3 Amendments of Petri SARVAMAA related to 2016/2162(DEC)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points outNotes that carry-overs aremay often be partly or fully justified by the multiannual nature of the agencies’ operational programmes, do not necessarily indicate weaknesses in budget planning and implementation and are not always at odds with the budgetary principle of annuality, in particular if they are planned in advance and communicated to the Court of Auditors; welcomes the fact that the Foundation, together with the Court, established a procedure which allows a transparent distinction between 'planned' and 'unplanned' carry-overs;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the Foundation’s target of 80 % regarding the number of planned outputs in its work programme was not achieved, even though the Foundation improved its performance in comparison to 2014; acknowledges the factnotes that the reasons why the Foundation missed the target are principally related to delays by contractors and the scarcitylimitedness of staff resources; notes, furthermore, that a more realistic number of projects and deliverables was planned and implemented in 2016, in line with the Foundation’s reduced resources; is concernednotes that, with the current resources outlook, the Foundation’s pan-European surveys are not secured in the long term as well as that the Foundation cannot commit to embark on further work, such as on migrants and refugees or undeclared work, despite strongly worded requests by its governing board;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is concernedNotes that the overall staff reduction of 10 % had an impact on the delay of some of the Foundation’s projects and contributed to difficult discussions in relation to negative priorities with the governing board’s bureau; acknowledges the fact that the Foundation managed to comply with the reductions imposed by the Commission even though all its establishment plan posts were filled in the previous years; calls oninvites the Commission to look also into other cost saving options when proposing the Foundation’s budget and establishment plan in order not to hinder its ability to fulfil its mandate; calls on the budgetary authority to take this into account during the budgetary procedure;