5 Amendments of Georgi PIRINSKI related to 2017/2148(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Acknowledges that the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (the ‘Foundation’) remained an essential contributor to policy development and that the use of its expertise in key Union policy documents remained significant;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the work of the Foundation during the four-year work programme 2013-2016 “From crisis to recovery: Better informed policies for a competitive and fair Europe”; welcomes the Foundations's high-quality analysis and policy input as regards living and working conditions, industrial relations and employment and labour market developments, in particular the Overview report of the sixth European Working Conditions Survey; considers it to be important to maintain strong cooperation between the Foundation and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs in order to continue to engage in constructive and evidence-based discussions;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Commends the exemplary high budget implementation rate (100 %); notes, however, that the level of appropriations carried over to 2017 increased for Title III (43 %) compared to the previous year (31 %), mainly in relation to projects going beyond the end of the year;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the Foundation’s remedial actions undertaken in relation to salary corrections following Court’s reports ; notes that an audit of the salaries function was undertaken in Q2 2017 in order to provide additional assurance that the appropriate processes and controls are in place and operating well;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Expresses concern about the negative budgetary impact of the increasing Irish country coefficient which risks to undermine more and more the financial capability of the Foundation to deliver on its mandate; expects action to be taken by the Institutions of the Union to offset the effect;