Activities of Corina CREȚU related to 2021/2154(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (now the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking) for the financial year 2020
Amendments (5)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Executive Director of the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2020 / Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2020;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that out of the EUR 1 425 000 000 of in-kind and cash contributions to be made by industry members to the operational activities of the IMI2 Joint Undertaking, in-kind contributions of EUR 317 206 000 and cash contributions of EUR 20 717 000 were reported and validated, and that additionally, EUR 7 064 000 in cash and EUR 34 972 000 of in-kind contributions by associated members were reported and validated; notes that, consequently, at the end of 2020, the total contributions of industry members and associated partners to the Horizon 2020 activities of the IMI2 Joint Undertaking amounted to 379 959 000, compared to the Union’s total cash contribution of EUR 643 180 000; acknowledges that pre- financing rules are set by the Financial Regulation and the model grant agreement and expects that industry contributions will match Union input at programme level by the end of the IMI2 Joint Undertaking; notes that, regarding the 2020 budget available for Horizon 2020 projects, the implementation rates for commitment and payment appropriations were 100 % and 99,7 % respectively; notes that during 2020, 92 projects were running under the IMI2 Joint Undertaking, of which 6 ended by 31 December 2020; notes that the increase of commitments in 2020 of EUR 200 400 000 (Union funding) and EUR 182 300 000 (the industry and Associated Partner commitment), results from the conclusions of 19 new signed grant agreements for the IMI2 Joint Undertaking, including 8 projects for the emergency call for proposals on coronavirus treatments and diagnostics;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes from the Court’s report that the IMI2 Joint Undertaking’s practice of reactivating unused payment appropriations from previous years to the extent of open administrative commitments, results in an accumulation of unused payment appropriations and that, aggravated by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, it resulted in a low budget implementation rate for the IMI2 Joint Undertaking’s Title 2 administrative budget of 51 %; acknowledges that the unspent amount of Title 2 payment appropriations was EUR 3,2 million, against the amount of EUR 234,5 million of the grand total budgeted payment appropriations; notes the IMI2 Joint Undertaking’s reply that rigid budget planning and the amendment mechanism did not allow appropriate adjustments to be made to the fast changing and uncertain global pandemic-driven crisis situation, and that for 2021 it is planning to carry over a lower amount of administrative payment appropriations than the amount of commitments carried forward to 2021 under Title 2 Infrastructure expenditure, and that it plans to pay the difference out of the current year budget;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Notes that the annual activity report 2020 highlighted that for the evaluation experts, IMI2 Joint Undertaking used 235 experts from 29 countries. Among this population of experts, 105 were female and 130 male; welcomes that the IMI2 Joint Undertaking continues to improve gender balance in this respect;
Amendment 12 #
16. Notes that during the lockdown period, the IMI2 Joint Undertaking staff switched to full time teleworking, with staff able to access all the files, tools and resources they needed from day one, the switch to working from home was also facilitated by the fact that the IMI2 Joint Undertaking had adopted a number of the Commission’s standard tools, such as ARES, SYSPER and the full set of Horizon 2020 programme management IT tools; notes, moreover, that the IMI2 Joint Undertaking and the other joint undertakings who work in the same building agreed on a single set of rules for staff who exceptionally have to work at the office, to ensure staff safety and wellbeing, and also outlined a phased return to the office; notes with concern the challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic for staff, especially taking into account different living situations, lack of access to office space and possible effects of isolation; asks the IMI2 Joint Undertaking to focus on staff wellbeing, stress management and work and life balance; asks management to ensure there is appropriate support structures in place to ensure the psychological well- being of staff;