4 Amendments of Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU related to 2011/0401(COD)
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Union has the objective of strengthening its scientific and technological bases by achieving a European Research Area ("ERA") in which researchers, scientific knowledge and technology circulate freely, and encouraging the Union to become more competitive, including in its industry. To pursue those objectives the Union should carry out activities to implement research, technological development and demonstration, promote international cooperation, disseminate and optimise results strive after innovation and stimulate training and mobility.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Union also has an objective to ensure that the conditions necessary for the competitiveness of the Union's industry exist. For this purpose, action should be aimed at fostering the better exploitation of the industrial potential of policies of innovation, research and technological development and the more effective deployment of manpower in the field of research and innovation.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Simplification and clarity is a central aim of Horizon 2020 which should be fully reflected in its design, rules, financial management and implementation. Horizon 2020 should aim to attract the strong participation of universities, research centres, industry and specifically SMEs and be open to new participants, as it brings together the full range of research and innovation support in one common strategic framework, including a streamlined set of forms of support and uses rules for participation with principles applicable to all actions under the programme. Simpler funding rules should reduce the administrative costs for participation and will contribute to a reduction of financial errors and discrepancies.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20α) The Horizon 2020 framework programme should assist the Member States and the Union in their efforts to overcome the current economic crisis, ensure sustainable economic growth rates and become more competitive.