Activities of Łukasz KOHUT related to 2020/2140(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019, Section III – Commission and executive agencies
Amendments (6)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the implementation of the Erasmus+ programme in 2019 was largely successful and that most result indicators, such as the number of mobility placements, surpassed the respective targets of the Commission for that year; notes that, due to its delayed launch, low take-up among financial institutions and a lack of awareness among students, only one single Student loan guarantee facility transaction could be completed in 2019 and welcomes the decision not to include the facility in the successor Erasmus+ programme for the period beyond 31 December 2020; welcomes the 20% increase of pupil mobility and urges for physical mobility to remain the main element of Erasmus instead of virtual mobility; stresses the importance of continuing to support vocational education and training and work-based learning as a means to enhance social inclusion;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that in 2019, numerous young people signed up to the European Solidarity Corps and were deployed, showing their great interest in getting involved in solidarity work across Europe; is concerned about the discrepancy between applications (191 000) and actual placements (34500); regrets that the take- up of traineeships and jobs under the European Solidarity Corps programme has been very low, with only 72 deployments between 2018 and 2020, representing less than 1 % of total deployments;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with satisfaction that, under the Creative Europe programme, 1 370 grant agreements were signed in 2019, thus exceeding the Commission’s target and making full use of the available budget appropriations; welcomes the developments regarding the implementation of the pilot project on the mobility scheme for artists and culture and creative professionals as well as the preparatory actions on the ‘Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe’ and ‘Music Moves Europe’; uses the opportunity to recall the importance of increasing the budget for this programme to further improve its success rate;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Continues to be concerned by the apparent lack of transparency and accountability in the arrangements for the provision by the Commission of financial support to Euronews and the insufficient monitoring and evaluation mechanisms; urges the Commission to increase transparency in respect of the budget for multimedia activities and to improve accountability for expenditure; asks the Commission to diversify the communication channels funded under the multimedia action budget line;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Regrets the budget cuts in the Europe for Citizens programme as well as the recent changes of its parent Directorate-General, which do not contribute to the running of the programme;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Emphasizes with regard to the European schools the importance of respecting the annuality principle and the rules for taking physical inventories when performing the cut-off at the end of the year and of respecting payment deadlines, procurement rules and transparency in recruitment procedures;