Traduction de «Dépense d'investissement du secteur public » (Français → Anglais) :

36. Notes that EU is still lagging behind the speed of innovations in the American economy; points out that innovation can ensure a speedy recovery of European economies by providing comparative advantage on global markets; points out that, in times of economic downturn, it is common practice to cut back on research and development spending, but that this is the wrong approach, since it is exactly the opposite that needs to be done; believes that increased investment in RD and education enhances productivity and thus growth; calls for investments in research and science with a view to achieving the goal of 3% of GDP; underlines that ...[+++] the EU budget must allow for a bigger share of spending for research; Member States should increase, or at least meet, their RD investment targets and should provide support for private-sector RD investments, through fiscal measures, loan guarantees and regional clusters and centres of excellence, and any other instruments that can contribute to this objective; considers that adult education and lifelong learning should be priorities at all policy levels, as they increase productivity, while providing the necessary skills for entering the labour market and staying employable within a highly competitive working area;

36. Notes that the European Union is still lagging behind the speed of innovations in the US economy; points out that innovation can ensure a speedy recovery of European economies by providing comparative advantage on global markets; points out that, in times of economic downturn, it is common practice to cut back on R%D spending, but that this is the wrong approach, since it is exactly the opposite that needs to be done; believes that increased investment in RD and education enhances productivity and thus growth; calls for investments in research and science with a view to achieving the goal of 3 % of GDP; stresses that the EU budg ...[+++]et must allow for a bigger share of spending for research; considers that Member States should increase, or at least meet, their RD investment targets and should provide support for private-sector RD investments, through fiscal measures, loan guarantees and regional clusters and centres of excellence, and any other instruments that can contribute to this objective; considers that adult education and lifelong learning should be priorities at all policy levels, as they increase productivity, while providing the necessary skills for entering the labour market and staying employable within a highly competitive working area;

36. Notes that the European Union is still lagging behind the speed of innovations in the US economy; points out that innovation can ensure a speedy recovery of European economies by providing comparative advantage on global markets; points out that, in times of economic downturn, it is common practice to cut back on R%D spending, but that this is the wrong approach, since it is exactly the opposite that needs to be done; believes that increased investment in RD and education enhances productivity and thus growth; calls for investments in research and science with a view to achieving the goal of 3 % of GDP; stresses that the EU budg ...[+++]et must allow for a bigger share of spending for research; considers that Member States should increase, or at least meet, their RD investment targets and should provide support for private-sector RD investments, through fiscal measures, loan guarantees and regional clusters and centres of excellence, and any other instruments that can contribute to this objective; considers that adult education and lifelong learning should be priorities at all policy levels, as they increase productivity, while providing the necessary skills for entering the labour market and staying employable within a highly competitive working area;

Private sector investment capacity has fallen sharply, resulting in a reduction in spending on new technologies in both the private and public sectors.

boost investment across Member States in new and best performing technologies in the fields of energy efficiency, renewable energy sources and energy diversification, including in transport, by bridging the gap between the successful demonstration of innovative technologies and their effective, broad market uptake in order to attain leverage of public and private sector investment, promote key strategic technologies, bring down costs, increase market experience and contribute to reducing the financial risks and other perceived risks a ...[+++]nd barriers that hinder this type of investment.

In addition to this European funding there will be EUR119 million in investment from the Flemish public sector and EUR28.7 million from the private sector, giving total expenditure of EUR240.4 million.