Activities of Malika BENARAB-ATTOU related to 2011/0401(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing Horizon 2020 - The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Union is committed to achieving the Europe 2020 strategy, which has set the objectives of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, highlighting the role of research and innovation as key drivers of social and economic prosperity and of environmental sustainability and setting itself the goal to increase spending on Research and Development to reach 3 % of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020 while developing an innovation intensity indicator. In this context, the Innovation Union flagship initiative sets out a strategic and integrated approach to research and innovation, setting the framework and objectives to which future Union research and innovation funding should contribute. Research and innovation are also key factors for other Europe 2020 flagship initiatives, notably on resource efficient Europe, an industrial policy for the globalisation era, and a digital agenda for Europe. Moreover, for achieving the Europe 2020 objectives relating to research and innovation, Cohesion policy has a key role to play through building capacity and developing new tools to providinge a stairway to excellence.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Horizon 2020 should foster the development of new models for funding and disseminating academic and scientific publications, which are based on the production of papers by researchers and academics and unpaid peer validation of theories and results, in order to provide the broadest possible access to such publications.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) With the aim of deepening the relationship between science and society and reinforcing public confidence in science, Horizon 2020 should favour an informed engagement of citizens and civil society on research and innovation matters by promoting participatory research, science education, by making scientific knowledge and research data more accessible, by developing responsible research and innovation agendas that meet citizens' and civil society's concerns and expectations and by facilitating their participation in Horizon 2020 activities.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Research and innovation activities supported by Horizon 2020 should respect fundamental ethical principles. The opinions of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies should be taken into account. Research activities should also take into account Article 13 TFEU and reduce the use of animals in research and testing, with a view ultimately to replacing animal use. All activities should be carried out ensuring a high level of human health protection in accordance with Article 168 TFEU. In accordance with ethical principles, including those laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki, the results of all research involving human subjects – in particular clinical trials – must be made publicly available.
Amendment 68 #
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 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, in particular by facilitating the circulation and exploitation of knowledge and open online access to the data and results produced by research funded under Horizon 2020 and ensuring that the results of research involving human subjects are made publicly available.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Particular attention shall be paid to the principle of proportionality, the right to privacy, the right to the protection of personal data, the right to the physical and mental integrity of a person, the right to non-discrimination and the need to ensure high levels of human health protection and to make the results of research involving human subjects publicly available.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Academic and scientific publications are a key research infrastructure component. They are a resource that plays a crucial role in the generation of new knowledge and innovation. It is therefore essential for research findings produced and validated as a result of work carried out by researchers in receipt of EU funding to be made available to the whole of the scientific community.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – paragraph 15
Annex 1 – paragraph 15
All the activities shall take a challenge- based approach, focusing on policy priorities without predetermining the precise choice of technologies or solutions that should be developed. The emphasis shall be on bringing together a critical mass of resources and knowledge across different fields, technologies and scientific disciplines in order to address the challenges. The activities shall cover the full cycle from research to market, with a new focus on innovation-related activities, such as piloting, demonstration, test-beds, support for public procurement, design, end-user driven innovation, the use of innovative research funding tools, such as innovation awards, particularly in cases where the market fails to perform its proper function, securing the best possible social return on public investment, social innovation and market take-up of innovations.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – paragraph 16
Annex 1 – paragraph 16
Social sciences and humanities shall be an integral part of the activities to address all the challengeare a discrete field of research and shall be one of the bases for the activities to address all the challenges facing the EU, as regards both the inclusion of people of all origins and their access to education and to social and cultural rights. In addition, the underpinning development of these disciplines shall be supported under the specific objective ‘Inclusive, innovative and secure societies’. Support will also focus on providing a strong evidence base for policy making at international, Union, national and regional levels. Given the global nature of many of the challenges, strategic cooperation with third countries shall be an integral part of each challenge. In addition, cross-cutting support for international cooperation shall be provided under the specific objective ‘Inclusive, innovative and secure societies’.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – paragraph 17
