8 Amendments of Lara WOLTERS related to 2020/2194(DEC)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Highlights the conclusion of the Court’s Special Report 'Future of EU Agencies' that information on performance of Union agencies is scarce; urges agencies to strengthen performance accountability; expects all Union agencies to cooperate as optimally as possible with the Commission and the Court in the provision of performance information;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. 12. Points to the positive example given by ECDC on the cooperation with other Union agencies, including through the European Union Agencies Network (the 'Network'); encourages the agencies to cooperate and exchange best practices where possible, including e.g. on teleworking;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Notes further that in terms of geneder balance in management boards in 2019, there was no agency with an even gender balance, a good balance existed in seven agencies, and there was no gender balance in 14 management boards; asks the Member States and the relevant organisations that participate in management boards to take into account the importance of ensuring gender balance when nominating their members to an Agency’s management board;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11 c. Notes further that, as regards overall staff, eight agencies have an even gender balance, 19 agencies have a good gender balance and three agencies have no gender balance; calls on the agencies to continue to strive for a good gender balance in the future;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11 d. Notes with concern that in 2019 only 34 % of members of the highest decision-making bodies of all Union agencies were women and recalls that gender balance must be ensured within the Union agencies in accordance with the basic regulations establishing them; asks, therefore, that the Union agencies collect and present data on gender balance for all categories of management staff (from the lowest to the highest level) to gather the basic data on which the Union agencies are encouraged to address the gender imbalance in management and pursue gender mainstreaming in all fields;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the geographical balance of staff of Union agencies follows the population of the Member States as a percentage of the EU27 slightly more closely than the geographical balance of staff of the Commission; notes an underrepresentation for eight Member States, an over representation for seventeen Member States and an approximate balance for two Member States; regrets the lack of policies across agencies to improve diversity among its staff; calls on agencies, as well as the European Union Agencies Network (the 'Network'), to put forward plans to achieve this goal;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Highlights the conclusion of the Court’s report 'Future of EU Agencies' that the vast majority of agencies still do not publish sustainability reports; calls on agencies to introduce sustainability reporting, which would include the social aspects of procurement, and to align its reporting with the OECD work on Public Procurement and Responsible Business Conduct and the upcoming Union legislation on corporate due diligence; believes that by incorporating responsible business standards in its procurement and purchasing policies, agencies can safeguard the public interest and ensure the accountability of public spending;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Emphasises the importance of sustainability reporting in all Union agencies; notes with concern that only one Union agency, the European Union Intellectual Property Office, publishes a sustainability report; reiterates its call on the agencies to integrate sustainability in their reporting systems;