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8 Amendments of Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ related to 2009/2243(INI)

Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the implementation of research and innovation is a need shared by all strata of society and its purpose must be to improve people’s social and economic conditions;
2010/03/26
Committee: REGI
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the complexity of today’s challenges calls for an integrated mix of these policies; whereas the knowledge society requires, more than just an aggregation of the activities of the different sectors, a synergy between theagents and instruments, which is vital so that they reinforce each other and support the sustainable implementation of research and innovation projects, delivering a better valorisation of research outcome in the form of concrete product ideas in the regions;
2010/03/26
Committee: REGI
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that the generation of positive synergies between the different EU instruments and policies necessitates a complex set of relations between the agents who produce, distribute, promote and implement different forms of knowledge;
2010/03/26
Committee: REGI
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges that, through the earmarking provisions for 2007-2013, cohesion policy is better geared to create synergies with research and innovation policies, and at the same time the territorial dimension has become increasingly important in FP7 and CIP; calls for consideration to be given to a tightened earmarking mechanism with a stronger thematic focus allowing for appropriate policy responses to the new challengeson the Commission to develop initiatives, in line with the concept of the European Research Area as embodied in the Treaty of Lisbon, to ensure that synergies are reinforced by the confluence of three basic conditions, namely: Integration, Involvement and Inclusion;
2010/03/26
Committee: REGI
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls, nonetheless, that as things stand spending on R+D+i under the framework programme is allocated on the basis of the excellence criterion, which, despite its unquestionable importance, entails in practice a more competitive mode of access for participants, thus limiting the generation of positive synergies in the group of regions and Member States which are going in the right direction but have not yet attained the goal;
2010/03/26
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. RegretsInsists that effective innovation depends on the closeness of the synergies obtained, and regrets the fact that existing opportunities for synergies in funding are still not well known; calls on the regions and, which are the main agents as regards information and capacity for analysis, management and decision-making, as well as on the Member States, to step up efforts to improve communication;
2010/03/26
Committee: REGI
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Believes that future R+D+i programmes should complement national efforts, orienting and dynamising them with a view to revitalising the guiding role and multiplier effect of knowledge, innovation, development and national investment in R+D+I;
2010/03/26
Committee: REGI
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Stresses that in order to boost competitiveness throughout the Union it is necessary to examine means of broadening the concept of excellence via the objectives and promotion methods of the future Community framework programmes, so as to apply it to Member States and regions making major efforts to reach the excellence level concerned; believes this would favour positive developments by stimulating investment in R+D+i and expanding the Union’s technological base;
2010/03/26
Committee: REGI