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Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. ~~....~~Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2010;

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Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. ~~...~~Refuses to grant the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2010;

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Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1

1. ~~... the closure of~~Decides that a proposal to close the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2010 shall be submitted at a subsequent part-session;

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Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1

1. ~~...~~Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2010;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the Court of Auditors has stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular,deleted

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Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas on 10 May 2012, the European Parliament postponed its decision on the discharge and closure of the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2010,

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Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

A b. whereas the Agency provided replies to the discharge authority by letters of 24 May, 15 June and 3 July 2012; whereas the Management Board of the Agency provided the discharge authority with information on the measures undertaken following the postponement of the 2010 discharge by letter of 6 June 2012,

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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Believ~~Notes that ~~agencies'~~the Agency's levels of budget execution in terms of committed appropriations and of payment appropriations provide important information to enable the discharge authority to assess their overall performance; notes, however, that in 2010 the Agency failed to provide this information in the documents presented; therefore, urges the Agency to inform the discharge authority of the exact lewere respectively of ~~its budget execution in terms of committed appropriations and of payment appropriations~~100 % and of 90,75 %;

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Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas on 10 May 2011 Parliament granted the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency discharge for implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 200919 , and in its resolution accompanying the discharge, inter alia:deleted

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Motion for a resolution
Recital B - indent 1

– encouraged the Agency to continue its efforts to further develop its communication methods in order to attract more media coverage for its findings, as such measures may lead to more transparent working methods and greater public interest in the Agency's work,deleted

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Motion for a resolution
Recital B - indent 2

– was concerned about the Agency's practice of making transfers to increase a budget line in order to pay rent for the Agency's premises for the first quarter of 2010 and charge it to the 2009 budget, as this practice is at odds with the principle of annuality,deleted

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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Acknowledges from the Agency's Final Accounts that EUR 12 809 551,05 of the 2010 appropriations have been carried forward to 2011; ~~reminds~~takes note from the Agency that this situation is at odds with the budgetary principle of annuality and can be reduced by correct and proper programming and monitoring of the implementation of its budget to minimise the carryover of appropriations; calls, therefore, on the Agency to take effective action in this respectout of the amount carried forward EUR 8 941 279 refers to external assigned revenue;

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Motion for a resolution
Recital B - indent 3

~~– called on the Agency to address deficiencies in the recruitment procedures which put at risk the transparency of these procedures,~~deleted

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Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the budget of the Agency for the year 2010 was EUR 50 600 000, which is 26 % higher than in 2009; whereas the contribution of the Union to the budget of the Agency for 2010 was EUR 35 258 000, compared with EUR 34 560 000 in 200920 , which represents an increase of 2 %;deleted

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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Notes from the Agency's Final Accounts that cancellation of unused payment appropriations carried over from the previous year amounted to EUR 585 282,87; understands from the Agency that this amount is lower to the amount cancelled in 2009, i.e. EUR 693 127,02; urges the Agency, nonetheless, to take concrete measures against cancellations of the amounts carried over and to inform the discharge authority by 30 June 2012;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1 a. Notes the Executive Director's failure to provide the discharge authority with complete, correct and straightforward answers during the 2010 discharge procedure as shown in paragraphs 15 a(new)and 18 a(new); this raises concerns with regards to the capacity to ensure the proper and correct management of the taxpayers' money as well as full accountability;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Points to paragraph 16 of the Common Approach annexed to the Joint Statement of the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission on decentralised agencies; expects, without prejudice to the Agencies independence, an open and transparent selection procedure regarding the appointment of the Executive Director in June 2013 that guarantees a rigorous evaluation of candidates and a high level of independence; suggests therefore a hearing of the candidates in the competent committees in Parliament to be part of the appointment procedure to the position of Executive Director;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

~~1. Notes that the Agency's levels of budget execution in terms of committed appropriations and of payment appropriations were respectively of 100 % and of 90,75 %;~~deleted

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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

~~2. Ascertains from the Agency's Final Accounts that, for the financial year 2010, the total payments of the Agency represented EUR 38 898 533,88;~~deleted

