Activities of Ioannis A. TSOUKALAS related to 2011/0384(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Horizon 2020 - framework programme for research and innovation (2014-2020) - Rules for the participation and dissemination in Horizon 2020 - Specific programme implementing Horizon 2020 - Strategic innovation agenda of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology - European Institute of Innovation and Technology (debate)
Horizon 2020 - framework programme for research and innovation (2014-2020) - Rules for the participation and dissemination in Horizon 2020 - Specific programme implementing Horizon 2020 - Strategic innovation agenda of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology - European Institute of Innovation and Technology (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 establishing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology PDF (457 KB) DOC (749 KB)
Amendments (32)
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The EIT should directly engage with national and regional representatives and other stakeholders from across the innovation chain, generating beneficial effects on both sides and further developing a strong EU-wide brand for EIT as a centre of innovation. In order to render such dialogue and exchange more systematic, an EIT Stakeholder Forum should be organised, bringing together, under a common platform, all Knowledge and Innovation Communities (hereinafter referred to as KICs) and the wider community of stakeholders around cross- cutting issues.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6 b) Social innovation and social entrepreneurship shall constitute, where appropriate, an important part of the EIT's and the KICs activities, as innovative products, services and processes that are the output of KICs directly interact with the major societal challenges.
Amendment 77 #
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 act as an investor, following an entrepreneurial logic, and its investments should be acting as leverage for other sources of private or public funding.
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 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) New KICs, including their priority fields and the organisation and timing of the selection process, should be launched on the basis of modalities defined in the Strategic Innovation Agenda, through a rigorous, transparent and competitive process that takes into consideration bottom-up approaches and the evolving societal challenges landscape in the EU, yet provides clarity and predictability for potential participants.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) The number of the KICs should be defined according to the priorities set in the Strategic Innovation Agenda. KICs should have substantial size in order to be "world-class players" and to be able to change the innovation landscape in the EU and to contribute significantly in their respective area towards tackling the societal challenges. The KICs selection process should in any case be based on the quality, viability and potential of the proposals.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9 b) The EIT is the single instrument within the Horizon 2020 framework that has a strong emphasis on the educational aspect. The EIT should emerge as a world-class provider of post-graduate education, introducing a ground-breaking educational paradigm for higher education able to tackle the European paradox.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The KICs should broaden their educational activities, by providing professional and summer training courses, distance learning courses and internships. The EIT should invest in cultivating a world-class EIT brand-name in the area of innovative entrepreneurial education.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) The EIT and the KICs are encouraged to develop educational synergies with the EU and member states policies, in order to support the future availability of the necessary human capital that is essential to fulfil Europe's path towards scientific, technological and innovation leadership. To this end, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education should be promoted and entrepreneurial coaching, internships and grants for young Europeans and top high-school and university students should be created.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Cooperation on the organisation of the monitoring and evaluations of the KICs between the Commission and the EIT is required to ensure coherence with overall EU level monitoring and evaluation system. Cross-KIC coordination and cooperation should be exercised by the EIT in order to ensure synergies and added-value creation from the multitude of EIT partners.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) The KICs should act as "innovation catalysts", capable of producing a significant number of much- needed innovators, who will be the carriers of entrepreneurial culture and experience and able to create innovative, knowledge-based SMEs and transform existing businesses. The KICs should function as a reference and an easy-to- replicate collaboration model for other European, regional and national R&D&I communities and for consolidating Structural Funds for achieving the European innovation objectives.
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 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The EIT Triennial Work Programme should take into account the Commission's, Parliament's and Council's opinions concerning the EIT's specific objectives, as defined in Horizon 2020, and its complementarities with European Union policies and instruments.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The evaluation of the EIT should allow for direct comparisons of performance and key-indicators with relevant Horizon 2020 instruments and should provide timely input to the evaluation of Horizon 2020 in 2017 and 2023.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The Commission should strengthen its role in monitoring the implementation of specific aspects of EIT and KICs activities.
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 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 2 – paragraph 10
Article 2 – paragraph 10
10. Stakeholder Forum means a meetingplatform, involving physical and virtual conferences and events, open to representatives of national and regional authorities, organized interests and individual entities from business, higher education, and research, associations, civil society and cluster organisations, as well as other interested parties from across the knowledge triangle.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 2 – paragraph 11
Article 2 – paragraph 11
11. “KIC added value activities”: means activities carried out by partner organisations contributing to the integration of the knowledge triangle of research, innovation and higher education, including establishment, administrative and coordination activities of the KICs and contributing to the overall objectives of EIT.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 3
Article 3
The EIT's mission is to contribute to sustainable European economic growthand social development and competitiveness by reinforcing the innovation and entrepreneurship capacity of the Member States and the Union. It shall do this by promoting and integrating higher education, research and, innovation and entrepreneurship of the highest standards The EIT' General Objectives, Specific Objectives and result indicators for the period 2014-2020 are defined in Horizon 2020".
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 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 5 – point (j)
Article 5 – point (j)
(j) convene, at least once a year, the Stakeholders Forum to inform about the activities of the EIT, its experiences, good practices and contribution to Union innovation, research and education policies and objectives. Stakeholders shall be invited to express their view, and to receive input from stakeholders about the EIT's agenda, strategy and operations.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) education and training activities at masters and doctoral level, as well as professional training courses, in disciplines with the potential to meet future European socio-economic needs and which expand the EU's talent base, promote the development of innovation-related skills, the improvement of managerial and entrepreneurial skills, the attraction and retention of top-talent, and the mobility of researchers and students;
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 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008
Article 6 – point 3 a (new)
Article 6 – point 3 a (new)
(5 a) In article 6, the following paragraph 3 a is inserted: "3 a. 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 trainings."
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.
Amendment 150 #
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 a way that will be directly comparable to the contribution of relevant instruments of the rest of the Horizon 2020 and which will be published in the yearly EIT Scoreboard.