7 Amendments of Gabriele BISCHOFF related to 2021/2157(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the valuable role played by Union agencies in helping Union institutions to implement policies, especially by carrying out specific technical, scientific and managerial tasks; appreciateswelcomes the importance and the high quality work performed by CEDEFOP, Eurofound, EU-OSHA, ETF and ELA, the agencies working in the area of employment, social affairs and inclusion; reiterates in this regard the need of ensuring adequate human and financial resources allowing them to continue implementing their work programmes with a very high activity completion rate; welcomes the European Union Agencies Network (EUAN) endorsement of its second multiannual strategy (2021-2027) in 2020; stresses the importance and added value of each agency in their field of expertise and their autonomy;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the yearly exchange of views in the EMPL committees regarding the annual work programmes and the multiannual strategies of the agencies is instrumental in ensuring that the programmes and strategies are aligned to the actual political priorities, especially in the context of the implementation of the principles enshrined in the European Pillar of Social Rights and contribute to the success of the Action Plan on the Implementation of the EPSR;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that shortcomings in public procurement procedures remain the main source of irregular payments; encourages the agencies to further improve their public procurement procedures, ensuring full compliance with the applicable rules, the principles of transparency, proportionality, equal treatment and non- discrimination and best value for money procurements;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Notes that internal controls are the most error prone area; encourages the agencies to conduct effective and efficient internal controls, including ex-ante/ex- post controls, market research prior to any order form and the adoption of internal rules to provide a sound contribution to the management control systems, to transparency and accountability;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recalls that the European Labour Authority (ELA) was created in March 2018 and started its operation in October 2019; welcomes that ELA premises were inaugurated last 9 November 2021; recalls that ELA was not audited in 2020 because, according to ECA, it did not reach their financial autonomy; highlights the importance of making the ELA fully operational without undue delay in order to improve the application and enforcement of Union law relating to labour mobility and social security coordination so as to ensure fair mobility and effective cross-border enforcement of workers’ rights; stresses the need of ensuring sufficient financial resources in this regard;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Points out that the ELA will help ensure that EU rules on labour mobility and social security coordination are enforced effectively and fairly, will assist national authorities in cooperating to enforce these rules, and make it easier for citizens and businesses to benefit from the internal market; believes that, although the four agencies (EUROFOUND, CEDEFOP, ETF and EU-OSHA) are predominantly research-centred, they could usefully support and contribute to the work of the ELA;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Recalls that gender balance must be ensured within the Agencies in accordance with the basic regulations establishing them; regrets the fact that gender equality is absent in the multiannual strategy 2021-2027 for the EUAN; calls on the agencies and the EUAN to integrate gender equality in their strategies, to align the ambition of agencies with the aim of the Commission to reach a gender balance of 50 % at all levels of its management by the end of 2024 and to pursue gender mainstreaming in all fields;