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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that, for five months, from 22 May 2010 to October 2010, the Agency covered its building with a green façade which cost EUR 294 641 and that the contract was realised by the companies Ramboll, as general contractor, and Green Fortune; is surprised that there has been no public tender; demands from the Agency's Director details on how the companies were chosen as contractors; takes note from the Agency's Director, in her letter of 11 April 2012, that these costs were covered by the budget lines ‘2140 - Fitting-out of premises’ (EUR 180 872) and ‘3323 - Communications’ (EUR 113 769); underlines that the commitment appropriations under budget line 2140 increased from EUR 85 000 to EUR 271 049 against the opinion of the Agency's Head of Administration; notes that also in May 2010 the Head of Administration entered into sick leave and since then the position is occupied by an interim Head; notes from the Director's letter of 30 April 2012 that budget line 2140 has been reinforced by a budget transfer of EUR 180 872 from the budget line ‘2100 - Rent’; recalls that in December 2009 the Agency paid the rent for Q1 2010, thus avoiding reducing the amount to be repaid to the Commission; therefore calls on the Agency to explain the discharge authority why it has extracted EUR 180 872 from the budget line ‘Rent’, while rent is a fixed sum by contract, and to provide information and written evidence on the procedures with regards to the budgetary transfers; expects the Agency to complete all the requested actions by the end of August 2012;deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Raises doubts that, concerning canteen services, cleaning services, security services and furniture, the Agency failed to ensure the maximum competition and value-for-money during the procurement procedures but favoured ‘'historical’' contractors even though these contractors changed their official name over time; notes from the Agency that these procurement procedures were audited by the Court of Auditors in October 2011; calls therefore on the Court of Auditors and the Agency to provide the discharge authority with the findings and report prepared following this audit;

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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Is, moreover, concerned ~~over alleged cases of ‘fictitious employment’ of people who~~that some people hired by the Agency might also have been work ing for the private service of some of the Agency's staff members ~~but~~ ; calls on the Agency to assure the discharge ~~paid by the Agenc~~authority that, if this is indeed the case, the private services are paid separately;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Reminds that for five months from 22 May 2010 to October 2010 the Agency covered its building with a Green Façade at a cost of EUR 294 641 and that no public tender was issued;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Recalls that in order to cover the costs related to the Green Façade, the budget line '2140 - Fitting-out of premises' has been reinforced by a budget transfer of EUR 180 872 taken from the budget line '2100 - Rent' on 9 April 2010;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3 c. Calls therefore on the Agency to establish clear internal rules for resorting to Article 126(1) (b) of the implementing rules of the Financial Regulation; notes that the Management Board decided to implement ex-ante controls on exceptional expenditures;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Internal Audit Service (IAS) to investigate immediately the Agency's contracts in the area of canteen services, cleaning services, security services and furniture to establish whether the call preparation, publication, evaluation and contract management phases respect the two following principles: maximum competition and value-for-money and on the allegations ~~of ‘fictitious employment’~~mentioned in paragraph 7 and to inform the discharge authority in due ~~course on the Court of Auditors findings~~time;

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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Note~~Recalls that in December 2011 the Agency awarded a Framework Service Contract for the provision of media monitoring for 48 months, for a total value of EUR 250 000, which is much higher than the costs of similar services in the previous years; observes that based upon this contract the Agency will spend on average EUR 62 500 per year for media monitoring and believes that these costs are excessive and contrary to the principle of efficient use of the taxpayers' money; notes that it awarded a similar contract in 2005 for 3 years with an estimated annual budget of EUR 35 000; observes that in 2011 the Agency's ceiling for media monitoring increased by 78% comparing to 2005;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2

~~Carryover appropriations~~deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Is nevertheless concerned that most recruitment~~Takes note from the Agency that it proceeded to 47 recruitments in 2010, out of which 7 hasve been made in-house; takes also notes that ~~this could be a source or a situation of favouritism or conflict of interests~~, for the last five years, the Agency hosted 12 guest scientists working at its premises; for transparency, calls on the Agency to publish the curriculum vitae – including at least the educational and work background – of the guest scientists in order to increase transparency;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Takes note from the Agency's Final Accounts that EUR 12 809 551,05 of the 2010 appropriations have been carried forward to 2011; acknowledges that out of the overall amount carried over EUR 8 941 279 are external assigned revenues which are multiannual and hence are not subject of the principle of annuality;deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Notes from the Agency's Final Accounts that cancellation of unused payment appropriations carried over from the previous year amounted to EUR 585 282,87; understands from the Agency that this amount is lower than the amount cancelled in 2009, i.e. EUR 693 127,02; notes, therefore, that a cancellation rate of only 1,5 % represents an improved anticipation of financial needs;deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Regrets that the Court of Auditors did not consider the level of the Agency's appropriations carried forward and cancelled to be sufficiently high to warrant a mention in its report on the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2010;deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3

