12 Amendments of Juozas IMBRASAS related to 2011/2107(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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1. Emphasises the role of research and development for competitive sustainable growth in Europe, with a view to strengthening territorial cohesion; considers that the financing of research and technological development should be made more effective at national and EU level; stresses that the current EU budget for research, which amounts to only 4% of that of research funded by the public sector in Europe, is inadequate; considers it essential to increase this budget and to integrate national programmes and the Europan framework programme more effectively;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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2. Shares, in the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy, the objective of increasing spending on R&D to reach 3 % GDP by 2020; notes that the EU’s overall strategic policy on research and technological development should be based on coherent strategic objectives, clearly supported by all stakeholders;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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3. Believes that agriculture will need to respond to specific challenges in the coming decades: catering for the food needs of a growing population, with more resource-efficient and environmentally sustainable practices in response to growing scarcities (water, energy, soil depletion, etc.), taking into account the need to mitigate, and adapt to, climate change; points out that the local and regional level is the appropriate one for developing synergy between research and technological development policies and cohesion policy, which will have an impact on economic and industrial activities and social practices;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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2. Takes the view that specific budget allocations for calls for proposals within the new Framework Programme and actions deriving from it would help to combat many of the sector’s weaknesses and would also help build a stronger position for fisheries researchers. S; stresses also that building a strong research base would help to further develop a sustainable fisheries and aquaculture sector; stresses that since the European Commission represents the position of the Member States within regional fisheries management organisations, the adoption of unilateral decisions without seeking the Member States’ opinions is unacceptable;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
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2. In the light of the future gearing of cohesion policy to the Europe 2020 Strategy, calls for the ‘innovation’ priority to be binding on the regions, which must also be reflected in the funding allocated, believes that this is how the widely supported Europe 2020 objectives of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth based on research and innovation, as key drivers of social and economic prosperity and sustainable development, will be achieved;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
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6. CNotes that 97% of the Member States’ economic activities are still characterised by weak or moderate technological and research intensity; considers it crucial that the investment in science should be coupled with investment in the skills of people. Education, training and advisory services are essential components driving knowledge-based growth of rural businesses. It is therefore necessary to focus advisory and training services on the drive for innovation at every level (product innovation, process innovation and management innovation);
Amendment 23 #
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3. Calls on the regions, in line with the ‘smart specialisation’ approach, to develop tailored innovation strategies; stresses that territorial cooperation must be optimised with a view to greater complementarity between regions; believes that research and innovation should be better linked, that the EU needs to break away from traditional compartmentalised approaches and focus more on challenges and outcomes to be achieved, linking our research and innovation funding closer to our policy objectives, and that developing a simplified set of instruments and rules, while leaving room for flexibility where it is needed, is equally crucial;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
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7. Insists on using the Cohesion Funds to finance initiatives aimed at increasing female employment in technology and innovation and educating female researchers; recalls that the EU should not provide support for any research involving the destruction of human embryos or the use of parts of human embryos whose harvesting would result in their death;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
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7. Strongly supports – while still concentrating on three interdependent objectives, namely creating the world’s best scientific basis within the European Union, promoting global competitiveness and responding to major challenges such as climate change, the effective use of resources, security of energy supplies and food security, health and the ageing of the population – a further increase in the EU’s annual budgets for research and innovation, as these have been proven to deliver excellent European added value and to aid recovery from the economic crisis; emphasises that the Europe 2020 strategy for growth and jobs, adopted by the Council, clearly states the need for additional funds for research and innovation.
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
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6. Calls on the Commission, despite the differences in systems of governance, to aim to achieve maximum harmonisation of rules for the funding of programmes; stresses that funding for research and innovation at national and EU levels needs to be more efficient and effective;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
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17. Recognises that particular attention should be devoted to SMEs’ involvement, in order to enable the exploitation of new ideas and opportunities in a flexible and effective way as they emerge, opening new avenues for innovation; also emphasises that the level of innovation activity affects the innovation climate, confirming the idea that innovative activities should be concentrated in small structural units; notes, moreover, that the success of innovation activities depends to a great extent on the skills and experience of management staff;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
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24. Favours the idea that innovation should meet consumers’ needs and the idea of moving towards a ‘science- based’ approach, and calls for a trust-based and risk-tolerant attitude towards participants at all stages of the funding system;