6 Amendments of Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU related to 2020/2147(DEC)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages the Ombudsman to maintain and expand contacts with bodies at Union and national level, which serve the purpose of exchanging information and best practices and adopting common approaches (such as the guidelines developed via the Inter-institutional Online Communication Committee), where possible, on general administrative, financial, personnel and IT matters as well as on ethics, transparency and public integrity;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that the internal auditor's annual report for 2018 concluded that, subject to closure of the remaining action on business continuity management, the Ombudsman's risk management, control and governance systems are effective and efficient and provide the reasonable assurance thjat it will attain its control objectives on a consistent basis; notes that the Ombudsman developed synergies with the Commission, to use corporate tools and/or services for staff management, financial management and accounting, public procurement, management of missions and recruitment; asks the Ombudsman to inform it on any follow-up in relation to the actions carried over in respect of business continuity management;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Takes the opportunity to congratulate the Ombudsman on the opening of an investigation (OI/2/2017) on the transparency of the Council’s legislative work in 2017 in order to allow citizens to more easily follow the legislative process of the Union; welcomes the recent positive echoing by the Ombudsman of the new transparency steps taken by the Council, for example by proactively publishing progress reports on negotiations on draft laws, a development which is in line with proposals made by the Ombudsman as a result of her inquiries; appreciates Ombudsman´s proposals to ensure a more systematic and effective approach to dealing with former staff members moving to the private sector or people moving from the private sector to the Commission;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Welcomes that the Ombudsman supports the importance of data protection, and commits to enhance further the awareness of users of the importance of online data protection; appreciates he creation of the Register of records of processing operations of the European Ombudsman and the cooperation with the European Parliament;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. WNotes that the Ombudsman spent 102 050 EUR on communication activities, more than half of this amount (64 505 EUR) was spent for outreach conferences and events; welcomes the fact that the Ombudsman exceeded the targets set for social media in 2019; notes that the Ombudsman reached 36.717 mentions on Twitter (target 20 000) and that the number of Twitter followers went from 22.600 at the end of 2018 to 26.300 in December 2019, which represents a 16 % increase; notes that the fastest-growing channel was Instagram, where the audience grew by 47 % during the year and on LinkedIn, the number of followers increased by 21 %;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Welcomes the initiatives by the Ombudsman´s office to encourage the use of public transportation by providing financial support for yearly subscriptions and by limiting available car parking spaces.