16 Amendments of Maria da Graça CARVALHO related to 2011/0384(COD)
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The EIT budget allocation for the next 7-year period should be increased significantly. While increasing its budget the EIT will also attract significant private sector funds for its activities, hence, reinforcing the innovation capacity of the EU.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The scope of the EIT contribution to the Knowledge and Innovation Communities (hereinafter referred to as KICs) should be defined and the origins of KICs' financial resources clarified. EIT should build greater synergy and as much complementarity as possible with the structural funds.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Excellence should be the main driver for EIT as a whole while promoting the widening of participation in order to stimulate excellence across Europe, including the concept of "stairway to excellence", to encourage the participation of strong units of embryonic excellence.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The criteria and procedures for the financing, monitoring and evaluation of the activities of the KICs should be adopted by the EIT prior to launching the KIC selection process being of utmost importance the implementation of simplification measures.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 7a
Article 7a
The EIT, shall on the basis of key performance indicators and in cooperation with the Commission, organise continuous monitoring and periodic external evaluations of the outputs, results and impact of each KIC. In order to improve the delivery of the EIT outputs, the activities performed by the KICs shall have a measurable impact on the creation of sustainable innovative start ups and spin-offs, notably by way of supporting the networking and entrepreneurial activities of the receivers of EIT degrees and trainings.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The scope of the EIT contribution to the Knowledge and Innovation Communities (hereinafter referred to as KICs) should be defined and the origins of KICs' financial resources clarified. EIT shall build greater synergy and as much complementarity as possible with the structural funds.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to assure broader participation of organizations from different Members States in the KICs, the partner organizations should be established in at least three different Member States. Excellence should be the main driver for EIT as a whole while promoting the widening of participation in order to stimulate excellence across Europe, including the concept of "stairway to excellence", something that will further encourage the participation of strong units of embryonic excellence, such as small research groups and highly innovative start-ups, who will be able to act as innovation catalysts at regional and local level and diffuse the innovation culture from the EIT to the whole of the EU.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13 a) The EIT and the KICs should function as model implementations of the knowledge triangle in the EU and should, eventually, emerge as a service providers for innovation capacity building across the EU in designing and implementing innovation policies and 'smart specialization' strategies.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 2 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 9 a (new)
(b a) The following paragraph is inserted: "(9 a) A Regional Implementation and Innovation Communities (RIC) aspires to develop its relations with the EIT towards eventually becoming part of it. This means a RIC is an autonomous partnership of higher education institutions, research organisations, companies and other stakeholders in the innovation process in the form of a strategic network based on joint mid- to long-term innovation planning with the intrinsic potential to move up the Stairway to Excellence by achieving excellence in higher education, research and innovation and eventually being awarded official relational status with the EIT, regardless of its precise legal form."
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – point 4 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point (b)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point (b)
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – point 4 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(a a) the following point (h a) is inserted: "(h a) emerge as a service provider for innovation capacity building across the EU, assisting national and regional entities, especially from less performing regions, in designing and implementing innovation policies and 'smart specialization' strategies;"
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(5 a) In article 6, the following paragraph 2 a is inserted: "2 a. In particular, complementarity and close synergies should be developed with the Structural Funds by promoting a multifund approach. The EIT should confer a "seal of excellence" on positively evaluated projects that have not otherwise been able to achieve funding because of budgetary limitations. National and structural funds could be used, in collaboration with the EIT, for providing return and installation grants to EIT graduates, thus geographically spreading the innovation and entrepreneurship capacity of EIT across the EU."
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 6 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 6 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 6 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – point 6 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
(a a) In paragraph 2, the introductory part is replaced by the following: "2. In accordance with the principles enshrined in paragraph 1, the selection of a KIC or RIC shall take particular account of:"
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 6 – point e a (new)
Article 1 – point 6 – point e a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(e a) the following paragraph 4 a is inserted: "4 a. A Regional implementation and innovation communities (RIC) aspires to develop its relations with the EIT towards eventually becoming part of it. A RIC qualifies as a RIC if its development shows promise of meeting all the conditions as mentioned above in due course. An RIC must meet at least conditions b, c, d, e, f, g of paragraph 2. The same authority as mentioned in paragraph 1 will decide on the selection of the RICs."
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
The EIT, shall on the basis of key performance indicators and in cooperation with the Commission, organise continuous monitoring and periodic external evaluations of the outputs, results and impact of each KIC. In order to improve the delivery of the EIT outputs, the activities performed by the KICs should have a measurable impact on the creation of sustainable innovative start-ups and spin-offs, notably by way of supporting the networking and entrepreneurial activities of the receivers of EIT degrees and training activities.