Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | CONT |
AYALA SENDER Inés ( S&D)
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ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš ( PPE),
FITTO Raffaele ( ECR),
ALI Nedzhmi ( ALDE),
JÁVOR Benedek ( Verts/ALE),
VALLI Marco ( EFDD),
KAPPEL Barbara ( ENF)
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| Committee Opinion | FEMM |
DĂNCILĂ Viorica ( S&D)
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Eleonora FORENZA ( GUE/NGL),
Barbara MATERA ( PPE),
Angelika MLINAR ( ALDE),
Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ ( ECR)
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Lead committee dossier:
Subjects
Events
PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) for the financial year 2015.
NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2017/1672 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the financial year 2015.
CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2015.
This decision is in line with the European Parliament's resolution adopted on 27 April 2017 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 27 April 2017).
Amongst Parliament’s main observations in the resolution accompanying the discharge decision, the latter called for more staff to be allocated to the Institute to work on priority areas, including the fight against violence against women, and to strengthen its capacity to assist the Commission by providing relevant data and technical assistance. It also called for the incorporation of the fight against violence against women and migrant women, and female genital mutilation into the tasks of the Institute.
The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) in respect of the implementation of the Institute’s budget for the financial year 2015.
The vote on the decision on discharge covers the closure of the accounts (in accordance with Annex IV, Article 5 (1) (a) to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure).
Noting that the Court of Auditors has stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the Institute’s annual accounts for the financial year 2015 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted by 499 votes to 111 with 5 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of recommendations, which form an integral part of the decision on discharge and which add to the general recommendations set out in the resolution on performance, financial management and control of EU agencies .
These recommendations may be summarised as follows:
Institute’s financial statements : Parliament noted that the final budget of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the financial year 2015 was EUR 7 658 166, representing a decrease of 4.33 % compared to 2014. Budget and financial management : It noted that the budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2015 resulted in a high budget implementation rate of 98.55 %, indicating that commitments were made in a timely manner, representing a slight decrease of 0.5 % compared to 2014. It noted that, in 2015, the Institute signed a contract with an external consultant to advise on how it could move towards project-based organisation and activity-based budgeting/costing. The services included a range of reforms to maximise workflows , assure quality and improve monitoring and management tools. Members noted with satisfaction that after the successful first year of the project, the Institute continued to fully implement the approach from 2016.
Parliament also made a series of observations regarding commitment and carry-overs, the prevention and management of conflicts of interests, procurement and recruitment procedures and internal audits and controls.
It noted that the Institute works closely with the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound). It held meetings with key partners such as UN Women and UNESCO on gender issues.
It also welcomed that the Institute is looking for synergies by pooling certain tasks and introducing shared services with other agencies and took note of the agreement signed between the Institute and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), which was signed in order to exchange services on the exchange of experts between the parties in the area of ex post controls.
Parliament noted the Institute’s efforts to reorganise its structure to put a focus on communication and stakeholder engagement activities.
Collaboration with the European Parliament : Parliament appreciated the contribution of the Institute to the ongoing work of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM). It called for further interaction between the legislative and non-legislative priorities of the FEMM Committee and the Institute’s research, also taking into account the Gender Equality Index developed by the Institute.
The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Inés AYALA SENDER (S&D, ES) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the financial year 2015.
The committee called on the European Parliament to grant the Director of the Institute discharge in respect of the implementation of the agency’s budget for the financial year 2015.
Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it had obtained reasonable assurance that the annual accounts of the Institute for the financial year 2015 were reliable and that the underlying transactions were legal and regular, Members called on Parliament t o approve the closure of the Institute’s accounts. They made, however, a number of recommendations that needed to be taken into account when the discharge is granted, in addition to the general recommendations that appear in the draft resolution on performance, financial management and control of EU agencies :
Institute’s financial statements : Members noted that the final budget of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the financial year 2015 was EUR 7 658 166, representing a decrease of 4.33 % compared to 2014. Budget and financial management : Members noted that the budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2015 resulted in a high budget implementation rate of 98.55 %, indicating that commitments were made in a timely manner, representing a slight decrease of 0.5 % compared to 2014. They noted that, in 2015, the Institute signed a contract with an external consultant to advise on how it could move towards project-based organisation and activity-based budgeting/costing. The services included a range of reforms to maximise workflows , assure quality and improve monitoring and management tools. They noted with satisfaction that after the successful first year of the project, the Institute continued to fully implement the approach from 2016.
