2021/2142(DEC) 2020 discharge: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)
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 | EMPL |
TOMC Romana ( EPP)
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Peter KOFOD ( ID),
Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ ( RE),
Elżbieta RAFALSKA ( ECR)
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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 Executive Director of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) for the financial year 2020 and to approve the closure of the accounts for the financial year in question.
Noting that the Court of Auditors has stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the Foundation’s annual accounts for the financial year 2020 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted by 544 votes to 78 with 8 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:
Foundation’s financial statements
The final budget of Eurofound for the financial year 2020 was EUR 21 395 000 representing a decrease of 0.44 % compared to 2019.
Budget and financial management
The budget monitoring efforts during 2020 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 99.91 %, representing a slight decrease of 0.07 %. Payment appropriations execution rate was 80.44 %, representing a decrease of 0.48 % compared to 2019.
Other observations
Parliament also made a series of observations regarding performance, staff policy, procurement, conflict of interests and Covid-19.
In particular, it noted that:
- the delivery of work programme outputs planned for 2020 reached 98 % of achievement, with 45 out of 46 deliverables achieved in 2020;
- the Foundation successfully adapted to the difficult conditions created by the Covid-19 pandemic (i.e. teleworking, platform work, increasing gender inequalities and intergenerational differences, labour shortages, long-term care, industrial relations, etc.);
- on 31 December 2020 the establishment plan was 95 % implemented, with 11 officials and 76 temporary agents appointed out of 91 authorised under the Union budget (compared to 91 authorised posts in 2019);
- there were more women in senior management with four men and five women, however there is no gender balance at management board level with 49 men and 32 women and among the overall staff with 41 men and 58 women;
- on procurement, the Foundation concluded a framework contract for a maximum amount of EUR 170 000 for the supply of electricity on the basis of a negotiated procurement procedure with a single candidate and without the prior publication of a contract notice. The Foundation stated that a new tender was launched in early 2021;
- the Foundation updated its rules for the prevention and management of conflicts of interests. It confirmed that no declaration of conflict of interest from a board member or an external gave reason to launch a detailed assessment of the declared interests during 2020.
Documents
2022/04/07
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2022/04/07
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
2022/03/31
EP - Vote in committee
2022/03/02
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2022/02/16
CSL - Supplementary non-legislative basic document
Documents
2022/02/02
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2022/01/17
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2021/10/29
CofA - Court of Auditors: opinion, report
Documents
2021/10/01
EP - TOMC Romana (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2021/09/14
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2021/07/29
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
Documents
Documents
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0155/2022
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0109/2022
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0109/2022
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE704.744
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 06003/2022
- Committee opinion: PE699.139
- Committee draft report: PE698.984
- 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: PE698.984
- Committee opinion: PE699.139
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 06003/2022
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE704.744
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0109/2022
Votes
Décharge 2020: Fondation européenne pour l’amélioration des conditions de vie et de travail (Eurofound) - Discharge 2020: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) - Entlastung 2020: Europäische Stiftung zur Verbesserung der Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen (Eurofound) - A9-0109/2022 - Tomáš Zdechovský - Proposition de résolution #
2022/05/04 Outcome: +: 544, -: 78, 0: 8
PPE
The Left
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2021/2142(DEC)
2021/12/09
EMPL
18 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Appreciates the Foundation’s high quality work
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Is worried about the fact that the ECA has reported internal controls weaknesses; Expects these internal controls weaknesses to be considered and proper improved as soon as possible;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Appreciates Eurofound’s support to trade unions, employers’ organisations, national governments, and European institutions and its cooperation with other Union Agencies working in the field of employment, social affairs and inclusion under the remit of DG Employment;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Welcomes Eurofound’s commitment to research and analysis in the area of digital and green transitions and believes that in its future work programmes it should assess and analyse policy option on the socio and economic impact of the digital and green transitions;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Stresses the importance that Eurofound remains independent from the other EU agencies but working in close cooperation with them in order to keep on providing added value;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Appreciates the Foundation’s close cooperation with other Union Agencies
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the fact that the Foundation is in the process of implementing actions in response to the two ECA’s observations of 2019; notes with concern the changes in the shares of the budget titles due mainly to the increasing prices in the host country and calls on the Commission and the budgetary authority to take adequate measures in order to preserve the share of the operating expenditures of the budget of Eurofound;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Appreciates the Foundation’s work to enhance and disseminate knowledge, and provide evidence and expertise to support policies concerning the improvement of living and working conditions in Europe; in particular welcomes the Foundation’s work to analyse the impact of living and working in the EU through the COVID-19 pandemic through its e-survey ‘Living, working and COVID-19’ and report on the ‘impact of COVID-19 on young people in the EU’; believes that the Foundation can play a crucial role in further analysing the increase in telework and related impacts on work–life balance and quality of working conditions, dissemination of best practices and assessing possible policy responses; welcomes the Foundation’s work programme to analyse policy options to improve working conditions, industrial relations, employment and living conditions;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Highly recognises the successful adaptation of Eurofound to the difficult conditions created by COVID-19 and the valuable knowledge and analysis provided to policymakers and stakeholders on the changes brought by the pandemic onto the world of work and broader quality of life (i.e. teleworking, platform work, increasing gender inequalities and intergenerational differences, labour shortages, long-term care, industrial relations, etc.)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Notes the impact of the pandemic on the Foundation’s work, with the planned fieldwork for the7th European Working Conditions survey significantly changed, disrupting the potential for a trend analysis of working conditions over more than 20 years;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Takes note
Amendment 6 #
3.
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Takes note that there is still ongoing action concerning the irregular payments related to the irregular procurement procedures for the supply of electricity and the refurbishment of toilet facilities in the financial year 2019, which amounted to EUR 62 470 for the electricity contract and EUR 174 730 for the refurbishment contract; notes from the Foundation’s reply that it has accepted the observations of the ECA and that two payments had to be made in conjunction with two irregular procurement procedures as a direct consequence of the original tender procedures;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Takes note that there is still ongoing action concerning the irregular payments related to the irregular procurement procedures for the supply of electricity and the refurbishment of toilet facilities in the financial year 2019, which amounted to EUR 62 470 for the electricity contract and EUR 174 730 for the refurbishment contract; notes from the Foundation’s reply that it has accepted the observations of the ECA and that two payments had to be made in conjunction with two irregular procurement procedures as a direct consequence of the original tender procedures;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 source: 700.648
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