Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-03-Speech-3-156"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011003.4.3-156"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-03-Speech-3-1572
lpv:speaker	lp:Gérard Caudron2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (1999-07-20--2002-07-09)3 member; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (1999-07-20--2002-01-16)3
lpv:translated text	"The reception given to this Commission Communication on ‘Innovation in a knowledge-driven economy’ has been largely positive. It sets out the European scoreboard for innovation, drawn up on the basis of statistics available at European level. An analysis shows that despite the efforts made by Member States to promote innovation, Europe’s performance is still trailing behind that of its main competitors. Yet innovation was one of the strategic priorities identified by the European Council in Lisbon in March 2000. Consequently, the Commission makes several recommendations to Member States with a view to improving their policies on encouraging innovative enterprises and support for innovation throughout the whole of the economic and social fabric. The Member States are invited to improve their policies on encouraging innovative enterprises, removing obstacles to initiatives and innovators, encouraging private investment in research and innovation, and improving the rules governing the use of the results obtained by publicly funded research. Naturally I support these proposals. I believe that the projects that are covered by this philosophy will be able to obtain funds as part of the Sixth FRDP. The rapporteur has identified three key sectors in which Community intervention and Member States’ commitment are necessary. These are the creation of entrepreneurship at the educational level, the promotion of the training of workers, and the promotion of innovation among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). He also emphasises the need to take into consideration the needs of the SMEs, since they represent 60 million undertakings and 60% of jobs in the European Union. Innovation cannot exist without the SMEs. I agree with him there, of course, but I have to admit that we have been hearing the same speeches for years, all about the essential role of the SMEs in the European economy and the need to remove the many obstacles to their development. Alas, little progress has been achieved. I took this into account when I drafted my report on the Sixth FRDP, and as far as possible I tried to guarantee the SMEs access to European research and development funding."@en1

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