Members also made a series of observations regarding commitment and carry-overs, the prevention and management of conflicts of interests, procurement and recruitment procedures and internal audits and controls.
Members noted that the Institute works closely with the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound). It held meetings with key partners such as UN Women and UNESCO on gender issues.
They welcomed that the Institute is looking for synergies by pooling certain tasks and introducing shared services with other agencies and took note of the agreement signed between the Institute and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), which was signed in order to exchange services on the exchange of experts between the parties in the area of ex post controls.
Lastly, Members noted the Institute’s efforts to reorganise its structure to put a focus on communication and stakeholder engagement activities.
Having examined the revenue and expenditure accounts for the financial year 2015 and the balance sheet as at 31 December 2015 of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), as well as the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the Institute for the financial year 2015, accompanied by the Institute's replies to the Court's observations, the Council recommended the European Parliament to give a discharge to the Director of the Institute in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2015.
The Council welcomed the Court's opinion that, in all material respects, the Institute's annual accounts present fairly its financial position as at 31 December 2015 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of the Institute's Financial Regulation, and that the underlying transactions for 2015 are legal and regular in all material respects.
Nevertheless, one observation was made:
financial programming : the Council noted that a high level of commitment appropriations was carried over to 2016. It encouraged the Institute to continue improving its financial programming and monitoring of the budget implementation, in order to reduce the level of commitments carried over to the following financial year to the minimum strictly necessary.
PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the year 2015, together with the Institute’s reply.
CONTENT: in accordance with the tasks conferred on the Court of Auditors by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Court presents to the European Parliament and to the Council, in the context of the discharge procedure, a Statement of Assurance as to the reliability of the annual accounts of each institution, body or agency of the EU, and the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying them, on the basis of an independent external audit.
This audit focused on the annual accounts of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). To recall, the Institute’s task is to collect, analyse and disseminate information as regards gender equality and to develop, analyse, evaluate and disseminate methodological tools in order to support the integration of gender equality into all Union policies and the resulting national policies.
Statement of assurance : pursuant to the provisions of Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Court has audited:
the annual accounts of the Agency, which comprise the financial statements and the reports on the implementation of the budget for the financial year ended 31 December 2015, and the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying those accounts.
Opinion on the reliability of the accounts : in the Court’s opinion, the Institute’s annual accounts present fairly, in all material respects, its financial position as at 31 December 2015 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of its Financial Regulation and the accounting rules adopted by the Commission’s accounting officer.
Opinion on the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying the accounts : in the Court’s opinion, the transactions underlying the annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2015 are legal and regular in all material respects.
The report made a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of EIGE, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows:
The Court’s observations :
budgetary management : the Court noted that the level of committed appropriations carried over under operational expenditure remained high mainly due to the nature of activities of the Institute which involve procuring studies that span over many months, often beyond year-end.
The Institute’s reply :
budgetary management : the EIGE stated that it shall put all efforts in to decrease the amount of carry overs in the operational budget, operational delays are due to circumstances often outside EIGE’s control, e.g. a delayed decision by the Presidency of the Council of the EU regarding the subject of a study.
Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report also contained a summary of the Institute’s key figures in 2015 :
Budget : EUR 7.9 million (payment appropriations). Staff : 42 including officials, temporary and contract staff and seconded national experts.
PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2015, as part of the 2015 discharge procedure.
Analysis of the accounts of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE).
CONTENT: the organisational governance of the EU consists of institutions, agencies and other EU bodies whose expenditure is included in the general budget of the Union.
The EU's operational expenditure of these institutions takes different forms, depending on how the money is paid out and managed.
From 2014 onwards, the Commission classifies its expenditure as follows:
Direct management : the budget is implemented directly by the Commission services. Indirect management : the Commission confers tasks of implementation of the budget to bodies of EU law or national law, such as the EU agencies . Shared management : under this method of budget implementation tasks are delegated to Member States. About 80 % of the expenditure falls under this management mode covering such areas as agricultural spending and structural actions.
This Commission document concerns the EU's consolidated accounts for the year 2015 and details how spending by the EU institutions and bodies was carried out. The consolidated annual accounts of the EU provide financial information on the activities of the institutions, agencies and other bodies of the EU from an accrual accounting and budgetary perspective.
