Activities of Damiano ZOFFOLI related to 2015/2320(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on how best to harness the job creation potential of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)?
Amendments (10)
Amendment 5 #
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 and through direct management programmes such as Horizon 2020, the PSCI, COSME and LIFE, Erasmus +;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that the integrated use of ESI Funds with Horizon 2020 and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) provides excellent options to boost research and innovation; notes that research and innovation are crucial to the sustainable success and growth of SMEs in the EU;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the Commission Communication of 22 February 2016 entitled "An investment Plan for Europe: new guidelines on combining the European Structural and Investment (ESIF) and the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) "; recommends to the Micro, Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) to take full advantage of opportunities to combine the ESIF and EFSI, having in view that the two instruments are designed differently, but complementary in terms of motivation, design and legal framework, while they are mutually sustaining; at the same time, calls the local and regional authorities to make the most of the possibilities for combining EFSI and ESI funds, in supporting the SMEs;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the importance of cutting bureaucratic burdens imposed on SMEs and of facilitating their access to finance, as well as the need to support programmes and training that promote the development of entrepreneurial skills;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Invites the Commission and the Council to provide further support, for the post 2020 period, for COSME, Horizon 2020 and Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs in the context of the MFF review/revision, given their crucial role for SMEs locally and regionally and the important effects of innovation and clustering;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasizes the key role of SMEs in job creation and calls for a favourable regulatory environment that is conductive to the setting-up and running of such enterprises, especially those launched by young people and those situated in rural areas;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the EC for a higher and more active involvement of SMEs and SME organizations at all levels, in the elaboration of the post – 2020 strategy for ESI funds; from this perspective, calls on the Commission to facilitate exchanges of best practices between Member States regarding their different regulatory environments for SMEs;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasize the important role of the social enterprises (to achieve social, cultural, and environmental outcomes) and the cooperative-enterprises (such as handcraft cooperative) through job creation and the provision of social services; calls on the Commission and Member States to give particular attention to these enterprises, by creating a more friendly environment for establishing them and their subsequent developing;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Notes that 20,7 million SMEs account for over 67% of private-sector employment in the EU with 30% deriving from micro-enterprises; calls on the Member States and the regions to put effective information and support system in place so as to enable micro-enterprises to better benefit from the EU funding, having in view that micro-enterprises have the need for a greater extent for accompanying measures, coaching and mentoring;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls on the Commission to promote a common framework at the EU level, concerning the networking of the micro, small and medium enterprises, in order to improve their possibility to access to the European funds;