Annex 1 – paragraph 17
The specific objective ‘Inclusive, innovative and secure societies’ also includes an activity to close the research and innovation divide with specific measures to unlock excellence in less developed regions of the Union, requiring, in particular, the broadest possible access to scientific and academic publications and to research data in those regions.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part I – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 4
Annex 1 – part I – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 4
The necessary reform must start at the first stages of the researchers’ careers, during their doctoral studies or comparable post- graduate training. Europe must develop state-of-the-art, innovative training schemes, consistent with the highly competitive and increasingly inter- disciplinary requirements of research and innovation. Strong involvement of businesses, including SMEs and other socio-economic actors, will be needed to equip researchers with the innovation skills demanded by the jobs of tomorrow. It will also be important to enhance the mobility of these researchers, as it currently remains at too modest a level: in 2008, only 7 % of European doctoral candidates were trained in another Member State, whereas the target is 20 % by 2030. Accordingly, doctoral candidates in all fields must be clearly identified as one of the key target groups of the new programme for education, training, youth and sport, and care must be taken to ensure the necessary complementarity with Horizon 2020.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part I – point 3 – point 3.3 – point c – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – part I – point 3 – point 3.3 – point c – paragraph 2
Key activities shall be to support short- term exchanges of research and innovation staff among a partnership of universities, research institutions, businesses, SMEs and other socio-economic groups, both within Europe and worldwide. This will include fostering cooperation with third countries and, in particular, strengthening scientific partnerships between the two sides of the Mediterranean and making Euro- Mediterranean research, innovation and technological development programmes more effective.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Annex 1 – part I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Academic and scientific publications are a key research infrastructure component. They are a resource that plays a crucial role in the generation of new knowledge and innovation. It is therefore essential for research findings produced and validated as a result of work carried out by researchers in receipt of EU funding to be made available to the whole of the scientific community.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part III – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 4
Annex 1 – part III – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 4
Chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, diabetes, neurological and mental health disorders, overweight and obesity and various functional limitations are major causes of disability, ill-health and premature death, and present considerable social and economic costs. Innovative models for funding and disseminating the results of research work, such as innovation awards, are of essential importance in addressing these societal challenges and enabling the European research community to play an active and effective part in doing so.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part III – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 5
Annex 1 – part III – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 5
Specific activities shall include: understanding the determinants of health (including environmental and climate related factors), improving health promotion and disease prevention; understanding disease and improving diagnosis; developing effective screening programmes and improving the assessment of disease susceptibility; improving surveillance and preparedness; developing better preventive vaccines; using in-silico medicine for improving disease management and prediction; treating disease; transferring knowledge to clinical practice and scalable innovation actions; better use of health data; active ageing, independent and assisted living; individual empowerment for self-management of health; promotion of integrated care; improving scientific tools and methods to support policy making and regulatory needs; and optimising the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare systems and reducing inequalities by evidence based decision making and dissemination of best practice, and innovative technologies and approaches, in particular in relation to funding research and disseminating research results in order to share knowledge that will facilitate and speed up innovation in these areas.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part III – point 6.3 – point 6.3.1 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – part III – point 6.3 – point 6.3.1 – paragraph 1
The aim is to enhance solidarity as well as social, economic and political inclusion and positive inter-cultural dynamics in Europe and with international partners, through cutting-edge science and interdisciplinarity, technological advances and organisational innovations. Humanities research can play an important role here, and must therefore be properly funded. Research shall support policymakers in designing policies that combat poverty and prevent the development of various forms of divisions, discriminations and inequalities in European societies, such as gender inequalities or digital or innovation divides, and with other world regions. It shall in particular feed into the implementation and the adaptation of the Europe 2020 strategy and the broad external action of the Union. Specific measures shall be taken to unlock excellence in less developed regions, thereby widening participation in Horizon 2020.