14 Amendments of Edit HERCZOG related to 2010/2143(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that DG ITEC was the most concerned, with 22 open actions; notes with satisfaction that, according to the Internal Auditor, the Directorate for Information Technology within DG ITEC, has implemented 19 of the 22 open actions and, in the process, has made significant progress in developing its control framework; encourages all its Directorates general concerned to continue their efforts to improve their respective management and control procedures; is of the opinion that for the remaining three open actions, an implementation deadline should be set;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that 2009 was the first year of implementation for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament and for the Statute for Accredited Parliamentary Assistants; observes a certain number of initial problems with the implementing measures for the Assistants' Statute, welcomes however the fact that a Temporary Evaluation Group, set up within the Bureau, on the Members' and Assistants' Statutes has proposed amendments to the implementing measures for the Members' Statute concerning (i) Members' travel, (ii) Members' sickness insurance and reimbursement of medical expenses, (iii) travel by assistants on mission, (iv) duration and renewal of assistants' contracts, (v) assistants' professional training, and (vi) rules concerning Members' trainees as well as other amendments to the Assistants' Statute, in particular on (i) use of the parliamentary assistance and general expenditure allowances, (ii) paying agents, and (iii) revision of the complaints and appeals procedure for Members; stresses that these amendments should be implemented at the latest by 30 November 2011;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the significant increase in the workload registered by the administration, relating to the entry into force of the new Statutes; notes with concern the more complicated procedure as regards accredited assistants' missions outside the three places of work and considers that, in spite of considerable increase in staffing, there are insufficient staff members in the Members' service and the services dealing with assistants and requests, therefore, the redeployment by the administration of additional staff in order to cope with the increased workload; requests, moreover, that an evaluation/assessment be made and forwarded to its competent committees by 30 September 2011 on the experience gained of the implementation of the two Statutes following the first full year of their implementation, as well astogether with an action plan and an assessment onf their financial implications for Parliament's budget;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a Considering the breaches of security on Parliament's premises, the final concept of the security strategy should be presented no later than 30 November 2011;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point ii a (new)
Paragraph 13 – point ii a (new)
ii)a who has access to the recordings;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point ii b (new)
Paragraph 13 – point ii b (new)
ii)b how visitors are informed about the video-surveillance system;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Is of the opinion that the efforts aimed at increasing security should also include fire protection and fire alarm exercises and that such training should be organised at least twice a year for all users of Parliament's premises;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Deplores the overdependence on external (technical) expertise, especially in the IT and buildings sectors resulting from structural imbalances between internal and external resources and calls for a cost- effective balance to be struck between in- house and external expertise in each area of parliamentary activity; therefore considers that a cost-benefit analysis should be carried out to inform decisions regarding the hire of external expertise;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes the two priority projects necessitating important new office surfaces to be found: a second crèche in Brussels and a second assistant's office; stresses in this context the need for Parliament's buildings to be located close to each other in order to achieve more efficiency and also for environmental reasons; believes that an analysis of future building needs should include full financial assessments in addition to consideration of the most practical solutions;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Draws attention to the fact that, for Parliament, the increasing use of external companies for implementing IT projects, in addition to being financially detrimental, runs the risk that it will lose important parts of its know-how as well as its ability to manage and supervise projects delivered by external contractors; furthermore calls for use of external companies to be based on a cost-benefit analysis; moreover because of the increasing role and importance of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in the work of European Parliament, it deems to be important to raise the role of ICT management to a higher level, also to ensure higher security protection;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Considers that an additional column should be added to the table containing the relevant data for the previous year in order to provide better transparency and facilitate comparisons;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67
Paragraph 67
67. Deplores the fact that EuroparlTV cannot be considered to be a success story in view of its very low number of direct users (excluding viewers through partnership agreements with regional TVs) in spite of the considerable annual appropriations that it receives, amounting to some EUR 9 000 000; underlines the need for an Action Plan containing reasonable measures aimed at increasing the number of viewers;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68
Paragraph 68
68. Observes that, in the last few years, Parliament has greatly increased the number of and the budget for its prizes; expresses doubts as to whether those prizes represent at their best Parliament's core competences and the tasks which stem from its legislative, budgetary and budgetary control prerogatives; calls on its Bureau to refrain from initiating the funding of new prizes and to prepare a review of existing prize schemes;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 83 a (new)
Paragraph 83 a (new)
83a. Takes the view that the services and procedures of DG Finance should be simplified and streamlined in order to speed up the handling of invoices from local assistants based in Member States and to reduce queues and bureaucratic procedures; takes the view that DG Finance should provide quicker electronic information to Members concerning remaining available funds; furthermore takes the view that DG Finance should organise training courses for the staff of Members regarding the procedures; for these purposes DG Finance should elaborate an action plan by 30 September 2011 at the latest;