Activities of James NICHOLSON related to 2014/2209(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on green growth opportunities for SMEs
Amendments (5)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to continue identifying the main obstacles and to initiate policiesencourage a friendly regulatory environment which would encourage SMEs to invest in green growth and eco- innovation, in order to promote opportunities for employment and the enhancement of sustainable growth;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends to the Member States that they include, when drafting the selection criteria for EU-funded projects, elements that should incentivise projects geared towards sustainable and smart growth, and ensure a balanced representation of environmental stakeholders, local and regional authorities and business groups when establishing the monitoring committees;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the extensionNotes the use of innovative support schemes in some Member States, such as green innovation vouchers, which can promote the introduction of sustainable technologies and environmentally friendly solutions into the market;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and promote the creation of thematic and geographic/regional platforms, where appropriate, through which incremental or breakthrough eco- innovative projects would attract private investments, and to encourage stakeholder cooperation in order to enrich the European value chain;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States (at the level of national and regional policy-makers and managing authorities) to continuously promote sustainable growth under the smart specialisation strategies with the engagement of key stakeholders; asks the Commission to report to Parliament on the implementation of smart specialisation strategies at national and/or regional level, where appropriate, and especially as regards the various patterns of ‘downstream actions’ used at EU and Member State level; calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide information on the practical meaensures taken in order to develop competencies for eco-innovative SMEs throughhat eco-innovative SMEs are fully informed of interconnecting regional innovation centres and the key support networks, which could help develop their business.