6 Amendments of Miguel PORTAS related to 2010/2003(BUD)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its conviction that interinstitutional cooperation is essential to exchange best practices and explore further the scope for improving effectiveness and efficiency and, where possible and appropriate, finding savings and sharing resources better; believes that useful gains could also be made by extending this concept to other areas which have not so far been considered in this context, such as EMAS, non-discrimination policies, possibilities to use open software with sufficient safety guarantees and teleworking; points out that efforts should continue in areas already under consideration such as for example translation capacity and recruitment (EPSO); recommends that the Institutions consider introducing a centralised purchasing policy;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the fundamental challenge of managing a certain number of uncertainties for the 2011 budget, as indicated below, which will make precise forecasts and budgeting extremely difficult until the very late stages of the procedure when these have become better known; requests that its relevant bodies and the administration make available, in due time, a set of basic scenarios that can facilitate the final political decisions through a better understanding of the corresponding financial consequences;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes that, on the basis of the decision approved in the Manka report (A7-0037/ 2009), a report on the application of the system for travel reimbursements must be presented in time for it to be able to affect the budget for 2011;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that wider cost implications should always be assessed in relation to new measures introduced such as, for example, when deciding on staff and assistants schemes in both 2010 and 2011; underlines especially that if additional assistants were to be recruited in Brussels, this would have an impact on the situation regarding office space, which is already stretched; considers that the March presentation of the medium-term buildings strategy for its three places of work is crucial;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Considers that the March presentation of the medium-term buildings strategy for its three places of work is crucial; underlines that the recruitment of additional assistants in Brussels will have an impact on the already very limited office space available;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Stresses that a detailed case-by-case assessment of the buildings strategy must be made available to the competent budgetary authorities in time for them to be able to take the necessary decisions;