Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-28-Speech-4-032"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-28"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Nanosciences and nanotechnology (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060928.4.4-032"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-28-Speech-4-0332
lpv:speaker	lp:Lambert van Nistelrooij2
lpv:spokenAs	member; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2007-02-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, according to the latest survey by the World Economic Forum, the capacity to innovate accounts for some 30% of the highly-developed countries’ competitiveness, and that is particularly true in the case of nanotechnology. Its use in medicine, for example, opens up possibilities of improved treatments for cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, which, together, account for two-thirds of deaths in Europe. This is a field in which Europe’s research institutions and businesses are world leaders; in the Netherlands alone, the nanotech industry achieves a turnover of EUR 20 billion, and the government is investing record amounts in it, for example in the ‘Centre for Molecular Medicine’ in Eindhoven. As an example of a pro-active strategy, with the sort of attitude that world development and competition are crying out for, businesses are doing likewise. The need for choices to be made, for investment, and for support to be given to European basic infrastructure – all these things are expressed well in the Ransdorf report. It follows that the task for the Commission, for the Member States, and for the regional authorities is to work together with industry and SMEs to ensure that this is put into practice in industrial production in this part of the world. The Seventh Framework Programme for research and development, the European technology platforms and the 'regions of knowledge', together with the Structural Funds, have laid a good foundation, particularly where finance is concerned. Then there are the risks. These must, of course, be considered, particularly at the global level within UNESCO and the OECD. Finally, this autumn sees Commissioner Potočnik embarking on a roadmap for research infrastructure, which should reveal which regions, areas or clusters really do have the potential to meet the challenge of global competition. Investment is not about a global ‘brain drain’, but should, on the ground, result in a ‘brain gain’ – a gain for the European economy and for the prosperity of Europe’s people."@en1

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