It is the responsibility of the Commission's Accounting Officer to prepare the EU's consolidated annual accounts and ensure that they present fairly, in all material aspects, the financial position, the result of the operations and the cash flows of the EU institutions and bodies, including the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), with a view to granting discharge.
Discharge procedure : the final step of a budget lifecycle is the discharge of the budget for a given financial year. It represents the political aspect of the external control of budget implementation and is the decision by which the European Parliament, acting on a Council recommendation, "releases" the Commission (and other EU bodies) from its responsibility for management of a given budget by marking the end of that budget's existence. The European Parliament is the discharge authority within the EU.
The discharge procedure may produce three outcomes: (i) the granting; (ii) postponement or; (iii) the refusal of the discharge.
The final discharge report including specific recommendations to the Commission for action is adopted in plenary by the European Parliament and are subject to an annual follow up report in which the Commission outlines the concrete actions it has taken to implement the recommendations made.
Each agency is subject to its own discharge procedure, including the EIGE.
EIGE : the Institute, which is located in Vilnius (LT), was established by Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council in order to collect, analyse and disseminate information as regards gender equality and to raise awareness on all issues regarding this area.
As regards the EIGE’s accounts, these are presented in detail in the document on the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for 2015:
Commitment appropriations :
- committed : EUR 8 million;
- paid : EUR 8 million;
- carried-over : EUR 3 million.
Payment appropriations :
- committed : EUR 10 million;
- paid : EUR 7 million;
- carried-over : EUR 3 million.
For further details on expenditure, please refer to the final accounts of the EIGE .
PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2015, as part of the 2015 discharge procedure.
Analysis of the accounts of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE).
CONTENT: the organisational governance of the EU consists of institutions, agencies and other EU bodies whose expenditure is included in the general budget of the Union.
The EU's operational expenditure of these institutions takes different forms, depending on how the money is paid out and managed.
From 2014 onwards, the Commission classifies its expenditure as follows:
Direct management : the budget is implemented directly by the Commission services. Indirect management : the Commission confers tasks of implementation of the budget to bodies of EU law or national law, such as the EU agencies . Shared management : under this method of budget implementation tasks are delegated to Member States. About 80 % of the expenditure falls under this management mode covering such areas as agricultural spending and structural actions.
This Commission document concerns the EU's consolidated accounts for the year 2015 and details how spending by the EU institutions and bodies was carried out. The consolidated annual accounts of the EU provide financial information on the activities of the institutions, agencies and other bodies of the EU from an accrual accounting and budgetary perspective.
It is the responsibility of the Commission's Accounting Officer to prepare the EU's consolidated annual accounts and ensure that they present fairly, in all material aspects, the financial position, the result of the operations and the cash flows of the EU institutions and bodies, including the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), with a view to granting discharge.
Discharge procedure : the final step of a budget lifecycle is the discharge of the budget for a given financial year. It represents the political aspect of the external control of budget implementation and is the decision by which the European Parliament, acting on a Council recommendation, "releases" the Commission (and other EU bodies) from its responsibility for management of a given budget by marking the end of that budget's existence. The European Parliament is the discharge authority within the EU.
The discharge procedure may produce three outcomes: (i) the granting; (ii) postponement or; (iii) the refusal of the discharge.
The final discharge report including specific recommendations to the Commission for action is adopted in plenary by the European Parliament and are subject to an annual follow up report in which the Commission outlines the concrete actions it has taken to implement the recommendations made.
Each agency is subject to its own discharge procedure, including the EIGE.
EIGE : the Institute, which is located in Vilnius (LT), was established by Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council in order to collect, analyse and disseminate information as regards gender equality and to raise awareness on all issues regarding this area.
As regards the EIGE’s accounts, these are presented in detail in the document on the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for 2015:
Commitment appropriations :
- committed : EUR 8 million;
- paid : EUR 8 million;
- carried-over : EUR 3 million.
Payment appropriations :
- committed : EUR 10 million;
- paid : EUR 7 million;
- carried-over : EUR 3 million.
For further details on expenditure, please refer to the final accounts of the EIGE .
