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Is of the opinion that rapidly building up national single points of contact and supporting European Information Centres at regional as well as at other levels will provide consumers and the wider business community with transparent access to information; further considers that relevant information promptly provided is a key factor for innovative activities, and that these centres can therefore be an asset in terms of deepening cooperation within national borders and in the context of cross-border cooperation;
Is of the opinion that rapidly building up national single points of contact and supporting European Information Centres at regional as well as at other levels will provide consumers and the wider business community with transparent access to information; further considers that relevant information promptly provided is a key factor for innovative activities, and that these centres can therefore be an asset in terms of deepening cooperation within national borders and in the context of cross-border cooperation;
Emphasises that it is vital for SMEs to have access to appropriate financing for innovation, especially in the early stages of their business activities; believes that it is therefore necessary to support the provision of microcredit and risk capital also in a cross-border context;
Emphasises that it is vital for SMEs to have access to appropriate financing for innovation, especially in the early stages of their business activities; believes that it is therefore necessary to support the provision of microcredit and risk capital also in a cross-border context;
Expects that greater competition generated by the internal market will encourage companies to step up funding for research and innovation;
Expects that greater competition generated by the internal market will encourage companies to step up funding for research and innovation;
Stresses that efforts should be focused on facilitating the transfer of research results into marketable products, particularly for SMEs (while taking care not to stifle fundamental research) and believes there is a need for a more holistic approach, balancing closer cooperation between the research and business sectors with the interests of consumers, civil society and the environment, and including all local actors (public and private);
Stresses that efforts should be focused on facilitating the transfer of research results into marketable products, particularly for SMEs (while taking care not to stifle fundamental research) and believes there is a need for a more holistic approach, balancing closer cooperation between the research and business sectors with the interests of consumers, civil society and the environment, and including all local actors (public and private);
Welcomes the fact that the Commission plans to adopt a Communication to promote knowledge transfer between universities and other public research organisations and industry; also welcomes the recent initiatives of the Commission to promote "Open Access" to scientific knowledge, which is aimed at improving its dissemination;
Welcomes the fact that the Commission plans to adopt a Communication to promote knowledge transfer between universities and other public research organisations and industry; also welcomes the recent initiatives of the Commission to promote "Open Access" to scientific knowledge, which is aimed at improving its dissemination;
Strongly encourages initiatives which improve professional or social inclusion by promoting innovations with social applications, namely innovations addressing gender equality, consumer health and safety, mobility issues and, by drawing on their lifelong experience in solving problems, the needs of the elderly (a growing population group with high purchasing power);
Strongly encourages initiatives which improve professional or social inclusion by promoting innovations with social applications, namely innovations addressing gender equality, consumer health and safety, mobility issues and, by drawing on their lifelong experience in solving problems, the needs of the elderly (a growing population group with high purchasing power);
Considers that, in order to secure wider public acceptance of goods and services which are the fruits of research, suitable consumer protection instruments are required to improve levels of confidence and safety;
Considers that, in order to secure wider public acceptance of goods and services which are the fruits of research, suitable consumer protection instruments are required to improve levels of confidence and safety;
Stresses that innovation is a means of improving the quality of life of EU citizens and not an aim in itself; accordingly takes the view that, while competition and the liberalisation of goods and services contribute to achieving the given objective in terms of innovation, they must be accompanied by monitoring and consumer protection provisions, where justified by the public interest;
Stresses that innovation is a means of improving the quality of life of EU citizens and not an aim in itself; accordingly takes the view that, while competition and the liberalisation of goods and services contribute to achieving the given objective in terms of innovation, they must be accompanied by monitoring and consumer protection provisions, where justified by the public interest;
Considers it necessary to reduce obstacles to the free movement of production factors and products within the internal market, given that this may help to secure easier access to risk capital, while ensuring the mobility of researchers and of technologically innovative goods and services and an improved flow of knowledge, all of which contribute to the development of a genuine European innovation area;
Considers it necessary to reduce obstacles to the free movement of production factors and products within the internal market, given that this may help to secure easier access to risk capital, while ensuring the mobility of researchers and of technologically innovative goods and services and an improved flow of knowledge, all of which contribute to the development of a genuine European innovation area;
Calls on companies to plough some of their profits back into research and technological development;
Calls on companies to plough some of their profits back into research and technological development;
Urges the Commission to continue its efforts to remove obstacles to the creation and development of new leading markets conducive to innovation;
Urges the Commission to continue its efforts to remove obstacles to the creation and development of new leading markets conducive to innovation;
Is of the opinion that there should be wider consideration of useful innovative solutions specific to the services industry, and believes that the continued removal of barriers to the free movement of goods, services and capital, freedom of establishment and the free movement of persons, including workers, will stimulate innovation.
