Activities of Isabel GARCÍA MUÑOZ related to 2019/2064(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018, Section X – European External Action Service
Amendments (17)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas in the context of the discharge procedure, the discharge authority wishes to stress the particular importance of further strengthening the democratic legitimacy of the Union institutions by improving transparency and accountability, and implementing the concept of performance-based budgeting and good governance of human resources;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes alsowith satisfaction that the Court did not report any specific issues for the EEAS for the second consecutive year;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes withe concern the irregularitiesmplexity onf the building administration policy in the light of the EEAS' mission; stresses the need for sufficient explanation of accusations of EEAS being involved in corruptive casesto be provided by EEAS related to its building administration policy when buying, renting or managing buildings; calls on the EEAS to provide eventually sufficient explanation on such tendersin this context, welcomes its continuous efforts to implement the Court's recommendations included in the Special Report 07/2016 "The European External Action Service's management of its buildings around the world" reflected in the Action Plan adopted in December 2017; encourages the EEAS to pursue this direction in the future;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the EEAS to commit for the next discharges to sendkeep sending its Working Document on EEAS' Building Policy to the Budgetary Control Committee more, including information explaining the context and coverage of the building costs; takes note of the exhaustive and detailed information about the EEAS' building policy provided through the written questionnaires;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Takes note of a rate of anomalies detected in ex ante verifications of commitments and payments (respectively 209 errors out of 1041 and 258 of 1841); regrets the recurrent nature of the errors detected, i.e. mainly the unavailability of supporting documents when financial operations are presented to ex ante financial verification; invites the EEAS also to continue providing specific support for all value public procurement in delegations; welcomes the implementation of financial e-workflows at headquarters by the end of 2019 intended to contribute to a reduction of the level of errors in general terms;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that only two delegations provided motivated reservations, i.e. Delegation to Syria, as in 2017, and the Delegation to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg for non- compliance of implemented contracts with procurement rules; encourages the EEAS to continue the ongoing full review of all contracts to ensure compliance with the financial rules;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. SRemains concerned at imbalances in the staffing profile of the EEAS as regards nationality; stresses that the EEAS, despite repeated calls, still does not meet the requirements for geographical balance and is significantly disproportionate while having heads of delegation from Belgium (9), Germany (15), France (16), Italy (21), Poland (5), Czech Republic (2); notes, in particular, the increased number of Italian heads of delegation over the last two years;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Urges to enhance the geographical balance within the EEAS; reiterates the importance of appropriate and meaningful presence of nationals from all the Member States; stresses that the EEAS must ensure that all Member States are adequately represented bywhile respecting the competences and merits of the candidates; therefore encourages the EEAS to carry on interacting with Member States to promote its posts among the national diplomat networks;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Notes with satisfaction that the overall numerical gender balance almost reached parity in the overall number of posts occupied with 47,4 % being women; invites however the EEAS to continue to further reduce existing qualitative imbalances at all levels, functions and in different categories, especially for administrator positions with currently 34,92 % being occupied by women; encourages the EEAS to keep working on the array of measures taken to support gender balance and increase diversity, such as the network for women in pre- management posts and the dedicated trainings for women in management and those aspiring to management;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Considers useful to improve the management tools of workload alongside an action plan to attract and retain people taking into account various professional needs, experience and nationalities; welcomes the human resources report and invites the EEAS to clearly state its institutional needs (or new required expertise) and identify its workforce risks at corporate level that could hinder the EEAS achievement of policies objectives; supports the EEAS's measures undertaken to address the increasing workload because of the staff cuts;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Notes the 135 mediation cases treated in 2018 concerning delegations and headquarters in 2018 concerning either unsolved disagreements around rights and obligations or different kinds of conflict at work including alleged psychological and sexual harassment; calls on the EEAS, in particular the mediation service now reporting directly to the secretariat general, to continue giving the highest priority to this issue in the resource management; reiterates the importance of developing a culture of zero tolerance towards harassment with a strict following up on reported cases and thus, notes with satisfaction the anti-harassment awareness raising initiative launched in 2018 by the EEAS Secretary General;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Supports the launching of an internal auditTakes note of the important changes on the recruitment and management of local agents to remedy certain weaknesses found by the Court in the recruitment procedures of local agents in delegations (i.e. a lack of transparency as regards certain steps of the procedure)past and requested by the Parliament through the discharge process; welcomes the dissemination of a detailed administrative guidance and best practices on how to conduct recruitment procedures to ensure openness, fairness and transparency; welcomes also the measures regarding the access to complementary EU social security cover, to improved employment benefits for local agents and the greater flexibility for the EU as employer to keep up with employment market norms;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48