Activities of Konstantinos ARVANITIS related to 2023/2157(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2022
Amendments (4)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the Court of Auditors (the ‘Court’) has declared the transactions underlying the annual accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (the 'Centre’) for the financial year 2022 to be legal and regular in all material respects; notes that, according to the Court’s Annual Report on EU agencies for the year 2022, its budget in 2022 amounted to EUR 26 million, an increase of 4% compared to 2021 (EUR 25 million), while its staff number remained unchanged;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the yearly flagship publication, the European Drug Report 2022, the Statistical Bulletin 2022 and the added value of the EU Early Warning System on new psychoactive substances run by the Centre for 25 years in 2022; welcomes the release of 69 publications, among which seven miniguides and three spotlights under the Centre’s flagship report “Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide”; welcomes the organization of the fourth European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies jointly organized by the Centre and its partners; encourages the Centre to continue in its knowledge sharing activities;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the drug-related training activities with participation of 609 law enforcement professionals from the EU and technical cooperation project partners delivered by the Centre in cooperation with the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL); welcomes that almost 950 professionals working in the drugs field, including law enforcement officers and policymakers, received Centre training during 2022, while around 1 200 professionals working in the drugs field attended the seven webinars organized by Centre; considers it essential to continue raising awareness of the importance of prevention and innovative mental-health-based approach to drugs policies;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the Centre’s unremitting efforts to highlight the social aspects and societal impact of drugs, promote social re-integration policies for drug users, and approach the topic of drugs with a multi-disciplinary outlook.