2021/2129(DEC) 2020 discharge: European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
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ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš ( EPP)
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CHINNICI Caterina ( S&D),
CHASTEL Olivier ( Renew),
EICKHOUT Bas ( Verts/ALE),
KUHS Joachim ( ID),
CZARNECKI Ryszard ( ECR),
OMARJEE Younous ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | FEMM |
RAFAELA Samira ( Renew)
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Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA ( PPE),
Sandra PEREIRA ( GUE/NGL),
Robert BIEDROŃ ( S&D)
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Lead committee dossier:
Subjects
Events
2022/10/05
Final act published in Official Journal
2022/05/04
EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
2022/05/04
EP - Decision by Parliament
Details
The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) for the financial year 2020 and to approve the closure of the accounts for that year.
Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it had obtained reasonable assurance that the Institute's annual accounts for the financial year 2020 were reliable and that the underlying transactions were legal and regular, Parliament adopted, by 504 votes to 78 with 57 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of recommendations which form an integral part of the discharge decision and which complement the general recommendations contained in the resolution on the performance, financial management and control of EU agencies.
The Institute's financial statements
The Institute's final budget for the financial year 2020 amounted to EUR 7 749 900, representing a decrease of 1.24 % compared to 2019.
Budgetary and financial management
The budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2020 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 97.75 %, representing a decrease of 1.21 % compared to 2019. The payment appropriations execution rate was 74.82 %, representing a decrease of 7.68% compared to 2019. Parliament noted an increase in the Institute’s carry-over operating expenditure to 49.49 % in 2020 (compared to 28.01 % in 2019).
Other observations
Parliament also made a series of observations concerning performance, staff policy, public procurement and internal controls and Covid-19.
In particular, it noted that:
- the Institute published a step-by-step gender-budgeting toolkit in 2020, which is destined to help those working with Union Funds to integrate gender equality into their programmes;
- on 31 December 2020, the establishment plan was 100 % executed, with 27 temporary agents appointed out of 27 temporary agents authorised under the Union budget (compared with 27 authorised posts in 2019). Men are again underrepresented in senior management;
- 47 administrative procurement procedures and 61 operational procurement procedures were completed in 2020;
- the Institute reprioritised and reorganised its activities to mitigate the risks on business continuity and staff well-being posed by the Covid-19 pandemic;
- Member States were supported during the pandemic in their effort to tackle violence against women;
- also in 2020, a new director took office.
Documents
2022/04/06
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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2022/04/06
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
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2022/03/31
EP - Vote in committee
2022/03/29
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2022/03/02
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2022/02/16
CSL - Supplementary non-legislative basic document
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2022/02/07
EP - Committee opinion
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2022/01/14
EP - Committee draft report
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2021/10/29
CofA - Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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2021/09/14
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2021/07/28
EP - ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in CONT
2021/06/30
EC - Non-legislative basic document
Documents
2021/06/30
EC - Non-legislative basic document published
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2021/01/25
EP - RAFAELA Samira (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in FEMM
Documents
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0177/2022
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0091/2022
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0091/2022
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE729.969
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE704.730
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 06003/2022
- Committee opinion: PE700.423
- Committee draft report: PE698.970
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 439 29.10.2021, p. 0003
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: N9-0044/2022
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2021)0381
- Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2021)0381
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2021)0381 EUR-Lex
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 439 29.10.2021, p. 0003 N9-0044/2022
- Committee draft report: PE698.970
- Committee opinion: PE700.423
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 06003/2022
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE704.730
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE729.969
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0091/2022
Votes
Décharge 2020: Institut européen pour l’égalité entre les hommes et les femmes - Discharge 2020: European Institute for Gender Equality - Entlastung 2020: Europäisches Institut für Gleichstellungsfragen - A9-0091/2022 - Tomáš Zdechovský - Après le § 12 - Am 3 #
2022/05/04 Outcome: -: 482, +: 139, 0: 15
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The LeftDécharge 2020: Institut européen pour l’égalité entre les hommes et les femmes - Discharge 2020: European Institute for Gender Equality - Entlastung 2020: Europäisches Institut für Gleichstellungsfragen - A9-0091/2022 - Tomáš Zdechovský - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) #
2022/05/04 Outcome: +: 504, -: 78, 0: 57
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2021/2129(DEC)
2021/12/16
FEMM
34 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas, pursuant to Article 8 TFEU, the Union is to
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas women a
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas women
