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Activities of Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ related to 2019/2066(DEC)

Opinions (1)

OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) for the financial year 2018
2020/01/23
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2019/2066(DEC)
Documents: PDF(139 KB) DOC(66 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ', 'mepid': 124713}]

Amendments (8)

Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2018 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2018;
2020/01/31
Committee: CONT
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1
1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2018 / Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2018;
2020/01/31
Committee: CONT
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the external evaluation, to which the Centre was submitted in 2017, as required by the financial rules, concluded that the Centre’s reinforced cooperation with the three other decentralised agencies within the Directorate-General Employment’s remit - the European Training Foundation (ETF), the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) and the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND) - emerged as a feasible option; notes that the Centre’s recast founding regulation, which came into force in February 2019, took up the outcome of this external evaluation;
2020/01/31
Committee: CONT
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Questions the necessity of an agency dedicated specifically for the purpose of development of vocational training; appeals to the Commission to utilize the results of the external “cross- agencies” evaluation which the Centre underwent along with EU-OSHA and the ETF, in consideration of merging the Centre with the EUROFOUND; underlines that the Centre and the EUROFOUND have a very similar field of operation and the merger will simplify the funding of the two Agencies, as well as clarify the system of European Agencies to the general public;
2020/01/31
Committee: CONT
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Authorizes the Commission to conduct a Feasibility Study in order to assess the possibility of, if not fully merging, at the very least setting up shared synergies with the EUROFOUND; calls upon the Commission to evaluate both scenarios, e. g. the transfer of the Centre to the EUROFOUND Headquarters in Loughlinstown, and the transfer of the EUROFOUND Headquarters to the Centre’s Thessaloniki Headquarters; notes that such an act would mean sharing corporate and support services and the management of the common premises, as well as shared ICT, telecommunications and internet-based infrastructures, saving huge amounts of money which would be used on further funding of both agencies;
2020/01/31
Committee: CONT
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the Centre has been taking measures in light of the observations and comments from the discharge authority related to the Centre’s new head of service for human resources, which took up duties in January 2019, as well as to the decision to externalise the Centre’s legal service; notes with concern that, given the high number of legal cases the Centre is confronted with, the full outsourcing of legal services creates a risk to the consistent treatment of cases and to the principle of efficiency; calls on the Centre to report to the discharge authority of any developments in this regard; notes that a merger of the Centre and the EUROFOUND would create a stronger legal service with no need of externalization;
2020/01/31
Committee: CONT
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5 a (new)
General
2020/01/31
Committee: CONT
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls upon the Centre to aim its focus on disseminating the results of its research to the general public, and to reach out to public via the social media and other media outlets;
2020/01/31
Committee: CONT