~~Procurement Procedures~~deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes the statement from the Agency that the Court of Auditors has carried out in October 2011 an audit on the procurement procedures concerning canteen services, cleaning services, security services and furniture; calls on the Agency to provide the discharge authority with the findings of this audit and its replies and actions undertaken by the end of September 2012;deleted

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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Notes that, until ~~very recently,~~April 2011 the Executive Director of the Agency was a ~~Board Member of Earthwatch and a M~~trustee and a member of the International Advisory Board of Earthwatch and was reported to be a member of the European Advisory Board of Worldwatch Europe, two environmental NGOs, alongside to her activities in the Agency; in accordance with the Executive Director's statement, she stepped down from her positions in Earthwatch in April 2011 following an advice by a member of the Court of Auditors in the context of a possible conflict of interests;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Internal Audit Service (IAS) to audit the Agency's contracts in the area of canteen services, cleaning services, security services and furniture to establish whether the call preparation, publication, evaluation and contract management phases respect the two following principles: maximum competition and value-for-money, and to inform the discharge authority in due course of its findings;deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that the Agency has revised its recruitment processes in line with the remarks made by the discharge authority and Court of Auditors in order to address the weaknesses in relation to vacancy notices, to the documentation of the decision of the selection boards, to the thresholds for being invited to interview and to the minutes of the interviews;deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Is seriously concerned that in 2010, while the Executive Director was ~~still~~ directly involved ~~in the Management of~~with Earthwatch, ~~some~~29 staff members of the Agency, including the Executive Director, went for ~~5 -~~up to 10 days of research in different biodiversity projects in the Caribbean or Mediterranean managed by Earthwatch and that the Agency paid to the NGO a~~bout EUR 2 000 per participant; understands that this unacceptable situation was repeated in 2011~~ total of EUR 33 791,28, as stated by the Agency's Executive Director;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Acknowledges also from its Annual Management Plan that the Agency implemented the ‘EEA Personnel Policy’ which provides the basis for staff development;~~deleted

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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Was informed that 7 internal candidates and 40 external applicants were recruited in 2010; acknowledges the split amongst categories of internal candidates of 1 official, 5~~Takes note that the Agency hosted 12 guest scientists working at its premises without publishing for 11 of themporary agents and 1 contract agent and the split amongst externally recruited staff of 1 official, 13 temporary agents, 29 contract agents and 4 national experts; takes note that, for the last five years, the Agency hosted 12 guest scientists working at its premises; for the sake of their curriculum vitae – including at least the educational and work background; acknowledges the Management Board's statement that rules for the selection and conduct of visiting scientists will be strengthened in order to ensure greater clarity and transparency~~, calls on~~ and that the Agency ~~to complete publishing the curriculum vitae – including at least the educational and work background – of the guest scientists, in order to increase transparency~~'s current policy on hosting guest scientist is under revision;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5

~~Agency's strategy for 2009-2013~~deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Agency and its Executive Director to give the Budgetary Control Committee concrete information on these trips and to provide the total amount paid by the EEA to Earthwatch and Worldwatch in the financial years 2009 and 2010;deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the fact that the Agency staff and management activities, quality control processes, products and services, administrative and building services are brought together under the strategic area in the ‘EEA Strategy 2009-2013’;deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Calls on the Agency to make a more explicit link between measures, resources and results;~~deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6

