11 Amendments of Petri SARVAMAA related to 2017/2137(DEC)
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Recalls that the key performance indicator of DG COMM is the total outreach or exposure attained across the entire range of Parliament’s communication platforms and channels; notes with satisfaction that, with regards to the Parliament’s presence in the media and average coverage per month, there was a 12% increase compared to 2015, and 7% increase compared to the election year 2014; acknowledges in addition significantadequate results for the Parliament’s use of social media, as well as actions related to raising awareness among young people; points out, however, that the Parliament’s communication activities should continue to improve, in particular by increasing outreach on social media;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Notes with satisfaction the majorthe technical and editorial improvements of Parliament’s public website, in particular search engine optimisation of the website; notes that the Responsive Web Design project and the live streaming and video- on-demand platform renewal project, which aim to redesign the website to make it adaptive to all kinds of devices, were launched in 2016 and successfully implemented to parts of the website; calls for a continuation of these projects and their implementation on all sections of the Parliament’s website;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Welcomes the fact that promoting equal opportunities remains a key componn important element of Parliament’s human resource management policy; notes that the action plan for the promotion of gender equality and diversity, approved by the Bureau in 2015, continued to be implemented during 2016 together with its specific objectives and all other related measures;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Welcomes the fact that the percentage of femalgender balance of the heads of unit, appointed by the Secretary-General, almost doublimproved in ten years, from 21 % / 79 % in 2006 to 36 % / 64 % in 2016;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Regrets that the number of women holding postsgender balance at the level of director- general fell from 33,3 % / 66,7 % in 2015 to 16,7% / 83,3 % in 2016; notes the number of womenat the gender balance at director level remained steady from 2015 to 2016 at 29,2 % and 29, 8/ 70,8 % and 29, 8% / 70,2 % respectively;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Is concerned thatConsiders whether the relatively low number of harassment complaints brought forward in 2016 both to the Advisory Committee on Harassment for staff and by APAs could imply the lack of appropriate channels; welcomes in this regard the proposal of the Secretary- General to introduce a network of confidential counsellors who can be contacted by APAs, trainees working for Members, group staff and all other staff and trainees; acknowledges that these counsellors would be selected for their expertise and inter- personal skills, and would undergo targeted training; encourages revision of the composition of the advisory committees dealing with harassment complaints, ensuring equal representation of Members, APAs and staff, and gender balance; hopes that an external auditor can be appointed swiftlyinvites the Bureau to examine the possibility of appointing an external auditor in order to further improve the internal processes;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Notes that the updated proposal for the Parliament’s medium-term building strategy, taking into account recent developments on the Luxembourg and Strasbourg premises, should be focused on the Brussels premises and in particular on the future of the Paul-Henri Spaak building; invites in addition the Bureau to evaluate the age of the infrastructure and the benches in the SDM building in Strasbourg; notes in addition that crucial Brexit-related factors defining the future of the building policy, such as potential consequences of Brexit on multilingualism, on the number of posts for officials in the establishment plan and on the number of Members of the European Parliament are still unknown; acknowledges that reliable planning can be done only after the Brexit process has come to its conclusion;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Recalls that the Bureau adopted a proposal for bringingthe Members’ transport service in-house at its meeting of 11 April 2016; notes with satisfaction that the procedure for bringing the drivers’ service in-house allowed forresulted in a qualitative and quantitative increase of the services provided to Members, as well as for an effective and efficient response to unforeseeable emergency situations or sudden increases in demand;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Notes that the overall average number of hours per week staff interpreters spent delivering interpretation services in their booth increased from 11:54 in 2014 to 13:25 in 2016; recalls that, when the staff regulations were revised in 2013, the weekly working time for all staff of the European institutions increased from 37,5 to 40-42 hours which resulted in an increase in the weekly working time in the interpretation service as well; encouragesinvites to consider future cooperation between the trade unions and the Secretary-General;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Acknowledges the new optimised system for organising security tasks which the Secretary-General presented to the Bureau in January 2018; acknowledges moreover that this new system takes into account the specificity of security agents’ role and function, and is based on reconciling their professional and family life balance, promoting equality of treatment between all agents and providing a work pattern which protects security agents’ health and respects their biorhythm; hopes that an open dialogue can be maintained in order to remain attentive to the needs of this vulnerable group of staff working in a very tense security context;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Notes with satisfaction that the Bureau endorsed a road-map, proposed by the Secretary-General, to move towards an electric car fleet; acknowledges that by the end of 2017, half of all cars and minibuses for the Parliament’s car fleet should be electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles, as well as that from 2018, any car newly acquired for the Parliament’s car fleet should be a plug-in hybrid or electric; notes that in 2020, all cars in the Parliament’s car fleet should be electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles, while in 2021 this should also apply to all of the Parliament’s minibuses; acknowledges moreoverpoints out that a cost-benefit analysis is however essential and should be conducted before every major renewal of the car fleet;