Activities of Ernest URTASUN related to 2022/2090(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on 2021 discharge: General budget of the EU - European External Action Service
Amendments (4)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Urges the EEAS to follow-up without further delay on their announcement to adopt and implement its self-standing implementation provisions on outside activities and assignments, which create a sui generis legal basis for Heads of Delegations to better protect the image and reputation of the Union as a whole;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the EEAS’s efforts to ensure gender balance also in higher grades in Headquarters and EU delegations; however, calls for effective gender training strategies in the EEAS; highlights the importance of investing in resources and expertise towards developing training and education strategies focused on applying a gender equality approach to international policies and programs to achieve genuine change of culture within the EEAS; specifies that special attention should be devoted to integrating gender mainstreaming mechanisms, addressing gender budgeting, gender impact assessments and tackling gender-based violence; suggests that a comprehensive training program is adopted for the adequate implementation of GAP III in all levels of the EEAS;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the remaining lack of diversity, gender and geographical imbalances within the EEAS staff; reiterates the importance of ensuring an intersectional distribution, greater diversity, and gender equality, as well as promoting a balance of staff in terms of gender and geographical origin within different categories and grades, particularly at senior management levels; calls on the EEAS to lead by example, as set out in the Gender Action Plan III, and to significantly improve the representation of women and marginalised groups across all levels andwith the goal to establish gender parity in leadership and management positions, gender-responsive leadership and gender-sensitive recruitment processes as soon as possible; calls on the EEAS to ensure the adequate implementation of UNSCR 1325 and related resolutions; calls on all Member States to nominate more women and candidates from marginalised groups to seconded positions in the EEAS; draws attention to the remaining overrepresentation of some Member States’ diplomats among the Heads of Delegation and calls for further efforts to address those imbalances; encourages the EEAS to create and share guidelines on best practices on the conducting of recruitment procedures in order to ensure diversity, openness, fairness and transparency;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages EU delegations to promote and engage with local actors, civil society organisations and social partners in third countries to stimulate social dialogue; asks the EU delegations to closely monitor the state of democracy in the different countries and to provide logistical and technological support to human rights and indigenous peoples defenders, in particular women.