24 Amendments of Marisa MATIAS related to 2011/2043(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. While fully respecting the rights of the budgetary and discharge authorities, welcomes the RSFF and other innovative financial instruments which strengthen the leverage of the EU budget; emphasises the need for working delivery mechanisms for these; underlines that public investments have to be considered as well; asks the Commission to improve access for primary target groups such as SMEs, especially in the new Member States;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for further efforts in the field of research infrastructure, benefitting also SMEs and industry, especially in the new Member States;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the simplifications concerning the acceptability of personnel costs and asks the Commission to explore further simplification measures; reaffirms its commitment to further simplifying the rules applicable to the implementation of the EU budget and to research spending in particular; asks the Commission to put exchange and cooperation between the different programmes and member states as well as transparency on top of its agenda;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas there are still huge inequalities between Member States concerning the access to FP7 funding, this instrument should be taken as a key tool for social cohesion within EU,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the years 2011 to 2013 are fragile years, requiring immediate particular attention with regard to competitiveness and social cohesion factors, which include research and innovation,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas complexity of administrative management remains a major handicap for FP7, to the extent that its simplification is a major challenge for the future of the programme, and whereas many improvements that do not require a change of regulation can be made midway through the FP7 while respecting stability, general consistency and legal certainty, the basis for mutual trust between the parties involved;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas simplification of the administration should be one of the highest priorities in the review,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the quality of the expert reports on the interim evaluation of FP7, despite the general nature of the remit given to the expert groups; regretspoints out, however, that the evaluation did not cover the overall picture made up of the actions of the Member States and those of the Union;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that growth in financial and human resources, an ever-growing number of objectives and themes covered and diversification of instruments has reduced the capacity of FP7 to serve a specific headline European objective;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Proposes that research be acceleencouratged in the sectors identified in the ‘Cooperation’ chapter of FP7: health, medicine, food, biotechnology, ICT, nanosciences and nanotechnologies, materials, pollution, energy, environment (including climate change, woods and forests), ecotechnologies, CO2 capture, transport, socio-economic sciences and humanities, space and security; water research should also be a priority;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Proposes the reinforcement of collaborative research such as the activities funded in the specific programme "Cooperation"; calls for the possibility of forming smaller and medium sized projects and partner consortia that allow efficient coordination, in addition to strengthening scientific excellence; stresses that the collaborative research approach must remain the core element of the Framework Programme;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Supports, within the framework of the ‘People’ chapter, the Marie Curie Actions, which are of great value to researchers in their career, although regrets that most of the scientific work carried out within EU is still done under precarious working conditions;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that the participation of young scientists in project teams in the context of collaborative research activities by industry and science organisation should be incentivated; calls on the Commission to use the mid-term review of the Seventh Framework Programme to promote the employment of young scientists by designing the rules and modes of participation in such a way as to devote a substantial portion of funding for hiring young researchers;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Expresses reservations regardingRecognizes the more systematic use of overly open calls for proposals (bottom-up approach), preferring; suggests, although, to maintain a balance between the two approaches (bottom-up and top- down), which meet specific needs; stresses the need to consult and work together with the researchers, the industry and civil society actors, in order to set the research agendas;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses that only through a better coordination between FP7 and other EU instruments (such as the Structural and Cohesion Funds) the EU can foster capacity-building and promote research capacity across Europe;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Recalls that there can be no research or innovation without the researchers, so calls for actions to tackle the precarious working conditions of most researchers and people involved in research and innovation programmes and activities; stresses also the need for greater commitment in research training of young and new researchers;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Stresses that in spite of the fact that FP7 has contributed to increase participation of women in scientific research, the 40% target has not yet been reached, so additional measures are needed to promote an even greater participation of women, as well to broaden the range of disciplines in which women are involved together with the roles and responsibilities they assume in the projects;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Underlines that the concentration of funds continues to be a conspicuous problem, not giving to new Member States and southern and eastern countries the same conditions of access;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Takes the view that FP7 should affirm its international cooperation priorities; is of the opinion that the choice of target countries and subjects for international cooperation actions must be made in consultation with the Member States in order to confirm the relevance and benefit of these actions for themall parties involved; reaffirms, nevertheless, that attention must be given to the cooperation with developing countries;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Takes the view that the level of financing of FP7 must be maintained and recalls that investment in RDI is long-term investment and is key to achieving the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategyan project;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Recommends that application of this innovative financial instrument be continued and intensified in FP8, since it contributes to improving access to finance and encouraging private investment; underlines that public investments have to be considered as well;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls on the Commission to change its attitude towards a more risk-tolerant and trust-based approach, since we are dealing with both research and innovation;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)