13 Amendments of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2015/2159(DEC)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
-having regard to the decision of the European Ombudsman of 18 November 2015 closing the inquiry into complaint 1770/2013/JF against the European Economic and Social Committee,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes with satisfaction that the cooperation agreement between the EESC, the Committee of the Regions and Parliament (the "agreement") was signed on 5 February 2014 with the objective of developing political andcooperation; takes note that an Annex on administrative cooperation was also approved;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Finds that there is still room for improvement within the agreement, particularly oin the political sidphere; believes that the three institutions are capable of developing further synergies that will enhance productivity at all levels in areas of cooperation and calls for specific detailed provisions to be laid down concerning the functioning of the services shared by the three institutions; asks for EESC Members to be polled on their satisfaction with the services provided for them by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS); asks to continue to be informed of the agreement follow-up;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Asks for a joint assessment of the budgetary savings resulting from the cooperation to be included in the mid-term review of thethe mid-term review of the agreement to include likewise a detailed breakdown per institution of the savings and/or increased budgetary expenditure resulting from the cooperation agreement;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Takes note that in 2014 the EESC had a positive balance of EUR 1 560 000 under the agreement; notes with concern that 36 officials from the EESC and 24 officials from the Committee of the Regions, all from the translation services and for the most part very near to retirement age, were transferred under said agreement, whereby the EESC and the Committee of the Regions will make significant savings in staff chapters (salaries and pensions) while Parliament’s will increase considerably both in the short term (salaries) and in the long term (pensions);
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes the slight improvement in 2014 in the number of women holding management posts (61,4 % – 38,6 %); regrets however the still existing gapimbalance which has no correspondence in the other categories; stresses the importance of establishing medium-term goals by which the necessary balance may be attained, and urges the continuance of active work towards this goal;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes note ofthat the EESC had given assurances that the internal whistle- blowing rules willould enter into force in early 2016; considerswelcomes the close collaboration of the EESC and the Committee of the Regions in drawing up these rules since they have some services and staff in common; welcomes too the fact that the rules are being enforced retroactively; considers however that it has taken too much time to implement those rules; calls on the EESC to approve and enforce them without further delay;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Welcomes the launch by the EESC of a specific course on ‘Ethics and Integrity’ in order to improve knowledge and awareness of staff members’ rights and obligations; considers however that this course should not be mandatory just for new members of staff but for all staff at the EESC;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Regrets that the EESC has not yet implemented all the measures requested by Parliament in point 24 of its above- mentioned discharge resolution for 2013; considers that in specifically not forwarding information to Parliament’s Bureau, Members of the EESC and its own staff on the two court rulings that found against the EESC, and covering itself by including the information in other publications of a general nature, the EESC did not act as it should have; hopes that omissions of this kind will be resolved through development of the new rules on whistle-blowers and consequently may in this specific case be rectified retroactively;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Hopes too that with the enforcement of the new rules on whistle-blowers, the EESC will immediately and in an efficient manner take the measures necessary to ensure recognition, respect and consideration of whistle-blowers in cases acknowledged as such by the General Court and which occurred prior to adoption of the rules; calls too for the necessary measures to be taken to end once and for all the attacks being made against them through various EESC publications;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Deplores the fact that the former Secretary-General of the EESC did not ask the institution to declare his teaching activities compatible with his invalidity status prior to taking up said teaching activities, and only did so once the EESC had acted on its own initiative in starting the process; is also concerned at what granting invalidity status – and subsequently compatibility – to an employee – the institution’s former Secretary-General – on grounds of an illness which prevented him from continuing to work for the institution but did not prevent him from continuing to collaborate with other institutions or teach at universities – has cost the EESC in terms of money and prestige;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14e. Deplores the fact that in the aforementioned decision closing inquiry 1770/2013/JF against the EESC, the Ombudsman states that the EESC only accepted part of the proposal made to remedy maladministration by the EESC; deplores the fact that the EESC has not acknowledged maladministration nor any error in its decision to reassign the complainant; deplores the fact that the EESC has not agreed to acknowledge these errors in principle although in practice it has accepted some of the Ombudsman’s recommendations to grant the complainant compensation for injustices done;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes the EESC’s effort to raise its profile through an effective information and communication policy; agrees with it focusing on boosting institutional cooperation in order to improve communication and visibility as well as on enhancing the presence of members of the institutions at national level, and encourages the EESC to continue working along these lines;