3 Amendments of Piotr BORYS related to 2011/0387(COD)
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 1.3 – paragraph 2
Annex – point 1.3 – paragraph 2
The EIT will strongly contribute to the objectives set out in Horizon 2020, in particular by addressing societal challenges in a complementary way to other initiatives in these areas. Within Horizon 2020 , the EIT will be part of the ‘tackling societal challenges’ objective but following the approach of seamless interaction across objectives, it will also contribute to ‘industrial leadership and competitive frameworks’ by stimulating results-driven research and fostering the creation of high growth innovative SMEs. Finally, it will contribute to the creation of an ‘excellent science base’ by fostering mobility across boundaries – of disciplines, sectors and countries – and by embedding entrepreneurship and a risk-taking culture in innovative post-graduates degrees. The EIT must support cross-border and cross- sector cooperation and mobility in research and innovation between academia, research institutes and business. The EIT will create a joint innovation and knowledge sharing platform that will help support areas which are not directly participating in KICs, and, in the longer term, help achieve the priorities of the Horizon 2020 framework programme. A separate priority needs to be established to define the specific scope within which the EIT will operate in the context of cooperation on research and innovation with third countries and international organisations, thus helping to disseminate good community practices. The EIT will thereby significantly contribute to promoting the framework conditions that are needed to realise the innovative potential of EU research and to promote the completion of the European Research Area (ERA).
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 1.3 – paragraph 3
Annex – point 1.3 – paragraph 3
Moreover, the EIT brings a fully fledged education dimension to the EU’s research and innovation policy. Via innovative, entrepreneurial education it plays an important bridging role between the research and innovation framework and education policies and programmes and provides the long term commitment needed to deliver sustainable changes in higher education. Particular attention needs to be paid to ensuring that universities and other higher education institutions are adequately funded. This will ensure that there is a level playing field for institutions aspiring to attain the highest European standard. At the same time, support will be maintained for research and education centres that are already recognised as centres of excellence. Notably through new, trans and interdisciplinary EIT-labelled degrees the EIT is leading a collaborative effort towards education for innovation with clear spill over effects on the broader European agenda for the modernisation of higher education institutions thereby promoting the European Higher Education Area.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 1.3 – paragraph 5
Annex – point 1.3 – paragraph 5
Joint Programming Initiatives, a key instrument for addressing fragmentation in research, should provide the nucleus of the pan-European KIC research base. In turn, KICs can speed up and foster the exploitation of excellent public research pooled together by the JPIs, thereby addressing fragmentation in innovation. The Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) and the newly established Public and Private Partnerships provide platforms for promotion of large-scale industry-driven research and enhance the development of major technologies. KICs can help catalysinge these major research investments to boost technology transfer and commercialisation and to develop new ventures within existing business via entrepreneurial talent. Through its knowledge triangle approach, the EIT will complement investment of the European Research Council (ERC) on world-class frontier research by addressing the whole innovation chain from ideas to application and exploitation and provide additional opportunitieguarantee the development of the European Research Area, providing new opportunities for researchers in the context of Maria Skłodowska-Curie activities. The EIT will take advantage of Europe’s intellectual capital with a view to acquiring new skills in innovation and exposure to entrepreneurship to ‘Marie Curie’ researchers andhanks to the correlation with the ‘Erasmus for all’ studentsprogramme.