Activities of Adam GIEREK related to 2010/2139(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Report 2010 on the implementation of the Cohesion Policy programmes for 2007-2013
Amendments (6)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. SPoints out that cohesion funding should serve to foster the sustainable development of the EU as a whole by ensuring that better use is made of the potential of regions and sub-regions with a GDP below the EU average; stresses that cohesion policy is a fundamental instrument with which to attain the 20-20- 20 goal by 2020 and establish a coherent strategy for a European economy with, in the long and medium term, maximum energy efficiency and low CO2 emissions; is aware that investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects is not moving ahead as expected, with particular reference to the issues of energy security and development conducive to job creation within the single market;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that cohesion policy is not playing a sufficiently effective role in driving investment in climate change adaptation infrastructure, such as flood defences;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. In the light of the review of cohesion policy and the EU financial perspective, asks the Commission to ensure that energy saving achieved through technically and economically more efficient energy use is automatically included as a condition when granting structural and cohesion funds and to earmark an increased proportion of funds to energyfor electricity generation and transmission efficiency and decentralised cogeneration and renewable energy projects;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Acknowledges that better use can be made of resources and social benefits can be achieved by allocating cohesion policy funding in such a way as to foster sustainable development at regional and sub-regional level in the Member States; takes the view that a more even distribution of cohesion funding will unleash local social potential and local resources, thus creating new jobs;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the important role played by education and scientific research in fostering innovation, in particular in the field of ICTs in, and encouraging efficient energy use, and the social, economs well as in connection with cohesion policy and territorial cohesion ofsustainable economic development in the EU;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Draws attention to the difficulties Member States are having in implementing EU directives on municipal waste recycling and management and to the fact that material and energy recycling offers an additional means of acquiring resources and creating new jobs, in particular at regional and sub- regional level;