Contradictory information, Conflict of interest and Transparency

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Notes that, from June 2010 until April 2011, the Executive Director of the Agency was a trustee and a member of the International Advisory Board of Earthwatch - an international environmental charity engaging people in scientific field research and education - and was reported to be a member of the European Advisory Board of Worldwatch Europe; acknowledges that, in accordance with the Executive Director's statement, she stepped down from her positions in Earthwatch in April 2011 following advice from the President of the Court of Auditors in the context of a possible conflict of interests;deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Commends the cooperation between the Agency and NGOs working in the environmental area, as it is the case with other specialised agencies, but recalls that even the mere appearance of conflict of interest is damaging the trust in the institutions and raises concerns of the tax payers;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Recalls that until April 2011, the Executive Director of the Agency was a trustee and a member of the International Advisory Board of Earthwatch; regrets the contradictory information sent by the Executive Director on her relationship with the Earthwatch and that the unclear relationships between the Agency and the NGO give rise to questions: - Earthwatch listed the Executive Director as a member of the International Board of Directors in its annual reports both in 2009 and 2010, - in the letter of 22 February 2012, the Executive Director mentioned her membership to the Advisory Board of Earthwatch from March 2010, - in another document distributed by the Agency in May 2012, it is reported that the Executive Director joined Earthwatch's International Board in June 2010 but took up an active role only in October 2010, - the Executive Director stated that Earthwatch invited her to join them as a trustee and as a member of the International Advisory Board in her letter of 3 March 2012;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17b. Calls on the Agency, in an effort to promote greater transparency in terms of preventing and combating conflict of interests, to adopt immediately an action plan to publish on its website the declaration of interest and, when they are not available, the curriculum vitae – including at least the educational and work background – for the management staff, the members of the scientific committee, the experts and the members of the Management Board by 30 June 2012; is of the opinion that such measures would allow the discharge authority and the public to observe their qualifications and to prevent potential conflict of interest;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15 b. Observes moreover from the Agency's letter of 24 May 2012 that the costs related to the Executive Director's participation at Earthwatch International Board meeting on 29 September-2 October 2010 were covered by the taxpayers;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Is seriously~~Remains concerned that in 2010, while the Executive Director was directly involved with Earthwatch, 29 staff members of the Agency, including the Executive Director, went for up to 10 days of research on different biodiversity projects in the Caribbean or Mediterranean managed by Earthwatch during their working time and that the Agency paid a total of EUR 33 791,28, to the NGO as stated by the Agency's Executive Director;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – introductory part

22. Is nevertheless concerned by the very large number of reports and papers or other related outputs prepared by the Agency; believes that this can be interpreted as a lack of substantial and innovative work from the Agency and that, as a consequence, the financial contribution of the Union to the Agency would be ill- used; ~~call~~invites therefore on the Agency to ~~immediately~~ inform in details the bBudget ~~authority, in particular the Budget Control Authority~~ary Control Committee, of:

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Acknowledges the decision of the Management Board to implement ex-ante controls on the membership of the Executive Director in external boards and on the Agency's training policy;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – indent 4

~~– the total number of guest scientists working at the Agency premises and their respective qualifications for the last five years;~~deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

~~17. Recognises the special training of staff as part of the career development and takes note of the total amount paid for that training;~~deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – indent 5

~~– the costs related to the hosting of those guest scientists;~~deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Is surprised that Worldwatch Institute Europe founded on 5 November 2010 indicated as its address that of the Agency and used its premises as its own without any rent to the Agency, thus using premises paid by the EU budget; regrets that the Director's deletter of 30 April 2012 refers only to Worldwatch Institute US based and not to the Worldwatch Institute Europe which used the Agency's premises without any rent; takes further note that executive director of Worldwatch Institute Europe was an Agency's guest scientist; calls on the Agency to provide the discharge authority with concrete details and documentary evidence on this matter, including the person in the Agency who authorised this, the concrete date when Worldwatch Institute Europe ceased to use the Agency's premises, as well as whether the work performed by the respective guest scientist of the Agency was published under the Worldwatch Institute Europe name or that of the Agency by the end of August 2012;d

