12 Amendments of Zofija MAZEJ KUKOVIČ related to 2012/2294(INI)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that it is not only subsidies that innovative European companies need, but also better legislation, better links to the research base and better and more diverse access to funding and financing, ranging from grants to loans and equity financing; calls, therefore, on the Member States and the Commission to create appropriate conditions at national and European level;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that a new sustainable economy for the EU must ensure balanced economic and social development; calls for an ambitious sustainable industrial policy with an emphasis on resource efficiency; stresses that the green economy needs to offer prospects for decent, well-paid jobs, with focus on the protection of the environment;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes existing university programmes or work training programmes that focus on ecological, economic and social sustainability, and stresses that there are new educational needs to be fulfilled regarding the development of sustainable jobsan entrepreneurial culture;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers the Eurostat definition of ‘green jobs’ (in the environmental goods and services sector), which for example stipulates that ‘green’ technologies and products must have an environmental protection or resource management purpose as their prime objective, to be useful to avoid diverging statistics, but considers it necessary to further develop an EU- wide uniform definition of green jobs and growth, which would, for example, also include the public transport sector;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. highlights the role that food production already has in terms of 'green jobs'; stresses the need to further develop the connection between entrepreneurialism and food production to achieve 'green growth' in real terms;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to develop a systematic approach to eco-innovation policy, with sound framework conditions enabling a level playing fieldtransparent standardized criteria for eco- innovation in businesses and an infrastructure that allows businesses and consumers to make sustainableinformed choices;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to draw up new legislation and strengthen the existingstrengthen legislation in the field of the development and use of renewable energies and increasing energy efficiency, providing legal certainty and a level playing field by employing transparent standardized criteria for selection, and boosting public and private investment;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to provide a platform enabling the Member States to coordinate their efforts in creating new sustainable jobs and growth;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Member States to exchange experience and best practice in the field of employment opportunities when dealing with the economic, social and environmental impact of climate changethe financial crisis;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recommends that the regional authorities adopt development strategies in line with the objectives of the EU 2020 Strategy, with the aim of creating new jobs in a sustainablto grow the economy;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the eco-innovation funding possibilities within the Common Agricultural Policy, and also under the COSME, Horizon 2020 and LIFE programmes;