2020/2173(DEC) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas women are ~~disproportionately affected~~affected just like men by the COVID- 19 pandemic, ~~particularly women working in precarious employment, feminised sectors and the informal economy~~;

Amendment 11 #

Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria NOICHL, Pina PICIERNO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marina KALJURAND

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas women are disproportionately affected by the COVID- 19 pandemic, particularly women facing multiple discriminations and women working in precarious employment, feminised sectors and the informal economy;

Amendment 12 #

Sandra PEREIRA

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas, taking into account that workers, particularly women workers, are going through a difficult time in which their working hours are being completely deregulated, largely as a result of teleworking, the European Institute for Gender Equality should push for specific measures and initiatives to support, develop and foster a balance between personal, family and professional life as a decisive factor in the effective promotion of gender equality.

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) was established in order to contribute to and strengthen the promotion of gender equality in the Union, including gender mainstreaming in all Union policies and the resulting national policies, the fight against discrimination based on gender, and raising Union citizens’ awareness of gender equality;

Amendment 14 #

Irène TOLLERET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 15 #

Annika BRUNA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) was established in order to contribute to and strengthen the promotion of ~~gender~~ equality between men and women in the Union;

Amendment 16 #

Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) was established in order to contribute to and strengthen the promotion of ~~gender~~ equality between men and women in the Union;

Amendment 17 #

Irène TOLLERET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) was established in order to ~~contribute to and strengthen the promotion~~ensure fundamental rights such as the equality of gmen~~der equality in the Union~~ and women in their dignity;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses EIGE’s central role in collecting, analysing, processing and disseminating data and information that are of great added value for policy makers; reiterates its call on the Commission to provide EIGE with an adequate budget to enhance their recruitment and research capabilities; encourages collaboration between EIGE and other European Union agencies such as the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), whilst calling on the Commission to respect the specific mission of EIGE and refrain from the possibility of merging EIGE with other agencies:

Amendment 19 #

Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria NOICHL, Pina PICIERNO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marina KALJURAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that 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.

Amendment 2 #

Christine ANDERSON, Nicolaus FEST

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas, according to Article 8 TFEU, the Union is to aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women~~, thereby establishing the principle of gender mainstreaming~~;

Amendment 20 #

Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria NOICHL, Pina PICIERNO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marina KALJURAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the ongoing cooperation between the EIGE and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM), in particular the Institute’s contribution to the ongoing efforts of the Committee concerning the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on women, gender- based violence, work-life balance, the gender pay and pension gap, gender budgeting and the development of a gender-sensitive parliament tool, strongly supports the work of the Institute, which, by means of studies, research and high- quality data enables the Committee to properly do its work; notes the valuable contribution the EIGE can make to all the European Parliaments’ Committees in order to better integrate gender mainstreaming in all EU policies;

Amendment 21 #

Irène TOLLERET, Samira RAFAELA, Karen MELCHIOR, Radka MAXOVÁ, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the ongoing cooperation between the EIGE and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM); stresses the contribution that EIGE can make to all committees in order to better integrate the gender perspective in all EU policies and encourages the European Parliament to establish an ever closer cooperation;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the ongoing cooperation between the EIGE and the Commi~~ttee~~ssion on Women’'s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) that should be based on the understanding of equality between men and women with sex difference;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Welcomes the ongoing~~The cooperation between the EIGE and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) understood as equality between man and woman with sex difference;

Amendment 24 #

Annika BRUNA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Welcom~~Notes the ongoing cooperation between the EIGE and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM);

Amendment 25 #

Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria NOICHL, Pina PICIERNO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marina KALJURAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Welcomes the work of EIGE during 2019, in particular its analysis on gender equality in parliaments across the EU and the European Parliament;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Welcomes the Institute’s continuous work on the Gender Equality Index;

Amendment 27 #

Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria NOICHL, Pina PICIERNO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marina KALJURAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Acknowledges a decrease in the EIGE’s carry-over operating expenditure to 28,01 % in 2019 (compared to 51,29 % in 2016); notes that for the first time the carry forward is below the ECA’s target threshold of 30%;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Raises concerns over claims of former temporary agency workers concerning their rights; takes note of the case pending before the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), case No C-948/19 (Manpower Lit) and awaits for the Court’s ruling before making any further recommendations;

Amendment 29 #

Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls for additional funding to be allocated to EIGE to increase the number and the quality of statutory workers and provide the Agency with adequate resources;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas, according to Article 8 TFEU, the Union is to aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women~~, thereby establishing the principle of gender mainstreaming~~;

Amendment 30 #

Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria NOICHL, Pina PICIERNO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marina KALJURAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes that the E~~uropean Court of Auditors1~~CA confirmed that the EIGE’s annual accounts present fairly, in all material respects, its financial position as at 31 December 2019 and the results of its operations, its cash flows and the changes in net assets 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; notes that, according to the Court, the revenue and payments underlying the EIGE’s annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019 are legal and regular in all material respects; ~~_________________ 1 https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/EIGE_2019/EIGE_2019_EN.pdf~~

Amendment 31 #

Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria NOICHL, Pina PICIERNO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marina KALJURAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Raises concerns over irregularities found by the ECA regarding the EIGE’s selection of external experts, i.e. that the procedures used for selecting and contracting the external experts systematically lacked a solid audit trail; recalls that the Institute must comply with the principles of non-discrimination and equal treatment set out in Article 237 of Financial Regulation; takes note of EIGE’s commitment to apply improved procedures in new calls for expression of interest;

Amendment 32 #

Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria NOICHL, Pina PICIERNO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marina KALJURAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Supports the work of the EIGE as providing an important input for the gender equality support in the work of the European Commission, the Member States and the European Parliament through its relevant studies and research;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Notes that the Lithuanian Supreme Court asked the CJEU to assess whether the Directive 2008/104/EC on temporary agency work applies to EU Agencies in their capacity as public bodies engaged in economic activities and whether they must apply in full with the provisions of Article 5(1) of that Directive, which concern the rights of temporary agency workers to basic working and employment conditions, in particular as regards pay;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Welcomes the EIGE 2021-2023 Single Programming Document and its key objectives and priorities;

Amendment 35 #

Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria NOICHL, Pina PICIERNO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marina KALJURAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Calls for sufficient funding for EIGE in order to provide the Institute with qualified adequate personnel to perform the requested research, data collection and analysis;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Calls for additional funding to be allocated to EIGE to increase the number and the quality of statutory workers by replacing the temporary contracts with statutory contracts;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Stresses the need to ensure reliable and adequate collection and analysis of sex-disaggregated data for the basis of decision-making by securing and expanding the funding, and capacities of EIGE;

Amendment 4 #