Activities of Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ related to 2019/2055(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018, Section III - Commission and executive agencies
Amendments (6)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that delays in the implementation of the ESI funds continue to affect the final years of the MFF, affecting the use of pre-financing and outstanding commitments and will affect payment appropriation needs in the next MFF; to that end, recommends that the Commission takes measures to avoid undue pressure in the level of appropriations in the first years of the next MFF 2021-2027;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Recalls that in its Special report No 5/2017 (‘Youth unemployment – have EU policies made a difference?’), the Court found that, while some progress had been made in implementing the Youth Guarantee, and while some results had been achieved, the situation fell short of the initial expectations raised at the launch of the Youth Guarantee;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Acknowledges that while redirection of the ESF funding has been achieved, following the recommendations made in the Court of Auditors' Special report No 17/2015, there is still insufficient focus on results;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Recalls that there are still 10 recommendations referring to special reports (one from Special report No 16/2016 (‘EU education objectives: programmes aligned but shortcomings in performance measurement’), two from Special report No 14/2016 (‘EU policy initiatives and financial support for Roma integration: significant progress made over the last decade, but additional efforts needed on the ground’) and seven from Special report No 6/2018 (‘Free Movement of Workers – the fundamental freedom ensured but better targeting of EU funds would aid worker mobility’)) that need to be implemented, most of them by 31 December 2019; in particular, takes note of the Special report No 14/2016 according to which most projects were carried out as planned but 'best practices' criteria contributing to successful Roma inclusion were not always applied and monitoring performance was difficult; recalls that the lack of robust and comprehensive data on Roma is not only a problem in relation to projects but also for policy making at EU and national level; deplores the fact that this situation might remain unchanged unless swift action is taken;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Recalls to that end that in its assessment on the effectiveness of the Fund, the mid-term evaluation (MTE) considered that the provision and monitoring of accompanying measures could be further exploited;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Acknowledges the efforts made by the European Commission and the Member States in this respect and encourages them to further develop the ARACHNE risk assessment tool with the active participation of the Member States; to that end, calls on the Member States to use the ARACHNE data base to the greatest possible extent in order to prevent fraudulent and irregular use of EU funds;