Activities of Jean-Paul BESSET related to 2011/2107(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Green Paper ‘From challenges to opportunities: towards a common strategic framework for EU research and innovation funding’
Amendments (6)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that greater coordination is needed between the future ‘Common Strategic Framework’ for regional policy and the future ‘Common Strategic Framework’ for research and innovation programmes; calls on the Commission to set out how this is to be achieved in practiceensure complementarities;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. In the light of the future gearing of cohesion policy to the Europe 2020 Strategy, calls for the ‘innovation’ priority among others to be binding on the regions, which must also be reflected in the funding allocated;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the regions, in line with the ‘smart specialisation’ approach, to develop tailored innovation strategies that are based on regional competences and assets; stresses that territorial cooperation must be optimised with a view to greater complementarity between regions;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. In the light of the need to improve the extent to which SMEs are benefiting from support for research and innovation, considers that this should be made a focus of cohesion policy, for example in relation to internationalisationlocal and regional development or promotion of entrepreneurship;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to examine whether it is appropriate to make mixed financing legal and to extend cross- financing. of Structural Funds;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission for sustainable development to be reflected in the allocation of funds to create green jobs, to promote local and regional development and to ensure well-being in European regions; calls on the Commission to orient Research and Innovation towards ecological conversion;