7 Amendments of Ricardo CORTÉS LASTRA related to 2011/0401(COD)
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Linkages and interfaces shall be implemented across and within the priorities of Horizon 2020. Particular attention shall be paid in this respect to the development and application of key enabling and industrial technologies, to bridging from discovery to market application, to cross-disciplinary research and innovation, to social and economic sciences and humanities, to fostering the functioning and achievement of the ERA, to cooperation with third countries, to responsible research and innovation including gender, and to enhancing the attractiveness of the research profession and to facilitating the cross-border and cross- sector mobility of researchers, while also promoting the involvement of researchers from developing countries.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18a Civil Society Organisations (1) Particular attention shall be paid to ensuring the adequate participation of, and innovation impact on, Civil Society Organisations (including those working in development cooperation) in Horizon 2020. Quantitative and qualitative assessments of Civil Society Organisations' (including those working in development cooperation) participation shall be undertaken as part of the evaluation and monitoring arrangements. (2) Specific attention shall be paid to initiatives aimed at widening awareness and facilitating access to funding under Horizon 2020 of Civil Society Organisations, including those working in development cooperation. Horizon 2020 and other Union funding programmes, including the Structural Funds, shall be used for that purpose. (3) Civil society organisations (including those working in development cooperation) shall be consulted during the implementation, programming, monitoring and evaluation of Horizon 2020.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) initiatives aimed at widening awareness and facilitating access to funding under Horizon 2020, in particular for those regions or types of participant that are underrepresented, such as researchers from developing countries and other third countries;
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 14 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 14 – point b
(b) Food security, and sustainable agriculture, – via targeted measures to combat land grabbing in developing countries – marine and maritime research, and the bio- economy;
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part I – point 1.3 – paragraph 5
Annex I – part I – point 1.3 – paragraph 5
By 2020, the ERC therefore shall aim to demonstrate: that the best researchers are participating in the ERC’s competitions, that ERC funding has led directly to scientific publications of the highest quality and to the commercialisation and application of innovative technologies and ideas and that the ERC has contributed significantly to making Europe a more attractive environment for the world’s best scientists. In particular, the ERC shall target a measurable improvement in the Union’s share of the world’s top 1% most highly cited publications. In addition it shall aim at a substantialn increase in the number of excellent researchers from outside Europe whom it funds, with the provision of support for young researchers from developing countries, and at specific improvements in institutional practices and national policies to support top researchers.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part II – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 1
SMEs shall be supported across Horizon 2020. For this purpose a dedicated SME instrument shall provide staged and seamless support covering the whole innovation cycle. The SME instrument shall be targeted at all types of innovative SMEs showing a strong ambition to develop, grow and internationalise and which, when it comes to the opening-up of external markets, implement policies focused on corporate social responsibility, particularly if they are operating in developing countries. It shall be provided for all types of innovation, including service, non-technological and social innovations. The aim is to develop and capitalise on the innovation potential of SMEs by filling the gap in funding for early stage high risk research and innovation, stimulating innovations and increasing private-sector commercialisation of research results.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part III – point 2.3 – point a – paragraph 1
Annex I – part III – point 2.3 – point a – paragraph 1
The aim is to supply sufficient food, feed, biomass and other raw-materials, while safeguarding natural resources both inside and outside the European Union and enhancing ecosystems services, including coping with and mitigating climate change and land grabbing in developing countries. The activities shall focus on more sustainable and productive agriculture and forestry systems which are both resource- efficient (including low- carbon) and resilient, while at the same time developing of services, concepts and policies for thriving rural livelihoods.