Activities of Petri SARVAMAA related to 2022/2102(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2021
Amendments (5)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. StPresupposes that the European Environment Agency (EEA) provides sound, independent information on the environment; commendsnotes with interest the quality of its outputs released in 2021, such as the launch of the MapMyTree tool, under the 3 billion trees commitment of the EU biodiversity strategy; the support to the negotiations on the European Climate Law and the establishment of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change; and the launch of a new web portal to support noise reporting;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the Agency uses key performance indicators aimed to monitor quantitatively the Agency's performance in relation to its operational work planning, delivery of the annual work programme and financial and human resource management, among others; notes, in particular, the 2021delivery rate of key reports and assessments of 89% achieved; appreciates the KPIs fulfilled and the fact that the Agency has drawn attention to measures that can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Agency’s work; however points out to the Agency to take note on the indicators that are not achieved or lagging behind; recalls that according to agency’s annual report the delivery of key reports and assessments was slightly below target a total of 61 publications were planned, of which 49 were published and six carried over to 2022;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes from the Court’s report that the Agency amended a framework service contract for the provision of repair and maintenance services by doubling the initial maximum budget from €500 000 to €1 000 000, and that the justification used was the derogation applicable to negotiated procedures without prior publication, for which the conditions were not met, and that, moreover, conditions of the Financial Regulation that allow contracts to be modified without a new procurement procedure were not met; notes with concern that the Court finds that the amendment was irregular; notes, moreover, that in 2021 there were no related payments;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes with appreciation that the Agency has adopted the EEA-Eionet digitalisation framework in April 2021, undertaking a number of key activities such as the modernisation of the Agency data infrastructure and the start of projects exploring the use of artificial intelligence; welcomes that the EEA launched several new digital and knowledge products in 2021, including the European Climate and Health Observatory and the European Climate Data Explorer within the Climate-ADAPT platform and interactive web reports on air quality and climate hazards;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Encourages the Agency to make use of the lessons learned regarding remote and hybrid working methods, in order to better recognize meetings and tasks that are more efficient to be held and performed remotely than in-person in the future;