8 Amendments of Andrey NOVAKOV related to 2015/2320(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on Member States to focus on facilitating an adequate EU funding mix for SMEs – grants, loans, guarantees, equity, microfinance – in view of the ever- increasing role of financial instruments and synergies between instruments funded by the EU budget through the ERDF, through the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and through direct management programmes such as Horizon 2020, the PSCI, COSME and LIFEin particular the SME instrument under Horizon 2020, the PSCI, COSME and LIFE; Asks the Commission to come forward with clear guidelines specifying the circumstances under which grants, loans or guarantees should be used; Calls on the Commission to evaluate the use of the SME instrument in the Member States and to specify the reasons of Member States to use or not use the instrument;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges both the Member States and the Commission to make significant progress in further simplification of EU funding by 2017 with regard to application, management and monitoring/control of projects by introducing an EU-wide public procurement procedure, complete e- cohesion, a single audit based on risk, the reduction of data and information requirements and the elimination of gold- plating through extensive regulatory optimisation; Asks the Commission to come forward with proposals for legislative changes to the Regulations during the mid-term review/revision with the aim of facilitating access to finance for SMEs and in particular for start-ups wanting to scale-up;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines that facilitating the triple helix approach can boost the development of growth and jobs for SMEs;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Highlights the importance of closing the skills gap that innovative SMEs are facing; Considers it necessary that the Commission puts emphasis on facilitating relevant training and education which can contribute to closing the skills gap with regard to ICT skills essential for innovative SMEs;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that Thematic Objective 3 'enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs' has lead to a Member States including focus on enhancing growth and job creation potential for SMEs in the operational programmes; Stresses that neither future unexpected EU-wide crises nor major initiatives should lead to a decrease in commitments or payments relating to Thematic Objective 3 (‘Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs’) and relevant instruments under Heading 1b of the EU General Budget;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for faster and even implementation of country-specific recommendations and National Reform Programmes relating to the enterprise environment and SME dimension in EU's regions in order to avoid business-as-usual attitude to locally specific issues and sub-optimal EU budget investments regionally;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out that both the Annual Report on European SMEs 2014/2015 as well as the Annual Growth Survey 2016 reveal regional divergence in SME environment and disparities which should be effectively addressed by Member States before the end of the programming period, accompanied by efforts to improve internationalisation of SMEs through removing non-tariff barriers;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on Member States with limited decentralisation of EU funding management to tip the balance of administrative capacity for technical assistance and local support systems for SMEs towards local authorities which will enable more regionally balanced outcomes and absorption rates;