Activities of Cătălin Sorin IVAN related to 2011/2287(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on ‘Towards more efficient and cost effective interpretation in the European Parliament’ PDF (191 KB) DOC (142 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that both plenary sittings and committee meetings can be publicly accessed by all through webstreaming or video on demand, new media which are increasing the transparency of European Parliament activities for EU citizens, and that their availability in all official languages highlights the democratic and multicultural nature of Parliament;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls the proposal by the Secretary- General to introduce awareness-raising measures amongst users of interpretation services, including committees, delegations and political groups, and is of the opinion that future proposals should include virtual billing of users;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the administration to continue drawing up a list of interpretation facilities requested but not used at the end of each meeting by the head of the team of interpreters in agreement with the secretariat of the meeting; notes that a copy of that list should be forwarded to the secretariat of the meeting concerned; the list should also take account of those using of webstreaming or video on demand;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that the Committee on Budgetary Control should be informed regularly about changes in the cost of Parliament’s services, including the interpretation service; calls for the annual Code of Conduct report prepared by the interpretation services and sent to the Secretary-General to be made public to members of the committee;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – introductory part
Paragraph 27 – introductory part
27. . Asks the Court of Auditors, therefore, to provide Parliament, within a reasonable time frame and at the latest by March 2014,with a special report on the interpretation and translation expenditure incurred by Parliament, the Commission and the Council, assessing the soundness of the financial management involved and updating the findings observed in its Special Report No 5/2005; notes, furthermore, that this report could be produced on an annual basisperiodically and could be used for the annual discharge procedure; reiterates the fact that the report should provide information on whether the institutions involved have adequate tools and procedures to ensure that: