13 Amendments of Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU related to 2009/2227(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas innovation is becoming jeopardized by unsolved governance problems addressed through ad hoc national or regional approaches,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4bis. Stresses the importance of accelerating the opening up of national research programmes to participation by foreign researchers or entities;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance of facilitating the mobility of national civil servants to European Union entities to help manage innovation initiatives;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the importance of accommodating non-EU partner organisations in EIP (European Innovation Policy) initiatives as a contribution to reinforcing the role of Europe in the world, in order to extend the role of non-EU organisations in the decision-making governance structures of EIP initiatives, and to define specific EIP initiatives required by different regions of the world;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the provision of adequate financial resources is vital to the development of innovation and that the EU and Member State budgets for innovation should therefore be substantially increased;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the importance of keeping transparency and equal opportunities in accessing funds on the basis of open calls for research proposals and other support or coordination actions; considers that rights and privileges amongst participants should be limited to those depending on their capabilities and not on their legal status; is of the opinion that the rights to access EU funds should be preserved regardless of the additional contributions offered by participating Member States;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Is of the opinion that the greater involvement of all European Union stakeholders could also help to better meet their needs and increase the attractiveness of the European Research and Innovation policy for European private or public stakeholders less involved until now in innovation policy;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Emphasises the importance of the better harmonisation of access to EU funds for all participants in order to improve participation by SMEs in the governance structures and activities of Joint Technology Initiatives;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses the need to agree to support firms investing in research, especially by making sums invested in research and education tax-deductible, since this would motivate companies to employ human resources for purposes of research and innovation, thus boosting the development of new products and services;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses the importance of providing for a minimum allocation of funds for SMEs in the open calls published under the Research and Innovation initiatives, following the same commitment adopted for the FP7 (15% of the resources in the Cooperation programme);
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses the importance of ensuring an active role by all stakeholders involved by preserving the rights and specific roles in decision-making bodies for small entities such as SMEs, universities and public research centres, irrespective of their funding contributions;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Stresses the importance of adopting a specific regulation for Joint Technology Initiatives satisfying certain criteria in terms of size and governance structures and of carrying out a periodical impact assessment of approved JTIs in terms of their contribution to the competitiveness of the European industry;