Activities of Nikos CHRYSOGELOS related to 2012/2297(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Blue growth - enhancing sustainable growth in the marine, maritime transport and tourism sectors (short presentation)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Blue Growth - Enhancing sustainable growth in the EU’s marine, maritime transport and tourism sectors
Amendments (11)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the role of sea-basin strategies in fostering balanced, integrated regional development as well as economic, territorial and social cohesion, creating green jobs and protecting the marine and coastal biodiversity; calls for such strategies to be effectively rolled out and for appropriate financial and administrative resources to be targeted on their implementation;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a focus on leveraging synergies across EU policies and instruments to support and develop maritime clusters, and coherent sustainability management plans; stresses the need for multi-level governance and thorough public participation in decision making; welcomes initiatives at Member State level, such as Ireland's INFOMAR programme;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for legal certainhealth marine ecosystems and legal certainty based on criteria of sustainability for businesses looking to invest in maritime areas; calls on the Commission and the Member States to agree on clear, uniform, transparent and practical maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal zone management plans;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the potential for offshore wind, tidal, wave and ocean thermal energy, as well asto gradually reduce the conventional offshore energy sector, to generate sustainable jobs in coastal regions, reduce emissions and contribute to the EU's medium and long- term energy targets; highlights the fact that significant investment in smart grid connections and transmission capacity will be required to bringexploit this potential on stream;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the role of artisanal small scale fishing and aquaculture in promoting regional development in coastal areas; notes that 90 % of aquaculture businesses in the EU are SMEs, providing 80 .000 jobs and highlights the great potential for green job development in other marine related activities; calls for innovative methods to be supported via the EMFF, to promote the development of sustainable aquaculture in deep water alongside offshore wind farms;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises that environmentally friendly blue biotechnology offers an enormous potential for tackling global societal challenges and halting of biodiversity loss; calls for synergies between regional and innovation policies in order to develop research infrastructure to harness this sector;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for sustainable tourism to be promoted and sustained as a driver for green growth and jobs in coastal areas; highlights the need to provide small scale infrastructure for tourism sectors with high growth potential, such as eco-agro- fishing tourism and sustainable water sports; welcomes initiatives to promote cross border tourism strategies on a sea- basin basis.
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recognises the need to further develop marine and coastal protected areas as a driving force for sustainable development, with the active participation of local communities;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Highlights that any human and economic activity in a coastal zone has to respect an ecosystem based precautionary approach;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls for improving the regulatory environment and full use of existing instruments for shipping finance, such as Blue Public Private Partnerships and the LeaderShip 2020 initiative, for supporting the development of green ships and green ports and enhance cohesion;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Calls on the European Commission to promote the exchange of best practices, capacity building and networking on sustainable blue growth initiatives.