Activities of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2014/2084(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section VIII – European Ombudsman PDF (144 KB) DOC (67 KB)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Proposes that the Ombudsman cooperate with other institutions to come up witNotes with concern the enormous disparities in translation costs among the various European institutions; calls, therefore, on the Interinstitutional Working Party on Translation to identify the causes of those disparities and put forward solutions that will put an end to the imbalance and harmonise translation costs whilst ensuring full respect for quality and linguistic diversity; with this in mind, the working party shall relaunch cooperation among the institutions in order to share best practice and outcomes and to identify areas in which cooperation or agreements between institutions can be strengthened; the working party shall also aim to establish a unified methodology of presenting the translation costs which all the institutions can use, in order to simplify the analysis and comparison of the costs; the working party shall present those findings before the end of 2015; calls on all the institutions to play an active role in the work of the interinstitutional working party; recalls in this regard the fundamental importance of respect for multilingualism in the European institutions in order to guarantee all EU citizens equal treatment and equal opportunities;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. NWelcomes the fact that the aim of closing 70 % of cases in less than a year was surpassed in 2013; notes, however, that the proportion of inquiries closed within 12 and 18 months is still below the target set by the Ombudsman, even though it has increased from 79 to 81 %; believes that the 90 % target is realistic and can be achieved; expects that target to be reached in 2014 and the result to be detailed in the annual activity report; welcomes the launch of specific own-initiative inquiries and asks to be informed of the initial outcomes of those inquiries;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the Ombudsman’s achievement of the European Foundation for Quality Management first level of recognition ‘Committed to Excellence’ in 2012, and welcomes the fact that an excellent, productive relationship was maintained with the foundation in 2013;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Draws attention to the high level of spending on away days, conferences and similar events for staff at the Ombudsman’s office in 2013, which was noticeably higher than it was in the other institutions; considers that at a time of crisis and budgetary cuts in general, the cost of away days for staff at the EU institutions has to be reduced and that they should take place, where possible, on the institutions’ own premises, as the added value derived from away days does not justify such high costs;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes the fact that a woman has been elected as European Ombudsman; is concerned, nevertheless, at the lack of women in management posts at the Ombudsman’s office; calls for the introduction of an equal opportunities plan specifically geared towards management posts with a view to correcting this imbalance as soon as possible;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Wholeheartedly agrees with the transparency policy advocated by the Ombudsman’s office, and calls for the introduction of a procedure to assess the possible impact of certain publications in advance, with a view to publishing them along with an explanatory report so as to avoid them being used in a biased way; points out that this procedure should launched by the Ombudsman in cooperation with the European Data Protection Supervisor, the Commission and the institution that the publication concerns;