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6 Amendments of Michal ŠIMEČKA related to 2020/2152(DEC)

Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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;
2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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;
2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the progress made by the 4. Stresses the importance to increase the digitalisation of the Agency in terms of internal operation and management but also in order to speed up the digitalisation of procedures; stresses the need for the Agency to continue to be proactive in this regard in order to avoid a digital gap between the agencies at all costs; draws attention, however, to the need to take all the necessary security measures to avoid any risk to the online security of the information processed; welcomes the progress made by the Agency in relation to the recommendations of the Court on the introduction of e- tendering; calls on the FRA to step up its efforts regarding the outstanding recommendation on e-submission.
2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
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;
2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
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);
2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
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.
2021/01/19
Committee: LIBE