Activities of Benedek JÁVOR related to 2018/2173(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017, Section VII – Committee of the Regions PDF (159 KB) DOC (60 KB)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets that the Committee’s follow-up to the 2016 discharge resolution provides only indirect answers to Parliament’s remarks by referring to the Annual Activity Report in several points; stresses that the follow-up report is essential for the Committee for Budgetary Control to determine whether the Committee has implemented Parliament’s recommendations; calls on the Committee to include all the necessary answers and explanations on the implementation of Parliament’s recommendations in their next follow-up report;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. NoteRegrets that the share of women in middle management remained stablehas not seen any significant improvement in 2017 with around 38 % (compared to 37 % in 2015 and 33 % in 2016); regrets, however,strongly regrets that the share of women in senior management positions further decreased from 33 % in 2016 to around 25 % in 2017, due to the departure of a senior female manage in 2017; welcomes the comprehensive measures undertaken by the Committee to improve the situation, including the creation of a new functional management scheme, which was designed, inter alia, to increase the number of women aspiring to carry out formal managerial duties; encourages the Committee to furthersignificantly improve its performance in this regard and reports back on its progress to the discharge authority;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes the measures taken by the Committee to actively prevent harassment in the working environment, such as the regular training on the anti- harassment policy and the work of the confidential counsellors; encourages the Committee to closely monitor the efficiency of its policy in this regard, to continue raising awareness about harassment at the work place and to foster a culture of zero tolerance toward harassment; expresses concern, however, that the Committee has no internal complaint mechanism or penalties provided for harassment cases involving its Members; calls the Committee to consider updatinge its code of conduct for Members and the internal rules of procedures in that regard and reports back to the discharge authority;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Notes that the Committee is still awaiting the final report of OLAF concerning the whistleblowing case notified to OLAF in October 2016; asks the Committee to be kept informedfully respect the findings and the outcome of the report and reports back to the discharge authority about the outcome and the follow-up actions taken;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Calls for a mediation between the former internal auditor of the Committee and the Committee with the aim to an amicable settlement in the ongoing dispute in the interest of both parties; points out that such a mediation should also address the bona-fide whistle-blower status of the former internal auditor (as recognized by the Parliament in its resolution of 2004) and the fact that he was acting in the interests of the EU by reporting wrongdoings to the EU institutions; The mediation should help putting an end to the case and to reach an agreement on this principles by the end of 2019; should this not be the case or such a mediation should fail to achieve its goals the EP should take most serious stock of it in its next discharge resolution on the Committee;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Calls for a mediation between the former internal auditor of the Committee and the Committee with the aim to find an amicable settlement in the ongoing dispute in the interest of both parties; points out that such a mediation should also address the bona-fide whistle-blower status of the former internal auditor (as recognised by the Parliament in its resolution of 2004) and the fact that he was acting in the interests of the EU by reporting wrongdoings to the EU institutions;