Is of the opinion that there should be wider consideration of useful innovative solutions specific to the services industry, and believes that the continued removal of barriers to the free movement of goods, services and capital, freedom of establishment and the free movement of persons, including workers, will stimulate innovation.
Putting knowledge into practice: a broad-based innovation strategy for Europe
Putting knowledge into practice: a broad-based innovation strategy for Europe
IMCO 29.11.2006
IMCO 29.11.2006
Barbara Weiler 19.12.2006
Barbara Weiler 19.12.2006
Nedzhmi Ali, Adam Bielan, Godfrey Bloom, Georgi Bliznashki, Charlotte Cederschiöld, Gabriela Creţu, Mia De Vits, Rosa Díez González, Martin Dimitrov, Evelyne Gebhardt, Małgorzata Handzlik, Malcolm Harbour, Anna Hedh, Pierre Jonckheer, Alexander Lambsdorff, Toine Manders, Arlene McCarthy, Bill Newton Dunn, Zita Pleštinská, Karin Riis-Jørgensen, Zuzana Roithová, Heide Rühle, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schwab, Alexander Stubb, Marianne Thyssen, Jacques Toubon, Bernadette Vergnaud, Barbara Weiler
Nedzhmi Ali, Adam Bielan, Godfrey Bloom, Georgi Bliznashki, Charlotte Cederschiöld, Gabriela Creţu, Mia De Vits, Rosa Díez González, Martin Dimitrov, Evelyne Gebhardt, Małgorzata Handzlik, Malcolm Harbour, Anna Hedh, Pierre Jonckheer, Alexander Lambsdorff, Toine Manders, Arlene McCarthy, Bill Newton Dunn, Zita Pleštinská, Karin Riis-Jørgensen, Zuzana Roithová, Heide Rühle, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schwab, Alexander Stubb, Marianne Thyssen, Jacques Toubon, Bernadette Vergnaud, Barbara Weiler
Simon Coveney, Jean-Claude Fruteau, Othmar Karas, Manuel Medina Ortega, Joseph Muscat, Søren Bo Søndergaard, Gary Titley
Simon Coveney, Jean-Claude Fruteau, Othmar Karas, Manuel Medina Ortega, Joseph Muscat, Søren Bo Søndergaard, Gary Titley
OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The Committee on Regional Development calls on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions in its motion for a resolution:
The Committee on Regional Development calls on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions in its motion for a resolution:
Welcomes the Commission’s view that the regions should be involved in devising and implementing national reform programmes; calls on the Member States to publish information on the national reform programme guidelines, to ensure early participation, in particular, by adjusting programmes to better suit local needs, through more intensive dialogue between the Commission, the Member States and the regions, through clearer and more decentralised sharing of responsibilities and through improved interaction within the regions themselves;
Welcomes the Commission’s view that the regions should be involved in devising and implementing national reform programmes; calls on the Member States to publish information on the national reform programme guidelines, to ensure early participation, in particular, by adjusting programmes to better suit local needs, through more intensive dialogue between the Commission, the Member States and the regions, through clearer and more decentralised sharing of responsibilities and through improved interaction within the regions themselves;
Recognises that cohesion policy makes a unique contribution to the implementation of the Lisbon objectives, in particular due to the earmarking of Structural Funds for pursuing them, and stresses that the local and regional levels have a key role to play in promoting innovation, as is also reflected in the Seventh Framework Programme on Research and Development and the First Framework Programme on Competitiveness and Innovation, since innovation strategies can be implemented at local and regional levels through interaction between enterprises, particularly SMEs, universities, education and technology centres, in partnership with civil society;
Recognises that cohesion policy makes a unique contribution to the implementation of the Lisbon objectives, in particular due to the earmarking of Structural Funds for pursuing them, and stresses that the local and regional levels have a key role to play in promoting innovation, as is also reflected in the Seventh Framework Programme on Research and Development and the First Framework Programme on Competitiveness and Innovation, since innovation strategies can be implemented at local and regional levels through interaction between enterprises, particularly SMEs, universities, education and technology centres, in partnership with civil society;
3 Takes note of the difficulties faced by start-up companies in accessing risk capital, and stresses the value of tax and other incentives in this regard;
3 Takes note of the difficulties faced by start-up companies in accessing risk capital, and stresses the value of tax and other incentives in this regard;
Calls on the relevant actors at regional and local level to create favourable conditions and to make promotion of innovation a key part of the operational programmes and to devote a significant proportion of funding from the Structural Funds to investment in knowledge, innovation and further training, which among other benefits will create jobs, enhance employability and counter 'brain-drain' and depopulation trends; also calls on the Member States to support this by public investment in higher education institution targeting the development of individual talents;
Calls on the relevant actors at regional and local level to create favourable conditions and to make promotion of innovation a key part of the operational programmes and to devote a significant proportion of funding from the Structural Funds to investment in knowledge, innovation and further training, which among other benefits will create jobs, enhance employability and counter 'brain-drain' and depopulation trends; also calls on the Member States to support this by public investment in higher education institution targeting the development of individual talents;
