10 Amendments of Andrea COZZOLINO related to 2015/2324(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas macro-regional strategies are a fundamental tool for applying the principle of territorial cohesionand social cohesion, not least with a view to using existing tools and resources more efficiently and more effectively;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas macro-regional strategies represent a model of multi-level governance in which the involvement of stakeholders representing local, regional and national level, as part of an approach geared to decentralisation and greater local autonomy, the role played by regional and local authorities alongside the national authorities is of essential forimportance to the success of the strategies;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs) offer potentially significant resources and a wide range of tools and options for the Strategy; notes the availability of other funds and instruments relevant to the Strategy pillars, notably Horizon 2020, the Connecting Europe Facility, the LIFE programme, and the COSME programme for SMEs, for which the Commission should promote synergies and investigate the possible added value of specific calls focused on the particular challenges of the Alpine region;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need to coordinate and harmonise initiatives, proposals and projects relating directly or indirectly to the Alpine region;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States’ competent authorities to align their national and regional policies and funding arrangements, including, where possible, EUSALP actions and objectives, and to adapt their adopted operational programmes in order to ensure that future projects under the EUSALP strategy are promptly implemented and that managing authorities take due account of EUSALP priorities when implementing the operational programmes (e.g. by way of dedicated calls, bonus points or budget earmarking);
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports strategic planning among both urban and Alpine areas, with a view to promoting networking and common targets in a coordinated policy framework (e.g. with reference to renewable energies, welfare, logistics, and business and social innovation); encourages the pooling of best practice among regions, with a view both to enhancing the strategy's impact and to the possibility of changes being made to the priorities for the Alpine region in the future;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Encourages the Member States to ensure that the strategy has a sufficiently high profile nationally, regionally and locally and that its aims and outcomes are adequately publicised, and to promote coordination and exchanges of best practice with other existing and future macro-regional strategies;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for specific action to promote social issues and stresses the importance of setting out priorities and measures to foster the inclusion of persons with disabilities and guard against any form of discrimination;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Stresses the need to apply in full the cross-cutting principles for natural disaster risk management and climate change adaptation with a view to implementing the action plan;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the importance of supporting the development of the most efficient renewable energies in the region, from hydro through solar and wind to the sustainable use of forest wood, taking into account the impact on air quality linked to the use of different types of products in the heating sector;