3 Amendments of Radvilė MORKŪNAITĖ-MIKULĖNIENĖ related to 2011/0402(CNS)
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to maintain and increase the Union's industrial leadership, particularly as regards environmentally friendly industry, there is an urgent need to stimulate private sector research and development and innovation investment, promote research and innovation with a business driven agenda and accelerate the development of new technologies which will underpin future businesses and economic growth. Part II "Industrial leadership" should support investments in excellent research and innovation in key enabling technologies and other industrial technologies, particularly those that are environmentally friendly, facilitate access to risk finance for innovative companies and projects, and provide Union wide support for innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Part III “Societal challenges” should increase the effectiveness of research and innovation in responding to key societal challenges by supporting excellent research and innovation activities. Those activities should be implemented using a challenge- based approach which brings together resources and knowledge across different fields, technologies and disciplines. Social sciences and humanities research is an important element for addressing all of the challenges. The activities should cover the full range of research and innovation with an emphasis on innovation-related activities such as piloting, demonstration, test-beds, and support for public procurement, pre-normative research and standard setting, and market uptake of innovations. The activities should support directly the corresponding sectoral policy competences at Union level. All challenges should contribute to the overarching objective of sustainable development and to the development of safe and innovative societies..
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The specific programme should complement the actions carried out in the Member States as well as other Union actions which are necessary for the overall strategic effort for the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy, in particular with actions in the policy areas of cohesion, agriculture and rural development, education and vocational training, industry, public health, consumer protection, employment and social policy, energy, transport, environment, climate action, security, marine and fisheries, development cooperation and enlargement and neighbourhood policy. In encouraging innovation and research, encouragement should be given to synergies between these policy areas, because experience shows that in some cases societal problems can only be resolved by means of complex and integrated solutions.