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Reiterates that Worldwatch Institute Europe used the Agency's premises as its own without any rent to the Agency, thus using premises paid by the EU budget; regrets the contradictions in the Director's statements and the documents indicating different facts; - In the letter of 11 April 2012, the Director stated "when it came to the attention of the EEA that World Watch Institute Europe had published on their own website that a European office had been set up at the EEA premises immediate action was taken..."; - The founding act of World Watch Institute Europe proves that it was established on 5 November 2010 in the premises of the Agency; - Moreover the launch of World Watch Institute Europe took place at the Agency's premises on 25 February 2011 and the Director was a guest speaker as shown by World Watch Institute Europe's website;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18 b. Takes note that the Agency prepared an updated conflict policy and action plan in line with the European Ombudsman's recommendations; calls on the Agency to make the draft public and foster a debate on the policy and action plan prior their submission to the Management Board;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Commends the cooperation between the Agency and NGOs working in the environmental area, as it is the case with other specialised agencies, but recalls that even the mere appearance of conflict of interest is damaging trust in the institutions and raises concerns of taxpayers;deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Agency, in an effort to promote greater transparency in terms of preventing and combating conflict of interests, to adopt immediately an action plan to publish on its website the declarations of interest and, when they are not available, the curriculum vitae – including at least the educational and work background – for the management staff, the members of the scientific committee, the experts and theNotes that the curriculum vitae of management staff, members of the scientific committee have been made available on the Agency's website; notes further that the declarations of interest of the members of the scientific committee have also been made available; underlines that contrary to the Agency's statement in letter of 15 June 2012 none of the curriculum vitae of the Management Board members is currently available on its website and observes that only a link to their organisation is provided; calls on the Agency, in an effort to promote greater transparency in terms of preventing and combating conflict of interests, to publish on its website the declarations of interest and curriculum vitae for the experts, future guest scientists and members of the Management Board ~~by 30 June 2012~~; is of the opinion that such measures would allow the discharge authority and the public to observe their qualifications and to prevent potential conflict of interest;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20 a. Expects to receive information on ongoing administrative investigations related to the Agency;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Notes the Agency's initiative to provide, on a regular basis, an independent external evaluation on the basis of its founding Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 and the work programmes adopted by the Management Board; notes in particular that the next evaluation will be undertaken in 2012 and will focus on the efficiency and effectiveness in delivering its corporate strategy;deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Notes the Agency's initiative to measure its performance through the environmental management and audit scheme (EMAS) and internal management systems using four inter- related perspectives - financial, client, business and learning and growth;deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Acknowledges from comments in the Agency's Annual Management Plan, the Agency's efforts with various international and Union bodies, Eionet and the Scientific Committee to establish a networking structure in order to be able to maintain links to the research and scientific community, disseminate and utilise the results, particularly information and data, from research activities at European and national levels, in a more systematic way;deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Notes, in addition, that following the request of the discharge authority for the 2009 discharge, in 2011, the Agency increased its efforts to reach the wider public and initiated pilot projects by using social media as a means of communication directed to the public;deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Agency to inform in detail the budget authority, in particular the Budget Control Authority, of: – the sources used by the Agency to construct its reports, papers and other related outputs; – the number of reports, and other products, delivered in 2010; – the evidence of the possible added value brought by the Agency's reports compared with other bodies' reports on environmental matters; – the process, if any, of verification of the data sent by the Member States, the periodicity of this verification and the way in which the data sent by Member States is used by the Agency;deleted

2012/09/10
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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Understands that the Agency is currently under a periodic external evaluation which should be delivered to the discharge authority in 2013; takes note of the Management Board's statement that the internal processes of the Agency will be included in the evaluation;

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Is pleased that in 2010 the Agency placed extra emphasis on biodiversity, the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES), the Eye on Earth platform and the State of the Environment report (SOER) 2010;deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Would like to encourage the Agency to continue its efforts to further develop its communication methods in order to attract more media coverage for its findings and thus feed public debate and broaden the scope of the environmental information available to the public on important environmental issues, such as climate change, biodiversity and the management of natural resources;deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8

~~Internal audit~~deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Acknowledges that in 2010 the IAS concluded an audit of the ‘management plan system (MPS)/monitoring of activities’ whose objective was to assess and provide assurance on the adequacy of the planning and monitoring of the Agency's activities; notes, in particular, that the IAS made eight recommendations, six of which were rated ‘important’ and two ‘desirable’;deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Calls in this respect on the Agency to: – promote guidelines for objectives and measurable indicators in project planning and monitoring of progress, – allocate costs on projects, – promote more effective project management and procedures for checking and verifying new data entered into the MPS;deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls, in addition, on the Agency to adopt without further delay measures to address the weaknesses found by the IAS in its previous audits on quality management and on grant management in order to: – develop and use QA/QC checklist for GHG Inventory Report, – plan, describe and document relevant quality checks, – assure supervision of quality controls, – anticipate business continuity issues, – realise on-the-spot controls and verification of grants, – monitor and follow-up grant implementation;deleted

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

~~31. Draws attention to its recommendations from previous discharge reports, as set out in the A~~deleted (The deletion of this paragraph leads to the deletion of the table annexed to th~~is resolution;~~e draft report.)

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Monica MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Refers, in respect of the other observations accompanying its Decision on discharge, which are of a horizontal nature, to its resolution of 10 May 201221 on the performance, financial management and control of the agencies.deleted

2012/09/10
Committee: CONT

Activities of Monica MACOVEI related to 2011/2217(DEC)

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