23 Amendments of Pilar del CASTILLO VERA related to 2011/2043(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas there is a need for ait is necessary to allow for the developments resulting from the mid-term review of FP7 in the light of the numerous changes that have taken place since it was negotiated and adopted in 2006 (new institutions, new political bodies, economic crisis), and also given the scale of the financial sums available between now and when it ends,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas delayed investment in Europe compared with other global powers is essentially due to a lack of private investment and the attractiveness of FP7 for the industrial sector is thus not fully demonstrated; but also, beyond the sums involved, there is a clear need for better coordination and co-financing between the Member States and the Union,
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that in order to increase the human resources dedicated to research and innovation in Europe, it is necessary to make professional careers in this field more attractive by eliminating administrative barriers and recognising merit and training time and work at any research centre; to this end, calls on the European Institutions to establish the criteria in order for universities or centres dedicated to research to implement a system which evaluates the researches' excellence and career;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Approves the strengthening of the specific programme on ‘Cooperation’ chapter, which remains relevant given current scientific and technological challenges; stresses its role in developing RDI critical mass of a kind not achievable at national/regional level, thus demonstrating European added-value; recommends implementation of the ‘Future and Emerging Technologies’ scheme and extension of the use of ‘roadmaps’ to all thematic areas; asks for more flexibility in setting call themes and financial thresholds and ceilings, making a distinction between large and small projects;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes, in the ‘Ideas’ chapter, promising results obtained by the European Research Council (ERC) and its role aimed at enhancing the visibility and attractiveness of European research bodies; stresses the need to make the ERCassess whether the ERC should be made an independent legal entity with decision- making power, directly responsible for its own scientific strategy and administrative management;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Considers that the ERA-Net scheme should be strengthened as a tool to support excellence and the development of criteria for quality indicators which constitutes the basis for the coordination between programmes or joint ventures; for this reason, believes that incentives should be given to programmes and joint projects which apply selection criteria based on the merit of the researchers and the quality of its scientific results;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that in order to support the balanced development of the Joint Programming, the European Institutions should be committed to accept excellence criteria for the selection of projects and to draw up proposals for the evaluation of the results tailored to the characteristics of each sector;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Considers that once the Institutions and research groups have been familiarised and have integrated and become part of the research programmes, the 8th Framework Programme should not change too much in order to be familiar and well understood for all the actors involved;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Proposes that anthe Union and the Member States bring detailed assessment to bear on a future ambitious European research plan for technology and defence be adopted between the Union and the Member States and, couched in terms enabling it to receive significant initial financing from FP78 and the European Defence Agency on the basis of Article 45(d) of the EU Treaty, with a view to enhancing the industrial and technological base of the defence sector while at the same time improving the efficiency of military public spending; calls in the mean time for dual-use technologies to be promoted by means of resources over and above FP7 projects;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers that, to enhance the impact of FP7, extensions of 6 to 12 months should be provided for by means of calls restricted to projects which have secured a favourable final technical evaluation, the idea being to carry out demonstration activities drawing on the technologies developed or the knowledge acquired;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recommends that, in order to consolidate the European Higher Education Area and the urgent need to increase competitiveness, measures should be taken to assess universities, creating common evaluation criteria for assessing commitment to excellence and seeking national and European incentives for research centres that accept these rules;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Proposes that research and development policies be territorialised, to express the territorial dimension as well as possible, synergies between research and development policy and the Structural Funds should be developed further;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the development of a stairway to excellence through dedicated actions in order to foster capacity building in research and innovation across Europe;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Proposes that the Commission help public bodies to improve their management systems by carrying out assessments without financial consequences which would encourage these bodies to take a number of actions to improve their project management and implement them within a specific deadline of less than a year;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that financing of research infrastructures should be better coordinat-funded between FP7, EIB instruments, the Structural Funds and national and regional policies;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Member States and the EU to meet their financial commitments, including commitments for actions on the basis of Articles 185 and 187, under international research agreements;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Is of the opinion that commercialisation should be included in the parameters of future calls for projects under FP78 in the field of innovation;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Stresses that boosting the importance of research and innovation in Europe requires making every effort in order to attract private companies, foundations or non-profit organizations that participate in projects and will ensure mobility of technical researches between the public and private sector;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Proposes that in order to achieve better coordination of research among Member States, the Commission and the Council should draft a comparative study in order to conduct an approach of procedures for the simplification; in this regards, believes that it is necessary that each Member State identifies internal rules or laws that hinder international cooperation and financial management of projects involving partners from different states;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Reiterates the importance of introducing, without delay, procedural, administrative and financial simplification measures into current management of FP7, such as those identified in Parliament’s resolution of 11 November 2010; calls on the Commission to make proposals on these simplification measures in the context of the current FP7 to complement its initial proposals; regrets the serious problems of interpretation and the consequent legal uncertainty for participants in FP7; reiterates its wish to see current legal proceedings between the Commission and beneficiaries across all of the framework programmes settled quickly, while respecting the principle of responsible management of public money
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Stresses the need to enhance, stimulate and secure the financing of research and development in the Union via a significant increase in relevant expenditure from 2013 onwards, namely for the Eighth Research Framework Programme; is of the opinion that this increase of funding, ideally by doubling the budget, must foster sustainable growth and competition via excellence; emphasizes hereby that this increase of funds must be coupled with a more result- oriented, performance-driven approach and with a radical simplification of funding procedures;