2 Amendments of Nuno TEIXEIRA related to 2010/2245(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that decision-takers at regional level must be fully aware of the potential for economic growth that research and innovation activities offer all regions; notes in this regard that even regions without universities and research centres should be able to develop their own innovation capacities and derive maximum benefit from regional and local resources and assets in terms of potential for innovation;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the proposal to launch European Innovation Partnerships as a tool to bring together stakeholders across policies, sectors and borders to speed up innovations in order to tackle major societal challenges; notes that the partnerships and the regional policy instruments addressing these challenges should be better aligned and that partnerships should capitalise on the experience gained with existing national and regional initiatives with similar features; calls, to this end, for closer cooperation between regions, especially through programmes involving exchanges, training initiatives and the sharing of best practices;