10 Amendments of Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ related to 2016/2192(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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2. Notes that the EASO committed only 93,7 % of its approved budget and that 36,9 % of committed appropriations were carried over for administrative expenditure; acknowledges that these sub- optimal figures do not reflect structural issues within the EASO but are indirectly related to rapid staff and budget increases in 2015 due to its key role in assisting Member States, in particular through emergency support, in the context of the current migration flow; deplores that both the share of late payments and the average delay have further increased in relation to previous years; calls on EASO to improve the timeliness of the payments made in compliance with the Financial Regulation; welcomes the approval of a new policy for the recruitment of temporary and contract agents that addresses most issues identified by the Court of Auditors in past audits;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
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2. Recalls that, according to a decision by the Executive Director, participants in meetings organised by the Office are classified in one of the three categories (A, B, C) for cost reimbursements; takes note that category “A” participants, who are supposed to assume a specific duty in the meetings, receive a flat rate reimbursement for travel and daily subsistence costs, category “B” participants receive a flat rate reimbursement for travel costs only and category “C” participants are not eligible for any reimbursement; points out that the number of participants classified as recipients of category “A” reimbursements decreased from 69 % in 2014 to 52 % in 2015; notes, however, that although the Office confirmed it will ensure that letters of invitation state more clearly the applicable reimbursement category, the status of the corrective action in the Court’s report is still marked as “ongoing”; calls on the Office to report to the discharge authority on the measures implemented in order to rectify this issue that the action on clarification of the applicable reimbursement category in the invitation letters has been completed;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. Notes with concern that, according to the Court’s report, in 2015 the Office made 1 024 (29,2 %) payments after the time limits set out in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2013, representing an increase of 0,6 % compared to the previous year and resulting in an average delay for late payments of 29 days; acknowledges that in the second half of 2015 the Office put in place a strategy foreseeing several measures to reduce late payments; welcomes the fact that after the implementation of these measures, late payments decreased significantly, from 38,3 % in the period from January to August to 12,6 % in the period from September to December 2015; takes notes that the Office will implement an IT tool for mission management to automate mission reimbursement requests and will reinforce administrative support staff in operationdespite the positive trend continuation until May 2016, the late payments rate increased as of June 2016 due to increase of operational activities of EASO and thus also in the number of financial transactions processed by the same number of staff; notes from the Office that in November 2016 the financial uinits; calls on the Office to riation function was decentralized to the Operational Depoart to the discharge authority on the effectiveness of the measures takenments and Administrative Units, while the verification function remained centralized in the Administrative Department; notes that this resulted in positive outcomes;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
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5. Notes with satisfaction from that, according to the Court’s report, the Executive Director of the Office approved a new policy for the recruitment of temporary and contract agents, which addresses most issues identified by the Court in its past audits;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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3. Recalls that in 2015, a record number of more than 1 392 155almost 1 400 000 applications for international protection were made; recognises that the EASO invested significant efforts in implementing the activities assigned to it in the European Agenda on Migration, in particular as part of the development of the ‘hotspots’ approach; notes the efforts made by EASO in managing the migrant crisis; calls upon EASO to submit to the discharge authority a plan with reforms to improve its budgetary and management performance parameters;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
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10. Notes with concern that the Office openly acknowledges that it doesdid not publish the curriculum vitae of either the management board or the senior management teams members of the Management Board; notes from the Office that it approached its Management Board and intends to publish the CVs of its members once they are collected; notes from the Office that it has published the CVs of the senior management team at the beginning of March 2017;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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5. Welcomes the very solid output of the AgencyEASO, with over 117 meetings and workshops organised, 3 764 national staff trained, 272 persons relocated and more than 100 civil society organisations consulted; acknowledges the results of the independent audit of EY and the commitment of the EASO to develop a corresponding action plan; agrees on the need for the EASO to better communicate on the effects and impacts of its activities.; welcomes the development of a better web interface for Country of Origin (COI)- related documents; notes that there were 17 000 COI-related documents currently linked via the portal at the end of 2015;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
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15. Notes with concern that 7 staff members participated in an away day in 2015 for which the cost was EUR 4 000 (EUR 571 per person);
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
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19. Acknowledges that, according to from the Office’s annual report, in 2014 it started the development of a combined content management system and database, the Information and Documentation System (IDS), in the form of an IT tool which will provide a detailed and up-to- date overview of the practical functioning of the Common European Asylum System;