Activities of Ivan JAKOVČIĆ related to 2014/2214(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
EU strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian region (A8-0279/2015 - Ivan Jakovčić) HR
EU strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian region (A8-0279/2015 - Ivan Jakovčić) (vote) HR
Reports (1)
REPORT on an EU strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian region PDF (241 KB) DOC (207 KB)
Amendments (34)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the macro-regional strategies represent an innovative element of voluntary cooperation among Member States and neighbouring countries in addressing common challenges;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas there are large socio- economic differences between the countries involved in this strategy, especially between EU Member States and non-Member States;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the macro-regional strategies may be seen as a tool of European integration and increased territorial cohesion;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the efforts undertaken by all interested stakeholders in setting up an institutional architecture for the implementation of the EUSAIR; encourages all national, regional and local stakeholders to take full ownership of the implementation of the projects covered by this macro-regional strategy; stresses the importance of securing in each participating country, sufficient and competent administrative resources expressly dedicated to implementing the EUSAIR;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Warns that, due to the steep fall in private investments across the countries in the Region coupled with fiscal consolidation and limited investment capacity in the public sector, problems may arise in financing projects under the Strategy; calls on the participating countries to maintain a high degree of political ownership, commitment and leadership necessary to successfully carry out the Strategy;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) and the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance for 2014-2020, and in particular the Adriatic-Ionian Cooperation Programme 2014-2020 (ADRION), provide significant potential resources and a wide range of tools and technical options for the strategy; supports the fact that other funds and instruments relevant to the strategy pillars are available, in particular Horizon 2020 and Erasmus Plus programmes in respect of all pillars, the Connecting Europe Facility in respect of Pillar II, the LIFE programme in respect of Pillar III, as well as in respect of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and the COSME and Creative Europe programmes for SMEs in respect of Pillar IV;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the European Commission, national, regional and local bodies which are responsible for preparation, managing and implementation of ESIF programmes to stress the importance of macro-regional projects and actions;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers it necessary to find ways to involve countries not included in the strategy and which are geographically and economically close to the region, at least on an individual project basis/priority basis;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges stakeholders from the Region to exchange best practices, discover the bottlenecks in the implementation of the EU macro-regional strategies and to increase cooperation with their counterparts from other macro-regions, such as those from the Baltic Sea, Danube Basin and from the (future) Alpine region;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Warns that there is the need to include the local and regional authorities in the political managing bodies and in the operational, technical and implementing bodies of the Strategy;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Refers to precedents established in the context of other EU macro-regional strategies and calls to support, within the framework of pilot projects and preparatory actions, different types of actions ranging from studies to seed money for preparation of projects under different priority areas;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers necessary to find ways to involve, for the participating countries, other important pillars that could create development benefits for the area such as agriculture because of exceptional geo- climatic conditions, bio-diversity and potential to create synergic coordinated effects and further growth;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Draws attention to the importance of adequate reporting and evaluation of the implementation of the Strategy; calls, in this context, on the participating countries together with the Commission to gather reliable baseline data and establish concrete targets for each pillar which would be evaluated on a yearly basis and made publicly available;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. ERegrets the fact that EUSAIR inadequately addresses issues of growing concerns such as irregular and illegal migration and cross-border crime; emphasises that the region faces serious migration problems in the Mediterranean; stresses that controlling these problems is essential for the further development of the southern part of the region;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Expects new impetus to be given to the strengthening of peace and security in South East Europe;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the countries to exchange best practices in the area of respect for minority rights in order to apply the highest standards, considering that this is a particularly sensitive area regarding linguistic issues;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Commission, as an independent facilitator in this strategy, and as the financier, to do its best to make sure the socio-economic differences between the countries are reduced and not increased;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Calls on the Commission to present a report on the implementation of EUSAIR to Parliament and the Council every year, starting with the implementation year and ending with the final evaluation after the 2020 target;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages clustering and cooperation between public and private enterprises, universities, research institutes and other relevant stakeholders in the marine and maritime sectors with the aim of stimulating innovation and benefiting fully from synergies; considers that actions under the Blue Growth pillar should build on the national