11 Amendments of Adam GIEREK related to 2011/0401(COD)
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Union has the objective of strengthening its scientific and technological bases by achieving a European Research Area ("ERA") in which researchers, scientific knowledge and technology circulate freely, and encouraging the Union to become more competitive, including in its industry. To pursue those objectives the Union should carry out activities to implement research, technological development and demonstration, promote international cooperation, disseminate and optimise results and stimulate training and mobility. The Union’s aim is to make the best possible use of Member States’ intellectual potential through ensuring that financial resources are distributed appropriately.
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Union also has an objective to ensure that the conditions necessary for the competitiveness of the Union's industry exist. For this purpose, action should be aimed at fostering the better exploitation of the existing industrial potential ofand at supporting a policiesy of promoting innovation, research and technological development, with a view to bringing about the reindustrialisation of the Union and a 'third industrial revolution'.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) One of the serious challenges targeted by the provisions of the Horizon 2020 programme is climate change; it therefore follows that climatological scientific research into the causes of climate change, as well as preventing the effects of climate change through defining the possibilities for optimal adaptation, should play a key role.
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In the Communication 'A Budget for Europe 2020'13, the Commission proposed to address with a single Common Strategic Framework for Research and Innovation the areas covered in the period 2007-2013 under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and the innovation part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme, as well as the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) in order to serve the Europe 2020 Strategy target of raising spending on Research and Development to 3 % of GDP by 2020. In that Communication, the Commission also committed to mainstream climate change issues into Union spending programmes and to direct at least 20 % of the Union budget to climate-related objectives. Climate actionobjectives linked to the climate-energy package. Actions in this area and resource efficiency are mutually reinforcing objectives for achieving sustainable development, i.e., development that takes into consideration social cohesion, ecology and economic competitiveness. The specific objectives relating to both should be complemented through the other specific objectives of Horizon 2020. As a result it is expected that at least 60% of the overall Horizon 2020 budget should be related to sustainable development. It is also expected that climate-related expenditurexpenditure related to the effects of climate change should exceed 35% of the budget, including mutually compatible measures improving resource efficiency. The Commission should provide information on the scale and results of support to climate change objectives. Climate-related expenditure under Horizon 2020 should be tracked in accordance with the methodology stated in that Communication.
Amendment 437 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
1. The financial envelope of Horizon 2020 may cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities which are required for the management of Horizon 2020 and the achievement of its objectives, in particular studies and meetings ofwork carried out by experts, as far as they are related tosuch work is related to giving opinions on research projects arising from the objectives of Horizon 2020, expenses linked to information technology networks focusing on information processing and exchange, together with all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of Horizon 2020.
Amendment 464 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. For the implementation of Horizon 2020, account shall be taken of advice and inputs provided by: advisory groups of independent, high level experts set up at the request of Member States by the Commission; dialogue structures created under international science and technology agreements; forward looking activities; targeted public consultations; and transparent and interactive processes that ensure responsible research and innovation is supported.
Amendment 675 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of point (a), top-up funding shall be conditional on a significant level of prior financial commitmenthe previous results of the participating entities to the joint calls and actions. The ERA- NET instrument may include an objective to harmonise rules and implementation modalities of the joint calls and actions. It may also be used in order to prepare for an initiative pursuant to Article 185 TFEU.
Amendment 681 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point b
(b) clear financial commitments of the participating countries, including and a positive track record of results, as well as prior commitments to pool national and/or regional investments for transnational research and innovation;
Amendment 684 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point c
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point c
(c) the added value of action at UnionMember State level;
Amendment 719 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) actionthe analytical actions of experts which bring together and evaluate results from a range of different projects, including those that may be funded from other sources, to provide user-friendly results databases and to draw up reports that summarise key findings;
Amendment 748 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Not later than end 2017, and taking into account the ex-post evaluation of the Seventh Framework Programme to be completed by the end of 2015 and the review of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, the Commission shall carry out, with the assistance of independent experts, an interim evaluation ofincluding at scientific seminars and conferences, an interim evaluation of the achievement of the research objectives laid down in Horizon 2020, its specific programme, including the European Research Council, and the activities of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, on the achievements (at the level of results and progress towards impacts) of the objectives of Horizon 2020 and continued relevance of all the measures, the efficiency and use of resources, the scope for further simplification, and Union added value. That evaluation shall also take into consideration aspects relating to further access to funding opportunities for participants in all regions, for SMEs and for promoting gender balance. That evaluation shall additionally take into account the current contribution of the measures to the Union priorities of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and results on the long- term impact of the predecessor measures. The evaluation may lead to the rejection of part of the programme or to it being updated to take account of new data obtained during the implementation of the programme.