4 Amendments of Petri SARVAMAA related to 2016/2192(DEC)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the level of committed appropriations carried over for Title II (administrative expenditure) was at EUR 1 076 583, i.e. 36,9 % (2014: EUR 635 492, i.e. 28,7 %); acknowledges that these carry-overs mainly relate to consulting services for ICT developments contracted in the last quarter of 2015 (EUR 400 000) as well as to investments in IT infrastructure (EUR 300 000) in view of the expected recruitment of additional staff following the decision of the budget authority at the end of 2015 to increase the establishment plan; acknowledges that these carry-overs were justified and planned in advance, due to the Office’s role in the migration crisis, in consideration of which the budget authority significantly increased the budget and staff of the Office for 2016; points outnotes that carry-overs aremay often be partly or fully justified by the multiannual nature of the Office’s operational programmes and do not necessarily indicate weaknesses in budget planning and implementation nor are they always at odds with the budgetary principle of annuality, in particular if they are planned in advance by the Office and communicated to the Court;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes note that as of 31 December 2015, the Office had 93 staff members, both in service and appointed, including 61 temporary agents, 21 contract agents and 11 seconded national experts; points out that 63 % of all staff were female while 37 % were malethe overall gender balance of the staff was 63 % / 37 %;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises that the growth of the Office’s budget in 2016 was exponentialsignificant in order to cope with additional tasks relating to the European Agenda on Migration, the hotspots approach, decisions of the EU Leaders Summit on Western Balkans and the EU-Turkey statement; notes with satisfaction that a range of steps were taken by the Office to deal with such an unprecedented increase in tasks, including decentralisation of financial initiation accompanied by appropriate training and coaching; notes also that this led to a need for enhanced staff and corresponding office space;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that only 7 staff members participated in an away day in 2015 for which the cost was relatively high at EUR 4 000 (EUR 571 per person);