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas women are disproportionately affected by the COVID- 19 pandemic, particularly women working in precarious employment, feminised sectors and the informal economy;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas women are disproportionately affected by the COVID- 19 pandemic, particularly women working
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas COVID-19 pandemic is said to threaten and perhaps even roll back the progress made in gender equality especially in Member States’ where the indicators of the level of gender equality were lower;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the Gender Equality Index 2021 registered a minuscule increase of just 0.6 points in comparison with the previous year1a __________________ 1a https://eige.europa.eu/gender-equality- index/2021
Amendment 16 #
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
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 18 #
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; encourages collaboration between the EIGE and other European Union agencies;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. It is clear that the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has not achieved its aim of promoting equality between men and women because with its ideological viewpoint and perspective it has increased division and social fragmentation, sapping the complementary nature of male-female relations and weakening promotion of the family;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the ongoing cooperation between the EIGE and Parliament’s 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, equal 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; stresses the valuable contribution that the 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 with the Institute;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Welcomes the EIGE’s contribution to the ongoing works of the Committee including the efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls which exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic; welcomes in this respect EIGE’s contribution through research, the collection of high-quality data and assessment of national policies related to gender based violence and femicides across all EU Member States;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Acknowledges the specialisation and great expertise of the EIGE as valuable input for taking stock of the situation and for support to policy making;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes th
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Points to the EIGE’s high cost to the budget, which ought to be directed towards genuine problems society is suffering as a result of the serious economic and health crisis sparked by the pandemic;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Acknowledges an increase in the EIGE’s carry-over operating expenditure to 49,49 % in 2020 (compared to 28,01 % in 2019), suggesting waste and inefficient management of its resources;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Points at the need to allocate more staff to EIGE in order to cope with the current context of increasing backlash on women's rights and gender equality, as well as by the consequence of the Covid- 19 crises, which is having a disproportionate impact on women and girls;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Notes that in its audit reports for the 2019 financial year, the Court concluded that the EIGE’s procedures used for selecting and contracting the external experts systematically lacked a solid audit trail and as a result all subsequent payments, which in 2020 amounted to €4 400, have been irregular; acknowledges that in 2020 the EIGE applied new procedures, which according to the Institute, have been in full compliance with the principles of non- discrimination and equal treatment;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Notes that despite its obligations deriving from the Financial Regulation 157, the EIGE didn’t include in its Budget for 2020 information about the Amendment to the Agreement with DG NEAR for the provision of €378 950 under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance for the implementation of the action “Increased capacity of EU candidate countries and potential candidates to measure and monitor the impact of gender equality policies (2018 to 2021)”; calls on the Institute to ensure the inclusion of all relevant provisions in this regard in the future;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Notes the ongoing concern over the claims of former temporary agency workers concerning their rights; recalls 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 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5d. Welcomes the Institute’s continuous work on the Gender Equality Index, which is a valuable tool for monitoring the progress of gender equality across the EU;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recommends, on the basis of the data currently available,
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas, pursuant to Article 8 TFEU, the Union is to aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women in
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas, pursuant to Article 8 TFEU, the Union is to aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women in all its activities, thereby establishing the principle of gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas, pursuant to Article 8 TFEU, the Union is to aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women in all its activities, thereby establishing the principle of gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas, pursuant to Article 8 TFEU, the Union is to aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women in all its activities, thereby establishing the principle of gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas in accordance with Article 8 TFEU, in promoting this in all its activities the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities between men and women and promote their equality;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas women are disproportionately affected by the COVID- 19 pandemic, particularly women working in precarious employment, feminised sectors and the informal economy, whereas these impacts range from a worrying increase in gender-based violence and harassment, unpaid and unequal care and domestic responsibilities, through restricted access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), to significant economic and work impacts for women, particularly healthcare workers and caregivers;
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