28 Amendments of Seán KELLY related to 2018/0224(COD)
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The conception and design of the Programme should respond to the need for establishing a critical mass of supported activities, throughout the EU Union and through international cooperation, in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Programme implementation should reinforce the pursuit of this aimHorizon Europe should support and leverage national strategies for the fulfilment of the UN SDGs through common infrastructures and shared approaches. Programme implementation should reinforce the pursuit of this aim signalling the EU's commitment to providing leadership in addressing global challenges of and to sharing its knowledge with the wider world.
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Activities supported under the Programme should contribute towards the achievement of the Union's objectives and priorities, the monitoring and assessment of progress against those objectives and priorities and for the development of revised or new priorities. European Research priorities should therefore be aligned with the Sustainable Development goals in terms of establishing targets and measuring the impact of the Programme.
Amendment 355 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) European research priorities extend beyond scientific ambitions. They include support for human well-being, environmental stability and economic sustainability. The pillar 'Global Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness' should be established through clusters of research and innovation activities, in order to maximise integration across the respective work areas while securing high and sustainable levels of impact in relation to the resources that are expended. It will encourage cross- disciplinary, cross- sectoral, cross-policy and cross-border collaboration in pursuit of the UN SDGs and the competitiveness of the Union's industries therein. It will also facilitate the development of appropriate metrics and evaluation criteria methodologies to measure policy and programme impact on all dimensions of sustainable development, including human development.
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Full engagement of industry in the Programme, at all levels from the individual entrepreneur and small and medium-sized enterprises to large scale enterprises, should constitute one of the main channels through which the Programme's objectives are to be realised, specifically towards in order to promote an innovative, competitive and resilient ecosystem in the EU and the creation of sustainable jobs and growth across the EU. Industry should contribute to the perspectives and priorities established through the strategic planning process which should support the development of work programmes. Such engagement by industry should see its participation in the actions supported at levels at least commensurate with those under the previous framework programme Horizon 2020 established by Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council13 ('Horizon 2020'). __________________ 13
Amendment 445 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) The Programme should promote and integrate cooperation with third countries and international organisations and initiatives based on common interest, mutual benefit and global commitments to implement the UN SDGs. International cooperation should aim to strengthen the Union's research and innovation excellence, attractiveness and economic and industrial competitiveness, to tackle global challenges, as embodied in the UN SDGs, and to support the Union's external policiesGreater global co-operation in science can lead to shared perspectives and economic futures. Economic cooperation has the potential to limit conflict and scientific cooperation can be a new language of diplomacy. International collaboration and cooperation in Horizon Europe should be designed around common goals. International cooperation should aim to strengthen the Union's research and innovation excellence, attractiveness and economic and industrial competitiveness, to tackle global challenges, as embodied in the UN SDGs, and to support the Union's external policies and to promote the contribution of science to achieving the SDGs. The alignment of research priorities with the SDGs will facilitate the development of appropriate metrics to measure impact on all dimensions of sustainable development, including human development. An approach of general opening for international participation and targeted international cooperation actions including science capacity should be followed, including through appropriate eligibility for funding of entities established in low to middle income countries. At the same time, association of third countries to the Programme should be promoted, recognising the need for an enabling policy regulatory environment. This will facilitate European researchers to engage with the best researchers in their field.
Amendment 458 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) With the aim of deepening the relationship between science and society and maximising benefits of their interactions, the Programme should engage and involve citizens and civil society organisations in co-designing and co- creating responsible research and innovation agendas and contents, promoting science education, making scientific knowledge publicly accessible, and facilitating participation by citizens and civil society organisations in its activities. It should do so across the Programme and through dedicated activities in the part 'Strengthening the European Research Area'. The engagement of citizens and civil society in research and innovation should be coupled with public outreach activities to generate and sustain public support for the Programme. There should be a heavy emphasis on translating the research outcomes in to meaningful, tangible benefits for citizens. The programme should also seek to remove barriers and boost synergies between science, technology, culture and the arts to obtain a new quality of sustainable innovation.
Amendment 464 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The activities developed under the Programme should aim at eliminating gender inequalities and promoting equality between women and men in research and innovation, in compliance with Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty on European Union and Article 8 of the TFEU. The gender dimension should be adequately integrated in research and innovation content and followed through at all stages of the research cycle. The Programme should include concrete measures to counteract unconscious gender bias.
Amendment 483 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Programme will contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the achievement of an overall target of 25 % of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. An estimate of the proportion of an action being spent on climate-related objectives will be reported. In view of the breadth of the Programme’s Pillar II Clusters, and to enable a public debate on the attribution of funding to the technologies within them, actions funded under Climate, Energy and Mobility Cluster and any other action having climate-relevance should identify their estimated spending on clean energy technology. Within clean energy technology, their estimated spending on particular technologies should be broken down according to the categories used by the International Energy Agency.
Amendment 580 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Programme’s general objective is to deliver scientific, economic and societal impact from the Union’s investments in research and innovation so as to strengthen the scientific and technological bases of the Union and foster its competitiveness, including in its industry, deliver on the Union strategic priorities, and contribute to tackling global challenges, includingtowards the fulfilment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals as outlined in Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Amendment 752 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. The implementation of the specific programme29 shall be based on a transparent and strategic multiannual planning of research and innovation activities, in particular for the pillar 'Global Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness', following consultations with stakeholders about priorities and the suitable types of action and forms of implementation to use. This shall ensure alignment with other relevant Union programmes. European Technology Platforms will be the primary vehicle for collecting stakeholders' views. __________________ 29 …
Amendment 793 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Missions shall be programmed within the pillar 'Global Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness', but may also benefit from actions carried out within other parts of the Programme. The proportion that should be covered by the Programme of the total estimated cost to achieve the missions will vary from mission to mission. Missions requiring significant funds from outside the Programme will include a plan for how this money will be raised.
