Activities of José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA related to 2018/2174(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017, Section VIII – European Ombudsman PDF (154 KB) DOC (61 KB)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the European Ombudsman discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2017; / Postpones its decision on granting the European Ombudsman discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2017;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Takes note that in 2017 the overall number of new complaints dealt with was 2 181, of which 751 were within the mandate, compared to 1 880 complaints dealt with in 2016 of which 711 were within the mandate; notes therefore that the number of complaints within the mandate has increased by 5,5%;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the continuous efforts to reduce translation costs, primarily linked to the production of publications; welcomes that translation expenses decreased by 11 % from EUR 293 000 in 2016 to EUR 263 000 in 2017; takes note that the Ombudsman annual activity report recognises that a threshold has been reached below which it will be difficult to go in the future; therefore encourages the Ombudsman to mindfully keep on working in the efforts to reduce translation costs without endangering the good functioning of the translations and publications;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the achievements made by the Ombudsman in terms of communication activities to increase its visibility and media impact, including an increase of its outreach on social media with 22 790 mentions in Twitter and an increase of followers of 16% reaching 19 200; welcomes the fact that the Ombudsman overhauled its website to make it more user-friendly and that an external contractor validated the website’s conformity with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines; welcomes, moreover, the fact that the Ombudsman awarded the first ‘Award for Good Administration’ in 2017, which was initiated to recognise examples of good practices in public administration and bring them to greater public attention;