchers themselves, encouraging two-way mobility between academia and business, and the enhanced participation of women researchers and young researchers in R & D;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States to take account of the mobility and partnership programmes with third countries, such as Erasmus Mundus, in the context of the career interaction and mobility requirements of all participating researchers;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Commission, in the context of the European partnership for researchers, to ensure that there is room for incentives for European researchers working outside the EU to return, as well as for outstanding researchers in third countries to establish themselves in the EU;