Activities of Elena LIZZI related to 2019/2098(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union agencies for the financial year 2018: performance, financial management and control
Amendments (4)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the important role of agencies in preparing and implementing EU policies, especially regarding tasks of a technical, scientific, operational and/or regulatory nature; in this context appreciates the importance and quality of the work performed by the fourat the role played by the agencies should be more cost- and resource-efficient; regards the number of EU agencies (which reached 43 in 2019), as well as the number of agencies under the remit of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (Cedefop, Eurofound, EU-OSHA and ETF), to which ELA has also been added in 2019) as excessive;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes and eEncourages the cooperation among the agencies within and beyond the framework of the EU Agencies Network (EUAN), which has an important role to identify and promote possiblein order to increase their efficiency gains, to, add value and to, ensure efficient communication between the agencies and relevant stakeholders; appreciates and encourages the close collaboration among the agencies within the remit of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs in order to ensure synergies, complementarity and sharing resourcescomplementarity and sharing of resources and avoid duplication and waste;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern that most of the observations the Court made in its Annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2018 concern shortcomings in public procurement procedures, as was the case in previous years; encourages the agencies to further improve their public procurement procedures, ensuring full compliance with the applicable rules and best value for money procurements; notes furthermore that with regard to sound financial management the Court’s observations refer to excessive dependency on contractors, external consultancy and interims;