Activities of Corina CREȚU related to 2021/2151(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2020
Amendments (7)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Executive Director of the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2020 / Postpones its decision on discharge to the Executive Director of the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2020;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the maximum Union financial contribution to the Joint Undertaking (including EFTA appropriations) under Regulation (EU) 2018/1488 is EUR 486 000 000, comprising a maximum of EUR 386 000 000 from Horizon 2020 (including at least EUR 10 000 000 for administrative costs), and a maximum of EUR 100 000 000 from the Connecting Europe Facility; whereas the Participating States shall make a contribution to the administrative costs of the Joint Undertaking of at least EUR 10 000 000 and in addition shall make a contribution to the operational costs of the Joint Undertaking that is commensurate to the Union's financial contribution (EUR 486 000 000), the amount of at least EUR 476 000 000 is envisaged; whereas the Private Members of the Joint Undertaking shall make or arrange for their constituent entities and affiliated entities to make contributions for at least EUR 422 000 000 to the Joint Undertaking, including EUR 2 000 000 for administrative costs; whereas under the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020, a contribution to the administrative costs by the Union can be front loaded to cover the running costs only up to 2023; whereas the Participating States and the Private Members of the Joint Undertaking shall fully cover the administrative costs of the Joint Undertaking as of 2024;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes, furthermore, from the Court’s report that the Court considers the Joint Undertaking to be currently understaffed considering its current workload of administrative and operational processes and its first important activities, and that during the 2020 organisational setup, the Joint Undertaking mainly concentrated on ensuring the main operational processes and tasks, but neglected the need forcould not, under the agreed Establishment plan, recruit administrative key staff, in particular, the head of administration and finance and the internal control and audit coordination manager; notes from the Joint Undertaking’s Annual Activity Report that the Budget and Accounting Officer, Legal Officer and HR Officeras soon as the Joint Undertaking was autonomous, recruitment for the Budget and Accounting Officer, Legal Officer and HR Officer began at the end of 2020 and the three concerned staff members took up their functions in 2021;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Notes with concern the challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic for employees, especially taking into account different living situations, lack of access to office space and possible effects of isolation; asks the Joint Undertaking to focus on employee wellbeing, stress management and work and life balance; asks the Joint Undertaking's management to ensure there are appropriate support structures in place to ensure the psychological well-being of staff;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the Joint Undertaking was formally notified that a participantvendor has appealed to the European Court of Justice for the annulment of the decision of the Joint Undertaking of 29 September 2020, concerning a procedure for the acquisition, delivery, installation and hardware and software maintenance of Precursors to Exascale Supercomputers; calls on the Joint Undertaking to report to the discharge authority any development in that regard;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Notes that, the Annual Activity Report 2020 highlighted that for a total number of 37 experts, the Joint Undertaking used 43% of female and 57% of male experts from 23 different nationalities; welcomes this very good initiative and encourages the Joint Undertaking to continue to maintain this gender balance;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that in 2020 only some general Horizon 2020 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as the final KPIs of the Joint Undertaking are being defined by the Governing Boardppear in the Annual Activity Report 2020 and that the final KPIs of the Joint Undertaking for Horizon Europe will be updated in line with the revised Joint Undertaking Regulation adopted in August 2021; calls on the Joint Undertaking to report to the discharge authority on that regard;