4 Amendments of Ioan ENCIU related to 2011/0401(COD)
Amendment 235 #
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, contributing to growth and convergence of the European regions and providing a stairway to excellence.
Amendment 274 #
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 science education, by closing the digital, research and innovation divide and tackling digital illiteracy, by making scientific knowledge 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 345 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) Horizon 2020 should aim at spreading and promoting excellent research throughout all the European regions as a precondition for a geographically balanced growth and innovation strategy of the Union and at fostering the mobility of researchers as a means for preventing forms of brain- drain among the Member States.
Amendment 858 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 17
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – 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 promote, enable, develop and unlock excellence in less developed regions of the Union.