Documents
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T8-0169/2017
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A8-0106/2017
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE599.887
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 05873/2017
- Committee draft report: PE593.865
- Committee opinion: PE593.954
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 449 01.12.2016, p. 0102
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: N8-0121/2016
- Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2016)0475
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2016)0475
- Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex COM(2016)0475
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 449 01.12.2016, p. 0102 N8-0121/2016
- Committee opinion: PE593.954
- Committee draft report: PE593.865
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 05873/2017
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE599.887
Votes
A8-0106/2017 - Inés Ayala Sender - Résolution #
| DE | IT | ES | FR | RO | PT | HU | SE | CZ | NL | BG | BE | IE | AT | SI | PL | FI | EL | LT | DK | CY | MT | SK | LV | LU | HR | EE | GB | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total |
72
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61
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43
|
57
|
23
|
19
|
20
|
20
|
19
|
22
|
15
|
20
|
8
|
16
|
8
|
46
|
11
|
19
|
8
|
8
|
6
|
6
|
13
|
6
|
5
|
7
|
5
|
51
|
|
| PPE |
188
|
Germany PPEFor (24)Albert DESS, Andreas SCHWAB, Angelika NIEBLER, Axel VOSS, Burkhard BALZ, Christian EHLER, Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH, Herbert REUL, Ingeborg GRÄSSLE, Jens GIESEKE, Joachim ZELLER, Manfred WEBER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Norbert LINS, Peter JAHR, Peter LIESE, Rainer WIELAND, Reimer BÖGE, Renate SOMMER, Sabine VERHEYEN, Sven SCHULZE, Thomas MANN, Werner KUHN, Werner LANGEN
Against (1) |
Italy PPEFor (12)Against (1) |
Spain PPEFor (13)Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Carlos ITURGAIZ, Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Francisco José MILLÁN MON, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Gabriel MATO, Pilar AYUSO, Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ
|
France PPEFor (17) |
Romania PPEFor (10) |
Portugal PPEFor (7) |
Hungary PPEFor (12) |
4
|
Czechia PPEFor (7) |
Netherlands PPEFor (5) |
Bulgaria PPEFor (6) |
3
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
Poland PPEFor (22)Adam SZEJNFELD, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Andrzej GRZYB, Barbara KUDRYCKA, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI, Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Dariusz ROSATI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Jan OLBRYCHT, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, Jarosław KALINOWSKI, Jarosław WAŁĘSA, Jerzy BUZEK, Julia PITERA, Krzysztof HETMAN, Marek PLURA, Michał BONI, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Tadeusz ZWIEFKA
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3
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
3
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Slovakia PPEFor (5)Abstain (1) |
4
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
||
| S&D |
150
|
Germany S&DFor (20)Against (1) |
Italy S&DFor (23)Andrea COZZOLINO, Brando BENIFEI, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Daniele VIOTTI, David Maria SASSOLI, Elly SCHLEIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Gianni PITTELLA, Isabella DE MONTE, Luigi MORGANO, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Mercedes BRESSO, Nicola CAPUTO, Nicola DANTI, Patrizia TOIA, Pier Antonio PANZERI, Pina PICIERNO, Renata BRIANO, Roberto GUALTIERI, Silvia COSTA, Simona BONAFÈ
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Portugal S&DFor (7) |
4
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Sweden S&D |
4
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
Poland S&DFor (5) |
1
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
United Kingdom S&DFor (12) |
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| ALDE |
55
|
2
|
France ALDE |
2
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
Netherlands ALDEFor (6) |
4
|
Belgium ALDEFor (6) |
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|||||||||
| Verts/ALE |
46
|
Germany Verts/ALEFor (12) |
1
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
||||||||||
| GUE/NGL |
43
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
Greece GUE/NGLFor (6) |
1
|
2
|
1
|
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| EFDD |
36
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
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United Kingdom EFDDAgainst (16) |
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 NI |
13
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2
|
1
|
3
|
1
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Greece NIAgainst (5) |
1
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
| ENF |
28
|
5
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
| ECR |
55
|
Germany ECRAgainst (5) |
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
Poland ECRAgainst (16) |
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
United Kingdom ECRFor (2)Against (11)Abstain (1) |
| Amendments | Dossier |
| 29 |
2016/2185(DEC)
2016/12/08
FEMM
15 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Welcomes EIGE's key achievements of 2015, in particular the second edition of the Gender Equality Index, the finalisation of the Gender Statistics Database and the implementation of the on-line gender mainstreaming platform;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Notes EIGE's efforts to reorganise its structure to put a focus on communication and stakeholder engagement activities and calls for further coordination with the Commission in order to ensure that EIGE's technical assistance supports the tasks linked to the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of EU policies and that gender mainstreaming is effectively implemented in all the phases of the policy cycle;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the prioritising of the work on several areas with outputs of high quality and high visibility, without losing focus on gender mainstreaming; in the event that Regulation No 1922/2006 is reviewed,
