Activities of Angel DZHAMBAZKI related to 2015/2163(DEC)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Remains concerned about continuing imbalances in the staffing profile of the EEAS regarding gender and nationality; welcomes recent progress but notes that gender imbalances in those two aspects, particularly in higher grades and in management, remain considerable; reiterates its concerns about the disproportional number of high-grade posts in the EEAS;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the staffing formula establishing the balance between staff drawn from Member States and from the community institutions should apply to all levels of the hierarchy, in particular also to Heads of Delegation where Member States diplomats are strongly overrepresented; also underlines that there is still an overreliance on seconded national experts, which further circumvents the staffing formula; urges the EEAS to work towards reducing this overreliance;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that EU Heads of Delegation continue to be overburdened with administrative tasks due to the inflexibility of the financial regulation; welcomes in this context the discurepeats its call on the Commission onand the possible pilot project to establish a regional administrative support centre for Europe that will alleviate some of these burdens and may form part of a broader future solution; repeats its call on the Commission and the EEAS to considEEAS to consider all solutions to this problem, which could also entail possible changes to the financial regulation; believes, however, that new solutions should be aimed at reducing general bureaucratic tasks imposed on Heads of Delegation and improving over all solutions to this problem, which could also entail possible changes to the financial regulationefficiency of staff rather than at creating new administrative units;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of strengthening the transparency and accountability of EU funding to NGO's, including in cases where funding is allocated to co-applicants and affiliated entities; underlines that EU funding should solely be allocated to projects run by organisations, including affiliated entities, that abide by and respect the EU's basic values as well as Article 4 of the General Conditions applicable to European Union-financed grant contracts for external actions;