6 Amendments of Elisabetta GUALMINI related to 2019/2098(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Appreciates that all the agencies, under the remit of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, have delivered their objectives and work programmes, despite inadequate human resources and budget constraints; is of the opinion that such challenges will pose a risk in the future to the agencies’ tasks and stresses the importance of ensuring adequate staff and financial resources allowing the agencies to continue implementing their work programmes with a very high activity completion rate;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Supports the Court’s conclusions that the use of framework contracts must not hinder a fair and competitive procurement procedure and that competition on price must take into account all major price elements; is of the opinion that joint procurement procedures or inter-institutional framework contracts, based on a market analysis and feasibility proof for the joint procedure, could help achieve efficiency gains and economies of scale for the agencies and could be particularly useful for the newly established agencies, such as ELA;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes the Commission’s evaluation report (published in 2019) of the EU Agencies working in the employment and social affairs policy field (EUROFOUND, CEDEFOP, ETF, and EU-OSHA) on the relevance, effectiveness, coherence and EU value- added of the agencies; stresses that the European Commission has identified several areas for improvement, but overall its evaluation report is very positive stating that the agencies have fulfilled their tasks with a high added-value and value-for-money, and that their work has been relevant and useful for their stakeholders;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Recognises the progress made by the agencies in relation to exchange of information and cooperation and stresses the need for further measures and improved cooperation to help reduce costs, increase efficiency and achieve stronger synergies between the agencies;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Welcomes the creation of the European Labour Authority (ELA), whose founding regulation was put forward in March 2018 and which started its operation in October 2019; highlights the need to ensure that sufficient financial resources are set aside for its establishment; insists that funding cannot be accomplished by redeploying allocations from the other employment and social affairs agencies and budgetary lines and that the ELA, being a new body, requires fresh resources to run smoothly; stresses in particular that the establishment of ELA should not result in a reduction of resources and capabilities for EURES, which plays a pivotal role in facilitating labour mobility of Union citizens and offers services and partnerships for jobseekers and employers, Public Employment Services, the social partners and the local authorities; highlights therefore the need to maintain clear and separate budget lines for both ELA and EURES;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Points out that the European Labour Authority (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; is of the opinion 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 European Labour Authority.