11 Amendments of Beata GOSIEWSKA related to 2018/2173(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1
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1. Grants the Secretary-General of the Committee of the Regions discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Committee of the Regions for the financial year 2017 / Postpones its decision on granting the Secretary-General of the Committee of the Regions discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Committee of the Regions for the financial year 2017;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
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2. Notes with satisfaction that based on its audit work, the Court concluded that the payments as a whole for the year ended 31 December 2017, the administrative and other expenditure of the institutions and bodies were free from material error;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
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4. Notes that the Committee’s budget is mostly administrative, with a large amount being used for expenditure concerning persons, buildings, furniture, equipment and miscellaneous running costs; expresses its concern about the increased expenditure on buildings, furniture and equipment, which in 2017 is slightly higher than the equivalent rate of 2016 and 2015 (1% and 1.3% respectively); expresses hope that there will be no further increases in the future for the next financial year;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the budget spent on “Members’ travel and subsistence allowances, attendance at meetings and associated expenditure” (8.4 million EUR or 94.7%)is higher in percentage and monetary terms than the one of the same period in the financial year 2016 (92.6% and 7.6 million EUR respectively);
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
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6. WelcomNotes the fact that the overall execution rate for payments at the end of December 2017 was 89,9 %; notes that the final payment execution rate at the end of the budget cycle (after payment of carry- overs) will be higher and should ideally be close to the commitment rate;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Regrets that the implementation rate for commitments in 2017 is slightly lower than in 2016 and 2015;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
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7. Notes that the analytical tool for monitoring the budget execution, Budget Watch, is used to monitor the execution of commitments and payments of all budget lines centrally, which contributes to an optimisation of the budget execution through a better preparation for the reallocation of resources; calls onurges the Committee to strengthen its efforts related to the payment execution rates, in particular for Budget Title 2 concerning buildings, equipment and miscellaneous operating expenditure, where the payment execution rate was of 77,1 %;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
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10. Notacknowledges that the Committee reduced the overall number of posts in its establishment plan by 48 from 537 to 489 between 2013 and 2017 mainly due to the 5 % staff cuts and the implementation of a cooperation agreement concluded in 2014 with the European Parliament; welcomobserves that despite the staff cuts the Committee managed to reinforce its political work by reallocating more human resources from support services to the core business areas related to political and legislative activities; askdemands the Committee to be informed on the mapping of the workload distribution within the organisation to verify the match between tasks and resources;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
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11. Notes with concern that contract staff increased from 34 posts in 2013 to 54 in 2017, while temporary staff increased from 64 post in 2013 to 71 in 2017; notes that the increase of temporary and contract staff is mainly related to security issues prompted by the situation in Brussels; is concerned that part of this increase results from the need to compensate the overall staff reductions and might be detrimental to the distribution of workload and the long-term organisational development of the institution;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
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28. WelcomNotes the long-term building strategy which was approved by the Committee and by the European Economic and Social Committee in 2017; notes that that building strategy provides a framework for any future decision related to the building policy to be taken and contains a set of guiding principles in the field of real estate; notes that several scenarios have been identified and explored in order to prepare the building policy beyond 2021 with a priority given to scenarios that include the continued use of the VMA building; asks to be kept informed about the ongoing negotiations with the Commission regarding the continued use of the VMA building; encourages the Committee, together with the European Economic and Social Committee, to carry out an assessment of potential renovation needs and to make an estimation of the costs for the scenario where the two Committees take over the entire VMA building;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
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32. CallUrges on the Committee to swiftly comply with the Court of Justice’s judgement and to take all necessary measures to follow-up on its decision; encourages the Committee to consider finding an amicable settlement with the former internal auditor in the interest of both parties and requests that Parliament is regularly kept informed;