21 Amendments of Ioannis A. TSOUKALAS related to 2010/2245(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B – point 1
Recital B – point 1
· putting first education and citizens’ creativity, consumption patterns and responses to new ideas,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B – point 4
Recital B – point 4
· fruitful cooperation between education and research institutes, businesses, governments and citizens,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Innovation Union flagship initiative, which is the most significant and concrtargeted attempt so far to introduce a strategic, integrated European innovation policy, whose success though depends on the full cooperation of – and its implementation by –the Member States;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that innovation is an integral part of the knowledge triangle (education – research – innovation) and that any attempt to consolidate it is inextricably linked to the consolidation of the other components and presupposes a cohesive and balanced strategy for the creation of a European knowledge-based society;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission’s focus on grand societal challenges, and stresses that research and innovation isare needed in order to increase resource productivity and sustainable substitution while simultaneously reducing resource use and energy consumption;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that, in a market economy, innovation is not exclusively intended to meet major societal challenges but also plays a particularly important role in the manufacture of consumer-friendly and attractive products in the fields of leisure, technology, industry, culture and entertainment; points out that there is a vast international market for innovative high-tech leisure products (smart phones, tablet PCs, console games, portable recreational devices etc.), as well as a world market for social networking and innovative online services, in which European undertakings are playing a negligible role;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point 4 a (new)
Paragraph 6 – point 4 a (new)
· consolidation and promotion of European and national public and private investment in research and innovation and strengthening of the institutional cross-border investment framework within the EU, for example by removing obstacles to venture capital;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Stresses that the main goal of the Innovation Union policy should be to facilitate coordination and coherence by adopting a truly holistic approach focused on the grand societalfuture (societal, economic, environmental, scientific and technological) challenges;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that innovation and creativity are processes which, to a certain degree, can be cultivated, taught and enhanced; urges, therefore, that innovation and creativity be included to a greater degree in the educational systems of the EU Member States; calls for the recognition and dissemination of best practices regarding creative and innovative educational curricula and instructional methods used by the Member States;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses the danger of the term ‘innovation’ becoming a well-worn cliché that breeds complacency simply through repeated use; innovation alone is not a panacea for coping with every problem and cannot be conjured up at will in times of economic and social crisis. On the contrary, it must be a constant endeavour in the public and private sector and be actively supported by means of cohesive educational, research, industrial, social and environmental strategies on the part of the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to take action to improve the entrepreneurial and quantitative skills of (young) Europeans by incorporating entrepreneurship and innovation into all areas of educresearch and innovation into all areas of education and by cultivating a healthy respect for entrepreneurship; stresses the importance of instructing young people in mathematics and the natural sciences in order to achieve progress in the fields of research and innovation;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to set up a ‘one-stop shop’ in cooperation with the Member States, that is, a service counter where all stakeholders (especially innovative small and medium-sized firms) – including local and regional government – can seek information and apply for financial support or be linked up with potential partners;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to introduce a better method of financing innovation, by creating synergies and merging Research & Development & Innovation (R&D&I) support programmes where possible, for example the FPs, Joint Technology Initiatives, the CIP, Joint Programmes, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan, and to directsupport innovation, not least by means of structural funding and parts of the Common Agricultural Policy funds and Emission Trading Scheme auction revenues to innovation; joins the Council in calling for a new balance between trust and control, and between risk-taking and risk avoidance, while recognising that research and innovation are high-risk activities with no guaranteed results;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses that to create a true Innovation Union by 2020 and to complete the European Research Area by 2014 the European Union needs the pan- European research infrastructures, such as the Biological and Medical Sciences Research Infrastructure (BMS RI) projects; stresses that it will therefore be of key importance to develop appropriate funding mechanisms for their sustainable implementation;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17α. Welcomes the Commission proposal for the release by 2014 of appropriations to help increase and enhance the private funding necessary to promote innovation in Europe;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to re-evaluate the whole ecosystem of innovation with a view to removing unnecessary financial and administrative barriers, for example to access to loans for universities;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Invites the Member States to make the best possible use of the Structural Funds for R&D&I in the current financing period, targeting the grand societal challenges; calls on the Commission and the Member State to avoid costly duplication by promoting smart and better targeted specialisation strategies;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22α. Calls on the Commission, in the light of the 2020 funding target for research and technological development amounting to 3% of GDP and recognising that research and innovation are the only sure means of achieving economic recovery in the EU, to consider the possibility of establishing for the Member States an interim binding minimum level of funding for research and technological development amounting to around 1% of GDP up to 2015;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that the European single market must be completed for all goods and services as a matter of urgency, including innovative health products, thus providing access to 500 million consumers;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that a strong and balanced intellectual property rights (IPR) system contributing to greater transparency and preventing any fragmentation of the markets in intellectual property rights is one of the key framework conditions for innovation; calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive intellectual property strategy, which balances inventors’ rights with promoting wide use of and access to knowledge and inventions, in particular for educational and non- profit purposes;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Urges the Member States to direct their public procurement towards innovative products, processes and services; calls, therefore, on the Commission, in its legislative proposals, to facilitate innovation enabling public procurement, including a review of pre-commercial procurement opportunities, and calls on the Member States to increase their greensustainable public procurement;