Activities of Teresa RIERA MADURELL related to 2010/2245(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Innovation Union: transforming Europe for a post-crisis world (debate)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for the development of a single integrated indicator allowing better monitoring of progress in innovation; urges further development of the ‘scoreboard’ by means of international cooperation, with the addition of indicators which, along the lines of the indicator for employment in medium- and high-technology sectors and services, measure EU innovation capacity in absolute terms, in order to show innovation’s ability to generate growth and jobs and raise GDP levels;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15. Calls for the future framework programme to foster optimum use of research findings by linking them to the innovation process through the extension of the scope of project funding to include the demonstration and prototype stages;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses that the development potential of risk capital in the EU is far from having been realised because it is split over 27 different markets subject to different rules and tax arrangements; welcomes the Commission’s determination to promote action to enable risk capital funds established in any of the Member States to operate and invest freely across the EU; takes the view that efforts to meet this objective could be supported by an arrangement under which one Member State's public risk capital funds would invest in another Member State, in cooperation with private funds and with top-up funding from the EU;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Invites the Member States to make the best possible use of the Structural Funds for R&D&I in the current financing period, targeting the grand societal challenges and with the final objective of achieving cohesion in science and innovation; calls on the Commission and the Member State to avoid costly duplication by promoting smart specialisation strategies; considers that a premium or incentive should be devoted to the regions that manage to accomplish their role and advancement in this architecture of European specialisation;