Agrees with the Commission that 'cluster policy' is an important part of the Member States’ innovation policy and calls on actors, particularly at regional and local levels, to promote clusters, as well as innovation and technology centres, in urban centres and rural areas, in such a way that a balance can be reached between different regions;
Agrees with the Commission that 'cluster policy' is an important part of the Member States’ innovation policy and calls on actors, particularly at regional and local levels, to promote clusters, as well as innovation and technology centres, in urban centres and rural areas, in such a way that a balance can be reached between different regions;
Stresses in this context the importance of creating governance structures so as to improve cooperation between different actors in a cluster and asks for clusters to be directed also to cross-border activities, building notably on the experience of Euroregions, which possesses established cross-border structures and social networks;
Stresses in this context the importance of creating governance structures so as to improve cooperation between different actors in a cluster and asks for clusters to be directed also to cross-border activities, building notably on the experience of Euroregions, which possesses established cross-border structures and social networks;
Stresses that rural and peripheral areas must not be left behind, and must be encouraged and helped to develop eco-innovation and agri-tourism;
Stresses that rural and peripheral areas must not be left behind, and must be encouraged and helped to develop eco-innovation and agri-tourism;
Draws attention to the difficulties that less developed regions encounter in obtaining private investment capital, and calls on the Member States as well as actors at the local and regional levels to make greater use of EIB borrowing facilities and to promote and strengthen public-private partnerships in the area of innovation activities, having special regard to best practise and value for public money;
Draws attention to the difficulties that less developed regions encounter in obtaining private investment capital, and calls on the Member States as well as actors at the local and regional levels to make greater use of EIB borrowing facilities and to promote and strengthen public-private partnerships in the area of innovation activities, having special regard to best practise and value for public money;
Takes the view that the new lead market initiative, which should concentrate particularly on the creation and marketing of new innovative products and services, must be started up particularly in fields where there is a large potential demand, whilst ensuring that the less developed regions are not left behind;
Takes the view that the new lead market initiative, which should concentrate particularly on the creation and marketing of new innovative products and services, must be started up particularly in fields where there is a large potential demand, whilst ensuring that the less developed regions are not left behind;
Notes that the Member States have by no means yet fully exhausted the possibilities of aid in the field of environmental innovations, and points out once more that innovative environmental technologies can give the EU a significant competitive advantage in the world;
Notes that the Member States have by no means yet fully exhausted the possibilities of aid in the field of environmental innovations, and points out once more that innovative environmental technologies can give the EU a significant competitive advantage in the world;
Encourages the relevant actors at regional level to include experimental and therefore risky measures in funding from the Structural Funds;
Encourages the relevant actors at regional level to include experimental and therefore risky measures in funding from the Structural Funds;
Considers that innovation activities should be better supported through information campaigns and emphasises the need to share information obtained from completed projects; at the same time recommends that lessons be learnt from incorrect procedures in unsuccessful projects and that warnings be given against similar mistakes in other regions of the EU;
Considers that innovation activities should be better supported through information campaigns and emphasises the need to share information obtained from completed projects; at the same time recommends that lessons be learnt from incorrect procedures in unsuccessful projects and that warnings be given against similar mistakes in other regions of the EU;
Considers that supporting European Information Centres also at regional level helps provide civil society and the wider business community with transparent access to information and that relevant information provided quickly is a key factor for innovative activities, and that such centres can therefore be an asset in terms of deepening cooperation within national borders and in the context of cross-border cooperation;
Considers that supporting European Information Centres also at regional level helps provide civil society and the wider business community with transparent access to information and that relevant information provided quickly is a key factor for innovative activities, and that such centres can therefore be an asset in terms of deepening cooperation within national borders and in the context of cross-border cooperation;