and regional research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation in order to secure more efficient and effective investments; calls on the countries and regions to participate in the Commission's S3 Platform to benefit from assistance in development, implementation and review of smart specialisation strategies;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Supports the creation of a joint quality label for high-quality seafood products from the Region in order to increase their competitiveness;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges comprehensive research on fish stocks, especially of endangered species, and their biological interconnection, given the fact of not having exact data and a complete, detailed view of the status quo, the lack of which would make the evaluations unclear and unreliable; urges the preservation of natural spawning;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the importance of supporting and fostering recreational sport and family fishing, especially on the islands, in order to preserve the local cultural traditions and maritime lifestyles of islanders and small coastal sites;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of improving transport and energy connectivity among the participating countries as well as between them and their other neighbours, including maritime transport, intermodal connections to the hinterland and energy networks; underlines the lack of connection between the two coasts on the Adriatic and the network infrastructural gap existing in the Adriatic-Ionian area;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines the importance of connecting maritime transport routes and ports with other parts of Europe and the relevance of interconnections with TEN-T corridors; calls on the participating countries to focus their efforts on implementing projects that are covered by the current TEN-T network and its proposed indicative extension to the Western Balkans, using existing instrumentsother interventions for its proposed extension able to solve the network gap existing in the Adriatic-Ionian area, e.g.: (i) completing the Baltic-Adriatic corridor from Ravenna to Ancona-Pescara- Termoli-Foggia-Bari-Brindisi, (ii) the North –South extension of the Scandinavian - Mediterranean corridor to the stretch Ancona - Pescara – Termoli – Bari, (iii) with reference to the Mediterranean corridor, a branch to better connect the Iberian peninsula to central Italy and to the Balkans, (iv) building highway connection from Rijeka to Igoumenitsa, (v) implementing road connection in Balkan Area between port system and inside countries, from Rijeka to Zagreb, from Ploče to Sarajevo, from Bar to Belgrade and Kragujevac, from Durres to Prishtine, Skopje and Sofia, (vi) implementing port facilities for better connections between the two coasts on the Adriatic;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Draws attention to the need to finalise the Adriatic-Ionian highway as soon as possible, which will give a boost to the economic and social development of the macro-region; recalls the importance of a comprehensive eastern Adriatic-Ionianthe new corridors that integrates highways, railways, gas pipelines and other infrastructures on both sides of the Adriatic-Ionian area;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls the richness of the marine, coastal and terrestrial ecosystems of the participating countries; calls for joint efforts in taking all possible measures to preserve the marine environment and the transnational terrestrial habitats as well as to reduce the pollution of the sea and other threats to coastal and marine biodiversity; stresses the importance to protect marine and terrestrial species, such as the Mediterranean monk seals, olms, lynxes, griffon vultures and others;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the countries to develop and implement comprehensive plans to reuse obsolete industrial and military sites; stresses that these sites not only pose a threat to the environment but also hold significant economic potential which is not being exploited;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls for encouraging the relocation of industry from urban centres and coastal areas with the aim of improving quality of life;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Recognises the difficulties created by various natural disasters that have hit the Region in the last years; draws attention to the problem of deforestation and the related-climate change risks; calls on the participating countries to concentrate their efforts in taking preventive measures that protect the lives and goods of people in the hotspot areas;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the non-EU countries to accelerate the implementation of the sectoral acquis (such as the Water Framework Directive) as an exercise of their future accession to the Union;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Urges to urgently improve the cross- border road connection in order to enhance the competitiveness of tourism given that poor connectivity causes traffic bottlenecks and long delays, such as the connection between Slovenia and Croatia on the stretch Koper-Buje; underlines, for tourist purposes, the necessity to improve the existing air infrastructure and the maritime connection between the two coasts of the Adriatic;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Urges the European Commission, the participating countries and the local and regional authorities to take measures that incentivise stakeholders in improving the tourism infrastructure;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
Paragraph 31 b (new)
31b. Draws attention to the need to enable easier access to support and finance to SMEs which are instrumental for the tourism sector; encourages stakeholders in the Region to participate in the Enterprise Europe Network in order to share experiences, network and find cross-border partners;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Supports the development of a diversified tourism offer including thematic tourist parks and routes, and cultural, rural, health, medical, enogastronomic, conference and sport tourism, including cycling, golf, diving, hiking, mountaineering and outdoor sports, in order to prolong the tourist season and to improve the competitiveness of tourist destinations; supports the development of rural tourism in order to reduce the pressure on significant tourism centres and narrow coastal area contributing to overcome seasonality; supports the expansion of tourist activities towards the hinterland;