Activities of Marco SCURRIA related to 2009/2225(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Europe’s Digital Competitiveness Report - Main achievements of the i2010 strategy 2005-2009
Amendments (12)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the consistent achievements of the i2010 strategy, but calls for more ambitious aims and citizen-orientated priorities under the next strategy, while respecting European cultural diversity;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises the urgent need for a clear definition of the Digital Agenda, as an important aspect of the European cultural dimension and content; calls in this respect on the Commission to implement the Unesco Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in all policy initiatives relating to the Digital Agenda;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of teaching secondary school students how to use online resources, in particular governmental ones, in order to make them familiar with ICT and to increase their interest in the political environment;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of implementing policies and measures promoting ‘Digital literacy’ in order to reduce barriers to social integration and personal development in a lifelong- learning perspective;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recommends that an EU-level information campaign be initiated in order to achieve a higher level of awareness, notably by the development and dissemination of digital cultural content;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for new investment in research in order to better implement existing digital instruments, to guarantee the access of all citizens to cultural products;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Emphasises that Europeana is the right instrument to enable citizens to access and improve their knowledge of the European cultural heritage;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises the need to develop the free circulation of content and knowledge and to achieve, by 2015, a simple, consumer-friendly legal framework for accessing digital content in Europe, which would give certainty to consumers and ensure robust solutions that are balanced and attractive for users and rights-holders; urges the EU to accelerate the debate on copyright and to establish an EU copyright title under Article 118 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU by 2013, to take concrete actions to enforce intellectual property rights and to implement the fight against piracy in the digital internal market, by developing a legal and sustainable offer of digital content;