30 Amendments of Philippe LAMBERTS related to 2010/2245(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 14.02.2007 entitled 'Scientific information in the digital age: access, dissemination and preservation' (COM(2007) 56,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
Citation 16 b (new)
– having regard to the report "Promoting innovative Business Models with Environmental Benefits" of November 2008 conducted on behalf of the European Commission,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A – point 1
Recital A – point 1
· the currentensuring social cohesion within and between regions, states and cities and addressing pressing issues such as demographic changes: an, ageing society, urbanisation and migration;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A – point 2
Recital A – point 2
· the transition toenabling our economic development model to fit within the physical limits of the environment: sustainable management of resources:, resource efficiency, climate change, renewable energy, water scarcity, floods and efforts to secure and substitute critical raw materials, sustainable management of biological resources and regeneration of ecosystems, sustainable agriculture and fishing, soil regeneration, restoring biodiversity and ecosystems services;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A – point 3
Recital A – point 3
· a stable and equitable economic base: economic recovery, harnessing a knowledge-based society, and boosting the EU's competitivenessdisease prevention, health, nutrition and social well-being,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B – point 1 a (new)
Recital B – point 1 a (new)
· investing in knowledge, science education and creativity,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B – point 3
Recital B – point 3
· better access to financdiversified finance possibilities at the different stages of the innovation cycle (in particular for SMEs),
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B – point 3 a (new)
Recital B – point 3 a (new)
· leveraging and stimulating investments from the private sector,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B – point 4 a (new)
Recital B – point 4 a (new)
· fruitful cooperation between research institutes, businesses, governments and citizens, including establishing collaborative platforms and tools such as open networks, open standards, clusters approaches for sharing knowledge and ideas,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a broad concept of innovation that goes beyond technological and product-oriented innovation and places the enabling role of citizens at the centre; recalls that innovation is applying ideas successfully in practice and targets products, processes, services or, movements, systems and organisational structures;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point 3
Paragraph 6 – point 3
· maximum involvement of all relevant players, e.g. SMEs, industry, universities, research institutes, governments, Civil Society Organizations and social partners;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. WelcomeCalls the Commission's proposal for the development of a single to develop integrated indicators allowing better monitoring of progress in innovation in particular its social and environmental performance in terms of resource efficiency and job creation; urges further development of the ‘scoreboard’ by means of international cooperation;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the crucial role that eco- innovation will play in meeting EU’s 2020 targets; calls therefore for the adoption of an ambitious Eco-innovation Action Plan proposing measures to introduce eco- innovation at all steps of the value chain, including design and increasing funds for initiatives in this field through the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls upon the Commission and the Member States to put serious effort into bringing about a change of mindset towards innovative and curiosity-driven thinking, byopen innovation systems, encouraging changes towards sustainable consumer patterns and actively promoting citizens'’ engagement in innovation;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to take action to improve the entrepreneurial and quantitative skills of (young) Europeans by incorporating entrepreneurship and innovation into all areas of education;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Commission to expand the EIB'’s successful Risk Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF) by stepping up the available guarantees and increasing the risk-guarantee factor, providing an additional EUR 500 million in 2011, increasing current funding from EUR 1 billion to EUR 5 billion after 2013 and diversifying the risk component;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls for the further development of instruments and mechanisms for improving SMEs access to research and innovation services (such as innovation vouchers) and other knowledge-based business services (modelling, risk assessment, etc.) that are crucial for SMEs to innovate and bring innovative solution to the market;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Calls for improving access to financial support for initials stages of innovation in the form seed funding, angel funding and more equity and quasi- equity financing for supporting start-ups and small innovative companies, both at EU level but also regional and local level;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Believes that for meeting resource- efficiency objectives requires a value- chain innovation approach, including improving and sharing knowledge though out sectoral value-chain; calls for the establishment of sectoral SMEs coordinated project and activities aiming at identifying potential resource-efficient innovations within the value-chains;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Highlights the business and eco- efficiency benefits of product-service systems and function-oriented business models and calls on the Commission to develop a strategy in this field;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that the setting of benchmarks and standards have proven to be strong drivers for promoting innovation and sustainable competitiveness in several industrial sectors; Joins the Council in inviting the Commission to make proposals to accelerate, simplify, reduce the costs and modernise standardisation procedures through greater transparency and involvement of stakeholders, thus generating a quicker European response to innovative global market developments; ask the Commission to seriously consider successful innovative mechanisms such as the establishment of open standards integrating stakeholders along the value- chain;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Believes that publicly funded research and development must revert back into the creation of socially sensitive and consumer friendly products at affordable prices;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Welcomes the Commission initiatives to promote open access to the results of publicly funded research, to make open access the general principle for projects funded by the EU Framework Programmes, to extend this policy to data, and to support development of smart research information services;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that a strong and balanced intellectual property rights (IPR) system is one of the key framework conditions for innovation; calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive intellectual property strategy, which balances inventors'’ rights with promoting wide use of and access to knowledge and inventions; welcomes the Commission efforts to prevent IPR from constituting a barrier to competition and innovation;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for considering new financing mechanism such innovation inducement prizes to encourage research in socially valuable fields with the objective of creating knowledge as a public good with a strategic value and g whereby innovation is financially rewarded;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes the Commission proposal to develop a European knowledge market for trading and licensing by the end of 2011, including facilitating access to unused intellectual propertypatents among other by encouraging the formation of common patent platforms and patent pools;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 – point 2 a (new)
Paragraph 31 – point 2 a (new)
· calling for an EIP to be established on non-energy raw materials,
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point 2 a (new)
Paragraph 32 – point 2 a (new)
· translating coherently those targets into specific objectives within the policy environment, the funding programmes and financing mechanisms,
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point 5 a (new)
Paragraph 32 – point 5 a (new)
· ensure appropriate participation of stakeholders including SMEs and Civil Society organizations,