9 Amendments of Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ related to 2019/2067(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Expresses its satisfaction that thewith the very positive performance of the Foundation of having an 83 % delivery rate and a close to 100 % budget implementation rate stood at 99.6 % in 2018 (100 % in 2017);
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. AppreciatesStresses the importance of Eurofound’'s high-quality work to provide knowledge and, expertise to support policies on improving living and working conditions across the Unand evidence-based support for European policy development and policymakers in the areas of living and working conditions, labour market and industrial relations across the Union, and the importance of retaining the tripartite nature of its governance model involving employer and worker organisations, governments from all Member States, as well as the European Commission;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of the Eurofound’s contributions for the development of forecasting tools and gathering of information in different areas such as the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, work- life balance and quality of life, the future of work, manufacturing, digitalisation and platform work;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Appreciates the Foundation’s cooperation with other EU Agencies under the remit of DG EMPLOYMENTsupport to trade unions, employer organisations, national governments, and European institutions and its cooperation with other EU Agencies working in the field of employment, social affairs and inclusion under the remit of DG EMPLOYMENT and particularly between the Foundation, EU-OSHA, Cedefop, ETF and EIGE; highlights the importance of maintaining active cooperation with all actors and of supporting their work in the development of sustainable competitiveness, social inclusion, social dialogue, and partnership;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Appreciates Eurofound's efforts to create operational synergies and to avoid overlaps with other agencies working in the area of employment, social affairs and inclusion; notes, in this regard, that cooperation between Eurofound and Cedefop has been recently reinforced; welcomes that the 4th edition of the European Company Survey was jointly managed by Cedefop and Eurofound and that beyond sharing costs, the analysis of the findings benefited from the combined expertise of the two agencies and will assist policymakers in establishing evidence-based policies for better working conditions for employees and for supporting companies to thrive;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes the Foundation's increased workload and stakeholders' increased expectations and highlights the importance of ensuring adequate staff and financial resources allowing the Foundation to fully implement its tasks;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with regret from the Court’s report that the ex-ante controls performed by Eurofound within the context of intermediary services provided by a framework contractor were not effective, as well as the Court’s observation that the Foundation should adapt ex-ante controls on payments under such contracts and ensure the existence of a competitive procedure for all procurements; stresses that the inter-institutional contract was led by the European Commission and that Eurofound did not have an input in the design of the tender nor in the setup of the pricing structure, which made it harder to compare easily with other providers; notes from the Foundation’s reply that the respective framework contract had expired and the new one hadprovides for greater promotion of fair competition and has successfully addressed the issues raised by the Court;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes Eurofound's commitment to economic, social and environmental sustainability of its operations ensuring a cost-effective and environment-friendly working place and for using public procurement as an important instrument towards all three categories of sustainability in its operations;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Notes that the Foundation was subject to the external ‘cross-agencies’ evaluation by the European Commission (published in 2019), together with Cedefop, EU-OSHA and ETF, which focused on the assessment of the agencies’ work; welcomes that an action plan is under development to address the findings of an overall very positive evaluation report by the Commission;