Amendment 812 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) be aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Amendment 1063 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. In order to respond to unforeseen situations or to new developments and needs, the Commission may, within the annual budgetary procedure, deviate from the amounts referred to in paragraph 2 up to a maximum of 10%. A greater deviation in the positive direction will be possible under point (b) (4) in order to comply with any new spending target or targets agreed under the Mission Innovation initiative launched at COP21. The Programme's financial envelope may also be increased to comply with such a target or targets. No such deviation shall be allowed in respect of the amounts referred to in points (b) (6) of paragraph 2 of this Article and the total amount set out for Part 'Strengthening the European Research Area' of paragraph 2 of this Article.
Amendment 1071 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. An official webpage will track in real-time, as a time-series, how much of the budget of Horizon Europe under of the sub-headings in paragraph 2 has been committed and how much has been paid. The same webpage will report the financial envelope for the Programme and the indicative distributions under the sub-headings of paragraph 2, and track any changes to these figures. Any budgets committed and paid to missions will be similarly tracked.
Amendment 1116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
may receive support from the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Social Fund+, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund or the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, in accordance with paragraph 5 of Article [67] of Regulation (EU) XX [Common Provisions Regulation] and Article [8] or Regulation (EU) XX [Financing, management and monitoring of the Common Agricultural Policy], provided that such actions are consistent with the objectives of the programme concerned. The rules of the Fund providing support shall apply.
Amendment 1209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The work programme will explain why a particular action is to be funded with reference to the outcome of specific previous projects and to the state of science, technology and, innovation at national, Union and international level and of relevant policy, market and societal developments.
Amendment 1227 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
An action that has received a contribution from another Union programme may also receive a contribution under the Programme, including for the same costs, provideding that the sum of the contributions does not cover the same costs. The rules of each contributing Union programme shall apply to its respective contribution to the action. The cumulative funding shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and the support from different Uniexceed the action’s total costs, and that the previously obtained or requested funding is declared in subsequent applications. Actions funded by more than one programmes may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for supportust comply with all those programmes’ rules.
Amendment 1278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 2
Amendment 1289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Proposers will have one opportunity anonymously to send short written feedback on their evaluation to the evaluators who examined their proposal, for example via the Participants’ Portal. The Commission’s mandate is only to act as conduit for the feedback.
Amendment 1291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The names and relevant details of the experts who have evaluated proposals will be published no later than the first quarter of the year following their service in lists aggregating experts at the level of ‘Areas of Intervention’.
Amendment 1470 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In addition to the information currently reported by the Commission on actions funded under Horizon 2020, the Programme will report the following at the level of a specific topic in a call of proposals, or at a relevant sub-level if the topic is broken down into sub- components: (a) number of proposals; (b) their average score; (c) the standard deviation in the average score; (d) the average number of pages in the proposal's technical annex; This data will be reported on (i) the total proposals submitted to that topic or sub-topic (ii) above-threshold proposals submitted to that topic or sub-topic (iii) funded proposals submitted to that topic or sub-topic
Amendment 1471 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Fiches for projects funded under European Partnerships will be stored in the same database (i.e. CORDIS) as fiches from actions funded directly by the Programme.
Amendment 1520 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 1
Through the following activities, this pillar will, in line with Article 4, strengthen the impact of research and innovation in developing, supporting and implementing Union policies, contribute to the fulfilment of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and support the uptake of innovative solutions in industry and society to address global challenges. It will also contribute to the other Programme's specific objectives as described in Article 3.
Amendment 1592 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point e – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4 – point e – paragraph 1
Areas of intervention: Environmental observation; Biodiversity and natural capital; Agriculture, forestry and rural areas; Sea and oceans; Food systems; Bio- based innovation systems; Circular systems; bio economy; precision agriculture; food and nutrition; food for health
Amendment 1723 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 11
Annex IV – point 11
11. Synergies with the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (the 'External Instrument') will ensure that the Programme's research and innovation activities with the participation of Third Countries and targeted international cooperation actions seek alignment and coherence with parallel market uptake and capacity-building actions strands under the External Instrument, based on joint definition of needs and areas of intervention commonly defined during the Programme's strategic research and innovation planning process and are fully aligned with the global goals of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. Such synergies will facilitate the fulfilment of Article 66.2 of the WTO TRIPS Agreement which notes the commitment by developed countries to provide incentives to their enterprises or institutions for the purpose of promoting and encouraging technology transfer to least-developed country members.
Amendment 1746 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – table 2 – column 2 – row 2
Annex V – table 2 – column 2 – row 2
Table 2: Short-term Outputs - Number and share of outputs aimed at addressing specific EU policy priorities and the UN SDGs
Amendment 1751 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – table 2 – column 3 – row 2
Annex V – table 2 – column 3 – row 2
Table 2: Medium-term Solutions - Number and share of innovations and scientific results addressing specific EU policy priorities and the UN SDGs
Amendment 1755 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – table 2 – column 4 - row 2
Annex V – table 2 – column 4 - row 2
Table 2: Longer-term Benefits - Aggregated estimated effects from use of FP-funded results, on tackling specific EU policy priorities, including contribution to the policy and law-making cycle and the UN SDGs