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recalls that the Institute was established in order to contribute to and strengthen the promotion of gender equality including, first and foremost, gender mainstreaming in all Union policies and the resulting national policies, and the fight against discrimination based on sex, and to raise Union citizens' awareness of gender equality;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recognises the work of EIGE, considers its financial and human resources to be adequate and encourages those responsible to make further savings as far as possible;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the fact that 100 % of the Staff Establishment Plan posts were filled by the end of 2015; points out that, despite a reduction in the establishment plan compared to the previous year, the personnel costs increased due to an increased employee turnover rate (28 %); highlights the reported high workload of the staff of EIGE and repeats its calls for more staff to be allocated to EIGE to work on priority areas, including violence against women, and to strengthen its capacity to assist the Commission by providing relevant data and technical assistance;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Is concerned that in 2015 the level of carry-overs of payments for Title III (operational expenditure) increased to 61 %, compared to 54 % in 2014; notes that, according to the Court of Auditors, this mainly results from the nature of activities of EIGE which span over many months, often beyond year-end;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Appreciates the contribution of EIGE to the ongoing work of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality; points out that the outcome of the external evaluation of EIGE was positive overall;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Appreciates the contribution of EIGE to the ongoing work of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Appreciates the contribution of EIGE to the ongoing work of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality; calls for further interaction between legislative and non-legislative priorities of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and the Institute’s research, taking also into account the Gender Equality Index developed by the Institute; points out that the outcome of the external evaluation of EIGE was positive overall; calls for better use of the Experts Forum’ and for higher synergies with other stakeholders;
source: 595.603
2017/03/06
CONT
14 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 1 Paragraph 1 1. Grants the Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality discharge in respect of the implementation of the Institute’s budget for the financial year
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Notes with concern that some of the curriculum vitae and declarations of interest of the Institute’s management board members and staff are not published on its website; regrets that some declarations of conflicts of interests of its Administrative Board members as well as of its management staff are pending; notes that this practice does not further transparency and the remaining declarations should therefore be published without delay;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Notes with concern that some of the curriculum vitae and declarations of interest of the Institute’s management board members and staff are not published on its website; calls on the Institute to publish such documents and enable the public to perform the necessary overview of its senior management;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Notes that the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) carried out an audit on procurement supporting operational processes in the Institute; notes that its final report was forwarded to the Institute in mid-October 2015; acknowledges that in 2015 90 % of the IAS’ recommendations (46 out of 51)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Points out that according to the results of the audit carried out by the IAS,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19 a. (new) 19a. Acknowledges the Institute's drive towards gender equality and gender mainstreaming in all Union policies; notes with concern, however, a significant gender imbalance of 16 % / 84 % in the Institute's own Management Board;
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 2 2 Paragraph 1 1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the financial year
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas in the context of the discharge procedure, Parliament stresses the special importance of further strengthening the democratic legitimacy of the institutions of the Union by improving transparency and accountability, implementing the concept of performance-based budgeting and good governance of human resources;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Observes that, according to the Court’s report, the level of committed appropriations carried over under Title III (operational expenditure) was at 61 %, compared to 54 % in 2014; acknowledges that these carry-overs are mainly related to the nature of the Institute’s activities which involve procuring studies that span many months, often beyond year-end;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Observes that, according to the Court’s report, the level of committed appropriations carried over under Title III (operational expenditure) was at 61 %, compared to 54 % in 2014; acknowledges that these carry-overs are mainly related to the nature of the Institute’s activities which involve procuring studies that span many months, often beyond year-end; points out that the carry-overs are often partly or fully justified by the multiannual nature of the Institute’s operational programmes or delayed decisions by the Presidency of the Council regarding the subject of a study and do not necessarily indicate weaknesses in budget planning and implementation nor are they always at odds with the budgetary principle of annularity, in particular if they are planned in advance by the Institute and communicated to the Court; calls on the Institute to keep the volume to be carried over to the next year as low as possible;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes that the occupancy rate of the Institute’s establishment plan at the end of 2015 was at 100 % (
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. asks the Institute to inform the discharge authority on alleged and confirmed infringements, how it has dealt with these infringements, and how it will avoid them in the future;
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