Activities of Marian HARKIN related to 2017/2148(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2016
Amendments (5)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the work of the Foundation during the four-year work programme 2013-2016 “From crisis to recovery: Better informed policies for a competitive and fair Europe”; welcomes the Foundations analysis and policy input as regards living and working conditions, industrial relations and employment and labour market developments, in particular the Overview report of the sixth European Working Conditions Survey and notes its impressive programme delivery rate of 97 % which was well above the target for 2016 and a significant improvement on the two previous years;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes the revision of the Foundation’s founding Regulation No 1365/75/EEC1a and welcomes the inclusion by Parliament and the Commission of an explicit reference to the use of external audit reports and evaluations; ______________ 1aRegulation (EEC) No 1365/75 of the Council of 26 May 1975 on the creation of a European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (OJ L 139, 30.5.1975, p. 1–4)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Notes the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) 2016 audit report which highlighted the need to improve the Foundation´s management of projects, mainly in relation to governance arrangements, monitoring and reporting, and welcomes the Foundation’s willingness to implement the agreed action plan in cooperation with the IAS;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Commends the high budget implementation rate (100 %); notes, however, that the level of appropriations carried over to 2017 increased for Title III (43 %) compared to the previous year (31 %), mainly in relation to projects going beyond the end of the year; notes the Foundation’s reply distinguishing that these were planned carry-overs and in fact below the initial figure of EUR 3 million;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)