13 Amendments of Silvana KOCH-MEHRIN related to 2010/2245(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B – point 1
Recital B – point 1
· putting firstincluding citizens' creativity, consumption patterns and responses to new ideas,
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a broad concept of innovation that goes beyond technological and product-oriented innovation and placesays attention to the enabling role of citizens at the centre; recalls that innovation is applying ideas successfully in practice and targets products, processes, or services or movements;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the targets as set out in the Europe 2020 Strategy, the Energy Strategy for Europe 2011-2020, the raw materials initiative and the Roadmap for a Low Carbon Economy by 2050 must be given priority in the Innovation Union;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission's proposal for the development of a single integrated indicator, taking into account the diversity of the existing economic systems in the Members States in order to allowing better monitoring of progress in innovation; urges further development of the ‘scoreboard’ by means of international cooperation;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the importance of social innovation and the need to adopt a bottom- up approach and an open environment for creative ideas, so as to spur productivity growth, empower employees and develop solutions for unmet social needs (such as inclusion and immigration) and economic challenges;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the EU, national and regional authorities to stimulate socentrepreneurial innovation and to provide public funds in support of it; stresses that socentrepreneurial innovation should be included in funding and support programmes such as the European Social Fund, the Framework Programmes (FPs) and the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP);
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to set upcombine existing aid schemes and supporting structures in order to move towards a simple and accessible system to accelerate innovation, to focus on the grand societal challenges and actively to prevent fragmentation and bureaucracy;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to introduce a better method of financing innovation, by creating synergies and merging Research & Development & Innovation (R&D&I) support programmes where possible, for example the FPs, Joint Technology Initiatives, the CIP, Joint Programmes, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan, and to direct structural funding and parts of the Common Agricultural Policy funds and Emission Trading Scheme auction revenues to innovation; joins the Council in calling for a new balance between trust and control, and between risk-taking and risk avoidance;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Joins the Council in calling for a new balance between trust and control, and between risk-taking and risk avoidance;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to re-evaluate the whole ecosystem of innovationinnovation infrastructure with a view to removing unnecessary barriers, for example to access to loans for universities;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for the maximisation of the freedom of movement for researchers in order to achieve the completion of the European Research Area – a Treaty obligation – by 2014, so as to enable the EU to retain and attract top talent;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Urges the Member States to direct their public procurement towards innovative products, processes and services; calls, therefore, on the Commission, in its legislative proposals, to facilitate innovation enabling public procurement, including a review of pre-commercial procurement opportunities, and calls on the Member States to increase their greeninnovative public procurement;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 point 5 a (new)
Paragraph 32 point 5 a (new)
· integrate, not duplicate existing initiatives,