obžaluje, da je financiranje raziskav v Evropi še vedno zelo razdrobljeno, številni viri financiranja iz držav članic in Skupnosti pa uporabljajo različne prednostne naloge, merila, opredelitve in postopke ocenjevanja, zaradi česar prihaja do nepotrebne zmede, napak in premajhne kritične mase; poziva Komisijo in Svet, naj na vrh svoje agende umestita vprašanja sodelovanja in usklajevanja med različnimi programi EU ter nacionalnimi programi; poziva Komisijo, naj izvede analizo za boljše usklajevanje evropskih in nacionalnih dejavnosti, vključno z morebitno uskladitvijo faz pri oblikovanju razpisov za zbiranje predlogov in ocenjevanju projektov, ter opredelitvijo nacionalnih pravil ali zakonov, ki ovirajo ali zapletajo finančno poslovodenje mednarodnih projektov za sodelovanje v raziskavah; poziva, naj se razpisi za zbiranje predlogov, skupaj s tistimi, ki bodo objavljeni julija 2011, pripravijo v dogovoru z državami članicami, da ne bi podvajali nacionalnih pobud, temveč jih dopolnjevali; ob tem meni, da bi bilo treba sistem ERA-Net okrepiti kot orodje za podporo odličnosti in razvoju meril za kazalnike kakovosti, ki je osnova za usklajevanje med programi ali skupnimi podjetji; predlaga, naj sedmi okvirni program dopolni delovanje akterjev, ki upravljajo nacionalne programe, vključene v skupno načrtovanje, da bi okvirni programi za raziskave in razvoj prešli s sistema vodenja projektov na sistem upravljanja programov, ne da bi pri tem zanemarili upravljanje malih projektov; meni, da je treba za uspešno skupno načrtovanje programov izbirati projekte na osnovi odličnosti, kar bi moralo biti prikrojeno značilnostim posameznega sektorja, da je treba okrepiti vlogo Komisije, države članice pa bi morale spoštovati svoje finančne obveznosti; poziva, naj se zadnja tri leta sedmega okvirnega programa namenijo prispevanju k oblikovanju evropskega raziskovalnega prostora;
Deplores the fact that research funding is still very fragmented in Europe, with multiple sources of funding from the Member States and the Community applying different priorities, evaluation criteria, definitions and procedures, leading to unnecessary overlap, confusion, error and lack of critical mass; asks the Commission and the Council to put the issues of cooperation and coordination between the various EU and national programmes at the top of the agenda; calls on the Commission to carry out an analysis to improve the link between European and national actions, including possible coordination in the phases of formulating calls for proposals and evaluating projects, as well as the identification of national rules or laws that hinder or complicate the financial management of international research cooperation projects; asks that calls for proposals, including those of July 2011, be issued in consultation with the Member States, not duplicating or competing with national initiatives but complementing them; in this respect, considers that the ERA-Net scheme should be strengthened as a tool to support excellence and the development of criteria for quality indicators which constitutes the basis for coordination between programmes or joint ventures; suggests that FP7 should complement the efforts of actors managing national programmes involved in joint programming in order to move the RDFPs away from project management thinking towards programme management thinking, but without neglecting the management of small projects; believes that for Joint Programming to be successful, projects should be selected on the basis of excellence, tailored to the characteristics of each sector, the coordinating role of the Commission should be strengthened, and participating Member States should honour their financial commitments; asks that the last three years of FP7 be devoted to helping structure the European Research Area;