Activities of Barbara SPINELLI related to 2016/2178(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Police College for the financial year 2015
Amendments (3)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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2. Welcomes the high implementation rate of the 2015 budget that reached 95.5% out of which 79% has been paid; notes, however, that according to the Court of Auditors, the level of committed appropriations for administrative expenditure carried over from 2014 to 2015 reached 49 % at the end of 2015, which is relatively high, although lower than in 2014 (59%); underlines that the Court noted that the College's audited budgetary implementation report differs from the level of detail provided by most other agencies which demonstrates the need for clear guidelines on the agencies' budget reporting; welcomes, therefore, the commitment of CEPOL to continue to improve its budget management procedures and to better comply with the budgetary principle of annuity provided in the Financial Regulation;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
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4. Welcomes the solid output of CEPOL; aAcknowledges the training of 12 992 law enforcement officers, which represents an increase of over 25% in comparison with 2014; welcomes the very high level of satisfaction of training participants, which reached 93% for residential courses, 94% for webinars and 94% for European Police Exchange Programmes; acknowledges that the number residential activities (85) exceeded the target one (80) and that they have brought together 3 073 law enforcement participants, representing a 12 % increase from the originally forecasted number (2755); encourages, however, CEPOL to better report effecthe results of its activities on the security of the Union.
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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5. Notes the European Commission grant of 2 500 000 euros to implement a counter-terrorism training capacity building project in four countries in the MENA region; requests a thorough evaluation of the project and its added value for the security of the Union, and if beneficial, requests the continuation and extension of the project in the coming years.