Translation of "Strategic Infrastructure Foundation " (English → French) :

Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund [ CSIF | Strategic Infrastructure Foundation ]

Strategic IM/IT Infrastructure Initiative [ SII | Strategic Infrastructure Initiative | Strategic Information Management and Information Technology Infrastructure Initiative ]

Manager, Strategic Infrastructure Initiative - Liaison Services

Foundation for Strategic Research

Foundation for Free Information Infrastructure | FFII [Abbr.]

61. Emphasises, moreover, that the ‘Compact for Growth and Jobs’ expressly invites Member States to use part of their structural fund allocation to work with the EIB on loan risk and loan guarantee facilities for knowledge and skills, resource efficiency, strategic infrastructure and access to finance for SMEs; is of the opinion that Member State authorities should seek to maximise the growth potential offered by other already agreed EU initiatives financed by the EU budget, such as the pilot phase for project bonds, the various existing EU innovative financial instruments in place since 2007 in the field of research innovation, support ...[+++] to SMEs or microcredit schemes; underlines, furthermore, the increased EIB lending capacity for the period 2012-2015; believes that, if properly combined and implemented, all these measures could form the foundations of an EU investment programme for the years to come with a dramatically positive effect on GDP and employment in the EU-27, with some academics estimating a GDP increase of 0,56 % and 1,2 million additional jobs;

59. Emphasises, moreover, that the ‘Compact for Growth and Jobs’ expressly invites Member States to use part of their structural fund allocation to work with the EIB on loan risk and loan guarantee facilities for knowledge and skills, resource efficiency, strategic infrastructure and access to finance for SMEs; is of the opinion that Member State authorities should seek to maximise the growth potential offered by other already agreed EU initiatives financed by the EU budget, such as the pilot phase for project bonds, the various existing EU innovative financial instruments in place since 2007 in the field of research innovation, support ...[+++] to SMEs or microcredit schemes; underlines, furthermore, the increased EIB lending capacity for the period 2012-2015; believes that, if properly combined and implemented, all these measures could form the foundations of an EU investment programme for the years to come with a dramatically positive effect on GDP and employment in the EU-27, with some academics estimating a GDP increase of 0.56 % and 1.2 million additional jobs;

7. Emphasises, moreover, that the ‘Compact for Growth and Jobs’ expressly invites Member States to use part of their structural fund allocation to work with the EIB on loan risk and loan guarantee facilities for knowledge and skills, resource efficiency, strategic infrastructure and access to finance for SMEs; is of the opinion that Member State authorities should seek to maximise the growth potential offered by other already agreed EU initiatives financed by the EU budget, such as the pilot phase for project bonds, the various existing EU innovative financial instruments in place since 2007 in the field of research innovation, support ...[+++]to SMEs or microcredit schemes; underlines, furthermore, the increased EIB lending capacity for the period 2012-2015; believes that, if properly combined and implemented, all these measures could form the foundations of an EU investment programme for the years to come with a dramatically positive effect on GDP and employment in the EU-27, with some academics estimating a GDP increase of 0.56 % and 1.2 million additional jobs;

7. Endorses the Commission’s view that cross-border infrastructure is one of the best examples of where the EU can plug gaps and deliver better value results; considers that targeted financial support at EU level can help to kick-start other important projects, which often have great commercial potential in the long term; notes that countries are now launching huge, ambitious infrastructure investment drives, that maintaining competitiveness means that Europe has a particularly strong strategic interest in effective infrastructure, t ...[+++]o lay the foundations for long-term economic growth, and that the result would be a European core transport network ensuring a more energy-efficient transport sector, which could include shifting freight and passenger flows towards more sustainable and accessible transport modes; observes that such support needs to be targeted on key priorities – removing bottlenecks on strategic trans-European axes, encouraging their extension and building cross-border and intermodal connections;