Activities of Benedek JÁVOR related to 2016/2180(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European GNSS Agency for the financial year 2015 PDF (287 KB) DOC (55 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas in the context of the discharge procedure, Parliament stresses the special importance of further strengthening the democratic legitimacy of the institutions of the Union by improving transparency and accountability, implementing the concept of performance based budgeting and good governance of human resources;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes from the Court’s report that the Agency experienced high staff turnover in 2015, with 14 staff members leaving and 26 joining; acknowledges from the Agency that the high staff turnover results from difficulties in attracting and retaining key staff in a very competitive and technical segment of the employment market, essentially due to its headquarters location and the related disproportionately low and steadily decreasing correction coefficient affecting salary levels in the Czech Republic; notes, moreover, that the Agency is pursuing all available ways in which to increase its attractiveness, in particular by insisting on the significance of its mission; calls on the Agency and the Commission to report back to the discharge authority on the possible improvements in the attractiveness of the posts at the agency;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the Agency’s administrative board has agreed to request all of its members to complete individual declarations of interest; notes also that the declarations of interest of the chair and deputy chair of the administrative board will soon be published on the website; asks the Agency to gather and publish declarations of interest and CVs without further delay and by doing so allow the public the necessary overview on its senior management and to update the discharge authority on developments related to this matter;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the Agency has not implemented specific rules in relation to whistleblowers in addition to what is provided for in the Staff Regulations; calls on the Agency to adopt the internal whistleblowing policy in order to foster a culture of transparency and accountability in the workplace, regularly inform and train employees on their duties and rights, ensure protection of the whistleblower from reprisal, follow up the substance of whistleblowers’ alerts in a timely manner and put in place a channel for anonymous internal reporting. Annual reports on the number of whistleblower cases and the follow-up they received should also be published and provided to the discharge authority; acknowledges that the Agency has informed staff about those whistleblowing rules; asks the Agency to report to the discharge authority on the establishment and implementation of internal whistleblowing rules;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes with concern a significant gender imbalance in the Agency’s senior management board members; urges the Agency for this imbalance to be corrected and the results communicated to the Parliament as quickly as possible;