Considers that measures at EU, regional and local levelsare needed to increase the number of science, engineering and technology graduates, particularly female graduates, also in primary research and notably by using the 'People' Programme of the Seventh Framework Programme, by supporting grants, awards and other incentives, and by encouraging women to set up innovative enterprises, particularly through mentoring projects and other forms of support;
Considers that measures at EU, regional and local levelsare needed to increase the number of science, engineering and technology graduates, particularly female graduates, also in primary research and notably by using the 'People' Programme of the Seventh Framework Programme, by supporting grants, awards and other incentives, and by encouraging women to set up innovative enterprises, particularly through mentoring projects and other forms of support;
Considers that research and development infrastructures, which are a necessary precondition of forming and retaining scientists and researchers particularly in outlying regions, need to be built up; considers that a financial contribution from the Seventh Framework Programme and the Structural funds aimed at improving research infrastructure in cohesion regions with good research potential would be an effective investment if the results of science and research activities lead to innovative products and services;
Considers that research and development infrastructures, which are a necessary precondition of forming and retaining scientists and researchers particularly in outlying regions, need to be built up; considers that a financial contribution from the Seventh Framework Programme and the Structural funds aimed at improving research infrastructure in cohesion regions with good research potential would be an effective investment if the results of science and research activities lead to innovative products and services;
Taking into consideration the significant financial investments made by the EU, asks the Commission to evaluate the results obtained by assessing the quality, quantity and financial aspects of projects and actions in a manner conducive to improving, over a period of time, the efficiency of future actions;
Taking into consideration the significant financial investments made by the EU, asks the Commission to evaluate the results obtained by assessing the quality, quantity and financial aspects of projects and actions in a manner conducive to improving, over a period of time, the efficiency of future actions;
Takes the view that a pre-condition of innovative capacity-building in the EU is free or low-cost broadband access, which serves to facilitate knowledge-based enterprise;
Takes the view that a pre-condition of innovative capacity-building in the EU is free or low-cost broadband access, which serves to facilitate knowledge-based enterprise;
Calls on the Commission, Member States, regional and local authorities to ensure universal access to information and communication technology-based working, in order to facilitate e-learning and e-working generally;
Calls on the Commission, Member States, regional and local authorities to ensure universal access to information and communication technology-based working, in order to facilitate e-learning and e-working generally;
Recalls the importance of funding for high-quality physical and technological infrastructure in order to attract investment and facilitate labour mobility.
Recalls the importance of funding for high-quality physical and technological infrastructure in order to attract investment and facilitate labour mobility.
‘Putting knowledge into practice: a broad-based innovation strategy for the EU’
‘Putting knowledge into practice: a broad-based innovation strategy for the EU’
Christa Prets 1.2.2007
Christa Prets 1.2.2007
Stavros Arnaoutakis, Elspeth Attwooll, Tiberiu Bărbuleţiu, Jean Marie Beaupuy, Rolf Berend, Jana Bobošíková, Antonio De Blasio, Vasile Dîncu, Gerardo Galeote, Iratxe García Pérez, Ambroise Guellec, Pedro Guerreiro, Gábor Harangozó, Marian Harkin, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Gisela Kallenbach, Tunne Kelam, Evgeni Kirilov, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Yiannakis Matsis, Miroslav Mikolášik, Jan Olbrycht, Maria Petre, Markus Pieper, Wojciech Roszkowski, Elisabeth Schroedter, Stefan Sofianski, Grażyna Staniszewska, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Oldřich Vlasák, Vladimír Železný
Stavros Arnaoutakis, Elspeth Attwooll, Tiberiu Bărbuleţiu, Jean Marie Beaupuy, Rolf Berend, Jana Bobošíková, Antonio De Blasio, Vasile Dîncu, Gerardo Galeote, Iratxe García Pérez, Ambroise Guellec, Pedro Guerreiro, Gábor Harangozó, Marian Harkin, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Gisela Kallenbach, Tunne Kelam, Evgeni Kirilov, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Yiannakis Matsis, Miroslav Mikolášik, Jan Olbrycht, Maria Petre, Markus Pieper, Wojciech Roszkowski, Elisabeth Schroedter, Stefan Sofianski, Grażyna Staniszewska, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Oldřich Vlasák, Vladimír Železný
Jan Březina, Brigitte Douay, Den Dover, Ljudmila Novak, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Zita Pleštinská, Christa Prets, Toomas Savi, Richard Seeber, László Surján, Károly Ferenc Szabó, Nikolaos Vakalis
Jan Březina, Brigitte Douay, Den Dover, Ljudmila Novak, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Zita Pleštinská, Christa Prets, Toomas Savi, Richard Seeber, László Surján, Károly Ferenc Szabó, Nikolaos Vakalis
OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON LEGAL AFFAIRS
OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON LEGAL AFFAIRS