Activities of Hermann WINKLER related to 2009/2243(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation of the synergies of research and innovation earmarked funds in Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 concerning the European Fund of Regional Development and the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development in cities and regions as well as in the Member States and the Union
Amendments (5)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the upcoming Innovation Act will be drafted with a view to strengthening the synergies between the Structural Funds and the Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation (FP7, CIP);
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission – at the same time as working on strengthening synergies – to simplify the bureaucracy for the Framework Programmes for Research (FP7) and Innovation (CIP) in order to strengthen the effects of synergies with the Structural Funds;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Requests the European Commission to include an analysis of inter-relations with other instruments in the evaluation studies on either of the three instruments in order to be able to provide joint guidance;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that actual synergies from the point of view of the direct beneficiary of funding depend on the beneficiary's organisational and strategic capacity to combine support from different EU instruments; calls on the regional actors to create regional strategies that can facilitate the combination of funding; requests the Commission therefore to evaluate the possibility of providing additional expert support through a ‘user manual’ as well as means to exchange good practices;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that mixed financing is not allowed between Structural Funds and the Framework Programmes, and that this fact often prevents regions from using FP funding at the same time as SF funding; underlines that the instruments can only be combined to cover complementary but separate activities, which is often very difficult for the beneficiary;