Activities of Piotr BORYS related to 2011/0401(COD)
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OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing Horizon 2020 - The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)
Amendments (36)
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
All the research and innovation activities carried out under Horizon 2020 shall comply with ethical principles and relevant national, Union and international legislation, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and, the European Convention on Human Rights and its Supplementary Protocols, the Declaration of Helsinki on Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects of the World Medical Association, the Council of Europe Convention of 4 April 1997 for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine, with its additional protocols, and Resolution No 59/280 of the General Assembly of the United Nations of 8 March 2005 on Human Cloning.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) It is important to emphasise that the mobility of PhD students has a key role to play in Horizon 2020, which, as a complement to the Erasmus for All programme, should support the Bologna Process within the EU and as part of the Neighbourhood Policy.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) It is important to emphasise that all Horizon 2020 activities should be open to new participants with a view to ensuring there is extensive cooperation with partners throughout the EU and establishing an integrated European Research Area.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) There is a need to step up cooperation within Horizon 2020 under specific conditions with neighbouring countries, with specific regard to the countries of the Eastern Partnership.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) Horizon 2020’s priority should be synergies with other EU programmes, such as Erasmus for All and other sources of education funding, with a view to improving the level of complementarity with the EU’s future education programme.
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) To exploit synergies between policies, stairways to excellence instruments should be introduced in both Horizon 2020 and the Cohesion Policy.
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Amendment 490 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Linkages and interfaces shall be implemented across and within the priorities of Horizon 2020. Particular attention shall be paid in this respect to the development and application of key enabling and industrial technologies, to bridging from discovery to market application, to cross-disciplinary research and innovation, to social and economic sciences and humanities, to fostering the functioning and achievement of the ERA, to widening participation across the Union in research and innovation, to cooperation with third countries, to responsible research and innovation including gender, and to enhancing the attractiveness of the research profession and to facilitating cross-border and cross- sector mobility of researchers.
Amendment 535 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a Attractiveness of researchers' careers Horizon 2020 shall contribute to the promotion and attractiveness of researchers' careers across Europe. As a result it shall be implemented in a manner to promote the creation of a single market for researchers, in particular by providing for appropriate mechanisms aiming to decrease the disparities in researcher's remuneration under this programme.
Amendment 558 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) research activities intended either to create human embryos solely for the purpose of research or- by means of somatic cell nuclear transfer or by parthenogenesis or any other means - or to destroy human embryos for theany purpose, including that of stem cell procurement, including by means of somatic cell nuclear transfer.; as well as any research activities involving the use of human embryonic stem cells;
Amendment 598 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a Seal of Excellence Horizon 2020 shall contribute to the identification of centers of excellence, the evaluation of their potential and the improvement of their visibility by providing a seal of excellence.
Amendment 734 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall annually monitor the implementation of Horizon 2020, its specific programme and the activities of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. This shall include information on cross-cutting topics such as sustainability and climate change, including information on the amount of climate related expenditure, SME participation and widening participation.
Amendment 768 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 5 – introductory part
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) shall contribute to the general objective and priorities of Horizon 2020 with the specific objective of integrating the knowledge triangle of research, innovation and higher education. The indicators for assessing the performance of the EIT are:
Amendment 776 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 7 – point c
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 7 – point c
(c) Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions shall provide excellent and innovative research training as well as attractive career and knowledge- exchange opportunities through cross- border and cross-sector mobility of researchers to best prepare them to face current and future societal challenges.
Amendment 901 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – introductory part
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – introductory part
3. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Amendment 919 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 2
The European Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions have made remarkable progress to promote mobility, both transnational and intersectoral, and to open research careers at European and international levels, with excellent employment and working conditions following the European Researchers Charter and Code. There is no equivalent in Member States as far as their scale and scope, funding, international character, generation and transfer of knowledge are concerned. They have strengthened the resources of those institutions able to attract researchers internationally and thereby encouraged the spread of centres of excellence around the Union. They have served as a role model with a pronounced structuring effect by spreading their best practices at national level. The bottom-up approach taken by Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions has also allowed a large majority of those institutions to train and upgrade the skills of a new generation of researchers able to tackle societal challenges.
Amendment 920 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 3
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 3
Further development of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions will make a significant contribution to development of the European Research Area. With their Europe-wide competitive funding structure, Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions will encourage new, creative and innovative types of training such as industrial doctorates, involving education, research and innovation players who will have to compete globally for a reputation of excellence. By providing Union funding for the best research and training programmes following the Principles for Innovative Doctoral Training in Europe, they will also promote wider dissemination and take-up, moving towards more structured doctoral training.
Amendment 922 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 4
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 4
Marie Skłodowska-Curie grants will also be extended to the temporary mobility of experienced researchers and engineers from public institutions to the private sector or vice versa, thereby encouraging and supporting universities, research centres and businesses to cooperate with one another on a European and international scale. With the aid of their well-established, transparent and fair evaluation system, Marie Skłodowska- Curie actions will identify excellent talents in research and innovation in an international competition which gives prestige and therefore motivation for researchers to advance their career in Europe.
Amendment 923 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 5
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 5
The societal challenges to be addressed by highly skilled researchers and innovation staff are not just Europe's problem. These are international challenges of colossal complexity and magnitude. The best researchers in Europe and the world need to work together across countries, sectors and disciplines. Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions will play a key role in this respect by supporting staff exchanges that will foster collaborative thinking via the international and intersectoral knowledge- sharing that is so crucial for open innovation.
Amendment 925 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 6
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 6
Extension of the co-funding mechanism of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions will be crucial to expand Europe's pool of talents. The numerical and structural impact of Union action will be increased by leveraging regional, national, international and private funding to create new programmes and to open existing ones to international and intersectoral training, mobility and career development. Such a mechanism will forge stronger links between research and education efforts at national and Union levels.
