Activities of Marc BOTENGA related to 2023/2182(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agencies for the financial year 2022: performance, financial management and control
Amendments (3)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the valuable role played by Union agencies in helping Union institutions to design and implement policies, especially in carrying out specific technical, scientific, operational and managerial tasks; appreciates the high quality expertise and work performed by the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound), the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), the European Training Foundation (ETF) and European Labour Authority (ELA), the agencies working in the area of employment, social affairs and inclusion; reiterates in this regard the need to equip the agencies at a level commensurate to the assigned tasks, with a sufficient number of staff, employed in a stable manner and having sufficient material resources; reiterates therefore the need of ensuring adequate human and financial resources allowing them to continue implementing their work programmes with a very high activity completion rate; stresses the importance and added value of each agency in their field of expertise and their autonomy; reiterates that the proper functioning of the agencies also requires a high-quality social dialogue; closely involving the Local Staff Committees;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the agencies are the most qualified at assessing the use of resources and play a crucial role in supporting the right sustainable projects in line with the European Green Deal; calls on all agencies to further improve their public procurement procedures to by leading by example and enforcing the social clause in the existing EU Public Procurement Directive to ensure that companies benefiting from EU money need to comply with all applicable obligations in the fields of environmental, social and labour law established by Union law, national law or collective agreement, or by applicable international environmental, social or labour law provisions; calls on the Commission to ensure funding supporting the EU agencies in securing the social dialogue; notes that EU agencies have a crucial role in securing social dialogue with the EU institutions;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that gender balance must be ensured within the Agencies in accordance with the basic regulations establishing them; regrets the fact that gender equality is absent in the multiannual strategy 2021- 2027 for the EU Agencies Network (EUAN); reiterates its call on the EUAN to integrate gender equality in their strategies, on the Agencies to collect and present data on gender balance for all categories of management staff and to align their ambition with the aim of the Commission to reach a gender balance of 50 % at all levels of its management by the end of 2024 and to pursue gender mainstreaming in all fields.; furthermore, calls on the EUAN to develop a general policy to not replace permanent staff by more expensive external consultants, in order to guarantee quality working conditions, and to prevent knowledge and experience from being lost;