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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
2016/11/22
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2009/2225(INI)
Documents: PDF(114 KB) DOC(88 KB)

Amendments (12)

Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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;
2010/02/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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;
2010/02/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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;
2010/02/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
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;
2010/02/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
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;
2010/02/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
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;
2010/02/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
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;
2010/02/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the creation of an annual European ICT Prize, as a symbolic award for the best ICT project submitted by EU citizens, in order to increase the visibility of ICT and its development;deleted
2010/02/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the creation of a European Portal, where Union citizens would have access to European films as well as other European cultural events such as concerts and plays, through the use of Video-On- Demand (VOD);deleted
2010/02/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to organise a hearing with stakeholders to find solutions for VOD as the lack of regulation in this area might affect the ability of citizens to access European cultural products;deleted
2010/02/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises the need to improve the use of Europeana, not as a competitor to Google Books, but as a complementary programme;deleted
2010/02/02
Committee: CULT
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2010/02/25
Committee: ITRE