Activities of Elisabeth SCHROEDTER related to 2011/2068(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a resource-efficient Europe
Amendments (12)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the flagship initiative on resource efficiency and points to its crucial influence on sustainable development of territories and on the quality of life for present and future generation and their growing needs due to the demographic change; underlines the importance to focus investment on sustainable development with an emphasis on a resource efficient and low-carbon economy in order to better use the great potential of green jobs which will have a positive impact on the employment situation on local and regional level;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need to focus investments on energy efficiency, renewable energies, energy efficiency of buildings and clean transport as well as on regional infrastructure for renewable energies, especially in disadvantaged regions; invites Member States to reinforce the contribution of structural funds to sustainable growth in the current programming period and asks the Commission to assess the modified operational programmes in an unbureaucratic and quick way;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for grater synergies between cohesion policy and neighbourhood policy for co-financing cross-border energy infrastructure projects;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Underlines that preserving regional ecosystems leads to sustainable jobs and socio-economic development, therefore calls for more investment in natural capital as a source of regional economic development; calls upon regions and Member States to use the possibility to refocus operational programmes on natural risk prevention and green infrastructure such as eco-corridors, coastal zones, forests and rivers;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Emphasises that eco-innovation can bring improved resource efficiency and new jobs in all economic sectors and needs support from structural funds by supporting local and regional clusters and SMEs in the green technology field;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Recalls that sustainable development has to be mainstreamed into the conception, implementation and evaluation of regional development projects and needs a set of sustainable development indicators that can be developed by national and regional authorities; emphasises that regions and cities should make more use of green public procurement;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that in order to achieve a resource-efficient Europe, increased coordination and synergies between a wide range of policy areas and their various instruments should be implemented at regional, national and EU level with a view to ensuring their effectiveness; points out that regional policy already has a coordinated and integrated approach in place; notes that trade-offs between certain policy areas exist, and these need to be addressed; calls for a mainstreaming of climate protection in the future cohesion policy by using the NECATER tool which has been developed in France;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points to the crucial role of regional policy in supporting initiatives aiming at efficient use of resources, owing to its long-term development programmes, decentralised administration system and the incorporation of the EU's priorities for sustainable development and the valuable involvement of partners under the partnership principle which needs appropriate funding under technical assistance, capacity building of the partners and an upgrade in the context of simplification;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasizes that resource efficiency should be addressed at regional and local level, – taking into account the particularities and different development levels of European regions – and regional and local authorities and partners should be directly involved in the planning and implementation of relevant measures, including projects for energy efficiency in housing, construction and sustainable mobility; this would lead to a greater feeling of responsibility for the goals of resource efficiency at all levels;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that transparency in respect of cohesion policy and its programming cycle, allocation of expenditure and access to information for potential beneficiaries of the structural funds are key prerequisites for achieving the overall objectives of cohesion policy; calls on the Commission to ensure that financing of infrastructure investment is subjected to local democratic scrutiny and in accordance with the needs of users;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls that the ERDF must continue to meet the complementary goals of efficient use of resources and the fight against energy poverty;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Stresses the need to promote the financial engineering tool JESSICA for energy infrastructure and energy efficiency projects in urban areas.