10 Amendments of Catherine SOULLIE related to 2010/2245(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Supports the Commission’s willingness to breathe life into neglected intellectual property; believes that one way to achieve this could be the creation of a European Funds for Patents, which would create patents pools through a system of licences to the benefice of European enterprises, especially innovative SMEs;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of speeding up the simplification of the EU's research and innovation programmes in order to increase the scope for enterprises to participate in EU-funded projects; underlines the necessity of strengthening SMEs capabilities when it comes to project designing and proposal writing, including technical assistance and suitable education programmes;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to support the efforts of the public sector to adopt innovative approaches, explo and launch the new research programme on innovation in the public sector withing new the scheduled timeframe in order to identify the best technologies and procedures and disseminatinge best practices in public administration which will reduce bureaucracy and embrace citizen-centred policies;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and, Member States and local and regional authorities to encourage the use of pre- commercial procurement as an integral part of the EU’s innovation strategy, including joint and electronic procurement, whilst paying due attention to compliance with data protection rules, as an integral part of the EU’s innovation strategy and with particular reference to procurement connected with innovation partnerships; calls in particular on the Commission to clarify the relevant rules and enable contractingby providing guidelines enabling public authorities across the board to make actualthe best use of pre-commercial procurement;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that public funding to innovation should be increased; therefore invites the Commission to review the rules applicable to state aid, including by making more flexible the limit of 50% for public co-funding;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States to modernise their education systems, particularly in the scientific field; encourages greater consultation and closer partnerships between businesses and universities in order to ensure that the skills acquired in the course of studies correspond as closely as possible to the requirements of the various sectors of the economy; stresses that it is important to improve the attractiveness of European higher education institutions for researchers and, for that purpose, supports making the European ‘Marie Curie’ scholarships system permanent, as it plays an essential role in encouraging researcher mobility within the European Union;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the necessity of speeding- up and modernising standard-setting to better facilitate interoperability and foster innovation in fast growing global markets;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Insists on the importance of achieving a well-functioning European Research Area by 2014, by establishing an overarching governance structure, progressively aligning national programmes, streamlining administration rules and enhancing cross-border mobility of researchers;