13 Amendments of Marisa MATIAS related to 2011/2107(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the motion for resolution B7-0343/2011 on the celebration of the centenary of the Nobel Prize award to Marie Sklodowska-Curie,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for a concerted public and private effort at European and national levels to reach the Europe 2020 target of 3 % of gross domestic product (GDP) expenditure on R&D, to achieve the creation of the European Research Area and of an ‘Innovation Union’; calls on the EU institutions and the Member States to agree without further delay on a specific roadmap for achieving this target, and points to the massive economic commitment that this target would entail, amounting to around 130 billion Euro annually for both the EU and national budgets and twice as much for the private sector;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recommends that national and regional funds should contribute to the funding of ERC, Marie Curie or collaborative projects that meet the criteria of excellence but cannot be funded due to lack of European funds;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. The funding scheme within this layer includes the funding provided through the EIT, the part of the FP concerning the Capacities Programme and Marie Curie initiatives, the European funding components of large-scale research infrastructures and projects, access to loans by the EIB (covering projects over EUR 50 million), grants associated with the above-mentioned components of the FP, and cooperation with Structural Funds associated with infrastructure;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that the European Research Council (ERC) has proved to be successful and a strengthening element of the European Research Area (ERA); stresses the need to increase the proportion of the budget dedicated to grants both to young and female researchers, as well to strengthen Marie Curie actions and initiatives, thus reinforcing mobility; calls for the implementation of the necessary measures to cope with the precarious conditions of scientific workers in the EU as a means to attract and retain researchers, bearing in mind that precarious working conditions (which are still more prevalent for women) constitute a bottleneck on the way to achieving excellence in Europe;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that the ERA would greatly benefit from the creation of an EU SME Investment Bank, that could be conceived as a specialized branch of EIB fully devoted to SME innovation projects, in order to reinforce the EU's innovation policy covering the missing link: the weak participation of SMEs in EU programmes;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Believes that the management of European research funding should be more trust-based and risk-tolerant towards participants; recommends broader acceptance of usual accounting practices for the eligible costs; is of the opinion that lump sums and flat rates should be used on a voluntary basis; calls on the Commission to shorten time-to- contract to maximum 6 months; stresses the need for simplification of the application and contractual procedures; recommends a reduced set of rules and common principles for funding to govern EU funding for R&D;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Is convinced that simplification should lead to a reduction of the combination of funding rates and indirect costs calculation methods across financing schemes; stresses, however, that the funding rates and indirect costs calculation models should be different for universities, research organizations and industry;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Reminds that the balance between bottom-up and top-down projects would enable the maintenance both of curiosity- driven research (also open to the unexpected) and the definition of key political priorities such as research and innovation dedicated to the sea and to sustainable agriculture and fisheries, thus creating the conditions to combine strategic priorities with emerging problems;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Calls for a coherent coverage of the full R&D&I chain though the implementation of transparency rules and a clear coordination between the different Commission DGs dealing with research and innovation funding;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)
Paragraph 27 c (new)
27c. Stresses that NGOs and other organizations or institutions from the civil society, mainly cultural organizations, should be considered as possible partners for research and innovation projects;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Considers that cooperation with third countries in the domain of research with possible dual use should be avoided with any country that does not respect human rights, UN resolutions and international law;