Activities of Malika BENARAB-ATTOU related to 2011/0402(CNS)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a Council decision establishing the Specific Programme Implementing Horizon 2020 - The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Addressing the major societal challenges identified in the Europe 20207 strategy requires major investments in research and innovation to develop and deploy novel and breakthrough solutions that have the necessary scale and scope, including for example the implementation of new research funding tools, such as innovation awards, especially when the markets fail to function. These challenges also represent major economic opportunities for innovative companies and therefore contribute to the Union’s competitiveness and employment.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 3
Annex 1 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 3
Particular attention will be paid to ensuring a broad approach to innovation, which is not only limited to the development of new products and services on the basis of scientific and technological breakthroughs, but which also incorporates aspects such as the use of existing technologies in novel applications, continuous improvement, non-technological and social innovation, and maximising the dissemination, accessibility, and use of the knowledge produced. Only a holistic approach to innovation can at the same time tackle societal challenges and give rise to new competitive businesses and industries.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 1
Social sciences and humanities research will be fully integrated into each of the general objectives of Horizon 2020. These fields constitute the foundation of the activities undertaken to tackle the whole range of challenges posed to the European Union from the point of view both of integration of citizens of all origins and of the access that citizens should have to education and social and cultural rights. This will include ample opportunities for supporting such research through the European Research Council, the Marie Curie actions or the Research Infrastructures specific objective.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 1 – point 1.5 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – point 1 – point 1.5 – paragraph 1
A key added value of research and innovation funded at the Union level is the possibility to disseminate and communicate results on a continent -wide scale to enhance their impact. Horizon 2020 will therefore include, under all of its specific objectives, dedicated support to dissemination (including through open access to research results and the data obtained), communication and dialogue actions, with a strong emphasis on communicating results to end- users, citizens, civil society organisations, industry and policy -makers. To this extent, Horizon 2020 may make use of networks for information transfer. Communication activities undertaken in the context of Horizon 2020 will also seek to raise public awareness onf the importance of research and innovation by means of publications, events, knowledge repositories, databases, websites or a targeted use of social media.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 3 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – point 3 – paragraph 2
Cross-cutting actions will be promoted between Part I ‘Excellent science’ and the societal challenges and the enabling and industrial technologies to develop jointly new knowledge, future and emerging technologies, research infrastructures and key competences. Research infrastructures will also be leveraged for broader usage in society, for example in public services, promotion of science, civil security and culture. Academic and scientific literature is, from that point of view, a key element of research infrastructures. It is therefore vital that research findings obtained and validated through the work of Union- funded researchers be made accessible to the scientific community as a whole. Furthermore, priority setting during implementation for the direct actions of the Joint Research Centre and the activities of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) will be adequately coordinated with the other parts of Horizon 2020.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – part I – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – part I – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 2
This will be achieved in particular by structuring and raising excellence in a substantial share of the high-quality initial training of early stage researchers and doctoral candidates throughout Member states and associated countries. By equipping early stage researchers with a diversity of skills that will allow them to face current and future challenges, the next generation of researchers will benefit from enhanced career perspectives in both public and private sectors, thereby enhancing also the attraction of young people to research careers. Doctoral candidates must, in addition, be clearly identified as one of the key target groups of the new programme for education, training, youth, and sport, whose resources must be brought into a complementary relationship with Horizon 2020.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – part III – point 1 – point 1.9 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – part III – point 1 – point 1.9 – paragraph 1
Clinical trials are the means to transfer biomedical knowledge to application in patients and support for these will be provided, as well as for the improvement of their practice. Examples include the development of better methodologies to allow trials to focus on relevant population groups, including those suffering from other concomitant diseases and/or already undergoing treatment, the determination of comparative effectiveness of interventions and solutions, as well as enhancing the use of databases and electronic health records as data sources for trials and knowledge transfer. Similarly, support for the transfer of other types of interventions such as those related to independent living into real world environments will be provided. In keeping with ethical principles, and in particular the Helsinki Declaration, data obtained from any research activities conducted on human subjects must be made public.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – part III – point 6 – point 6.1 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – part III – point 6 – point 6.1 – paragraph 2
In this context, the objective is to enhance social, economic and political inclusion, combat poverty, and enhance human rights, digital inclusiveness, equality, solidarity and inter-cultural dynamics by supporting interdisciplinary research, indicators, technological advances, organisational solutions and new forms of collaboration and co-creation. Research into open research methods should, moreover, serve to highlight the added value both from the point of view of effectiveness in terms of innovation and inventiveness and as regards maximising the participation of a wide range of actors in the innovation effort. Research and other activities shall support the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy as well as other relevant Union foreign policies. Humanities research may have an important role to play in this context. Specifying, monitoring and assessing the objectives of European strategies and policies will require focused research on high-quality statistical information systems, and the development of adapted instruments that allow policy- makers to assess the impact and effectiveness of envisaged measures, in particular in favour of social inclusion.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – part III – point 6 – point 6.1 – point 6.1.4 – indent 3 a (new)
Annex 1 – part III – point 6 – point 6.1 – point 6.1.4 – indent 3 a (new)
– Facilitating the widest possible access to scientific and academic literature and to research data in the above-mentioned regions.