3 Amendments of Notis MARIAS related to 2016/2160(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with satisfaction that according to the European Court of Auditors (ECA) the overall level of error in Heading 5 (Administration), including the budget of the European External Action Service (EEAS), continues to be relatively low (0,6% in 2015);
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the ECA found certain weaknesses in recruitment procedures of local agents in delegations and in procurement procedures organised by delegations and invites the EEAS immediately to improve the quality of its procedures; points out the challenges of operations within a decentralised network of 139 delegations, with limited human resources and in diverse environments, and stresses the necessity to reduce the administrative burden faced by individual delegations; welcomes the pilot project on the regionalisation of the administrative support to Union delegations in Europe and calls for the centralisation of administrative tasks at Headquarters as far as possible;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the need to ensure full respect of the staffing formula on the ratio between EEAS staff drawn from Member States and from Union institutions as set out by the Council Decision on the organisation and functioning of the EEAS; welcomespoints to the commitment of the Vice- President/High Representative made to the Parliament to address the existing overrepresentation of national diplomats in the positions of heads of delegations, and to present in the course of 2017 a review of the EEAS human resources policy, looking at issues such as gender balance and mobility of staff between institutions;