Amendment 927 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 7
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 7
All the activities under this challenge will contribute to creating a whole new mindset in Europe that is crucial for creativity and innovation. Marie Skłodowska-Curie funding measures will strengthen pooling of resources in Europe and thereby lead to improvements in coordination and governance of researchers' training, mobility and career development. They will contribute to the policy goals outlined in the Innovation Union, Youth on the Move and the Agenda for New Skills and Jobs and will be vital to turn the European Research Area into reality.
Amendment 939 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point d – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point d – paragraph 1
The goal is, by leveraging additional funds, to increase the numerical and structural impact of Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions and to foster excellence at national level in researchers' training, mobility and career development.
Amendment 944 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point e – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point e – paragraph 1
The goals are to monitor progress, identify gaps in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and to increase their impact. In this context, indicators shall be developed and data related to researchers' mobility, skills and careers analysed, seeking synergies and close coordination with the policy support actions on researchers, their employers and funders carried out under the specific objective ' Inclusive, innovative and secure societies‘. The activity shall further aim at raising awareness of the importance and attractiveness of a research career and at disseminating research and innovation results emanating from work supported by Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions.
Amendment 969 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point a
Annex 1 – Part 1 – point 4 – point 4.3 – point a
The aims shall be to ensure the implementation and operation of the ESFRI and other world-class research infrastructures, including the development of regional partner facilities; integration of and access to national research infrastructures of pan-European and regional interest; and the development, deployment and operation of e- infrastructures.
Amendment 1001 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – paragraph 10
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – paragraph 10
The approach shall include both agenda- driven activities and more open areas to promote innovative projects and breakthrough solutions. Emphasis shall be on R&D, large-scale pilots and demonstration activities, test beds and living labs, prototyping and product validation in pilot lines. Activities shall be designed to boost industrial competitiveness by stimulating industry, and in particular SMEs, to make more research and innovation investment. Substantial focus will be given to small and medium scale projects.
Amendment 1693 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.1 – paragraph 1
The aim is to enhance solidarity as well as social, economic and political inclusion and positive inter-cultural dynamics in Europe and with international partners, through cutting-edge science and interdisciplinarity, technological advances and organisational innovations. Social Science and Humanities research can plays an important leading role here. Research shall support policymakers in designing policies that combat poverty and prevent the development of various forms of divisions, discriminations and inequalities in European societies, such as gender inequalities or digital or innovation divides, and with other world regions. It shall in particular feed into the implementation and the adaptation of the Europe 2020 strategy and the broad external action of the Union. Specific measures shall be taken to unlock excellence in less developed regions, thereby widening participation in Horizon 2020.
Amendment 1700 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.1 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.1 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) reduce the disparities between regions in Europe , and with other world regions
Amendment 1705 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) build memory and identity and promote cultural exchange;
Amendment 1710 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.2 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.2 – paragraph 1
The aim is to foster the development of innovative societies and policies in Europe through the engagement of citizens, enterprises and users in research and innovation and the promotion of coordinated research and innovation policies in the context of globalisation. Creating an innovative society requires solid education for young people, adjusted to the requirements of the modern world. We cannot also ignore the growing need for well lifelong learning, an area covering the whole society. This issue will pose new challenges especially for the institutions of state power, thus keeping systematic educational studies is a prerequisite for the creation of modern development strategies aimed at building of competitive economy of Europe based on knowledge. Particular support will be provided for the development of the ERA and the development of framework conditions for innovation.
Amendment 1715 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.2 – paragraph 2 – point -1 (new)
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.2 – paragraph 2 – point -1 (new)
(-1) understand, strengthen and promote social innovation as a multi-disciplinary approach to research;
Amendment 1716 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) explore new forms of innovation, includingwith a special emphasis on social innovation and creativity;
Amendment 1753 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 6.3 – point 6.3.3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) ensure privacy and freedom in the Internet and enhance the societal dimension of security.
Amendment 1770 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 1 – paragraph 1
The specific objective is to integrate the knowledge triangle of research, innovation and education and thus to reinforce the Union's innovation capacity and address in particular societal challenges.
Amendment 1787 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 3 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 3 – paragraph 1
The EIT shall operate mainly, but not exclusively, via the Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) particularly in areas of societal challenges that are of utmost relevance to Europe's common future. While the KICs have a large degree of autonomy in defining their own strategies and activities, there are a number of innovative features common to all KICs. The EIT will moreover enhance its impact by making the experiences from the KICs available across the Union and by actively fostering a new culture of knowledge sharing.
Amendment 1788 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 3 – point a – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 3 – point a – paragraph 1
The EIT shall aim to unleash the innovative potential of people and capitalise on their ideas, irrespective of their place in the innovation chain. Thereby, the EIT will also help to address the ‘European paradox’ that excellent existing research is far from being harnessed to the full. In doing so, the EIT shall help to bring ideas to the market. The EIT must ensure open access to all high quality European research communities. Chiefly via its KICs and its focus on fostering entrepreneurial mindsets, it will create new business opportunities in the form of both start-ups and spin-offs but also within existing industry.
Amendment 1802 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 3 – point g – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 5 – point 3 – point g – paragraph 1
Via the KICs and their co-location centres – nodes of excellence, brining together higher education, research and business partners in a given geographical location – the EIT will also be linked to regional policy. In particular, it shall ensure a better connection between higher education institutions and regional innovation and growth, in the context of regional and/or national smart specialisation strategies. In doing so, it will contribute to the objectives of the Union's Cohesion Policy.