6 Amendments of Michal ŠIMEČKA related to 2020/2152(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates the role of the Fundamental Rights Agency (‘FRA’ or ‘the Agency’) in helping to ensure that the fundamental rights of people living in the Union are protected; recalls the importance of the Agency in promoting the reflection on the appropriate balance between security and fundamental rights; highlights, in particular, the value of the Agency’s studies and opinions for the development of Union legislation and its commitment to research and reporting all types of discrimination within the Union;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that the levels of commitment carry-overs for operational expenditure once again remained high at 60 %, which is a lower percentage than in 2018, but still indicates a structural problem; notes the decrease of 10% between 2018 and 2019; stresses that this high percentage still indicates a structural problem despite the Agency improvement to better monitor delays between the signature of contracts, deliveries and payments; calls on the Agency to further improve its financial planning and its implementation cycles;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the efforts to consolidate the Agency's new organisational structure; welcomes this reorganisation and the achievement of the objective of gender balance in management positions, as set by the Parliament;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on the Agency to continue to develop its synergies, increase cooperation and exchange of good practices with other European agencies with a view to improving efficiency (human resources, building management, IT services and security);
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Underlines the important effect of turnover within the staff of the agencies of the European Union; calls for the implementation of human and social policies to remedy it.