Activities of Isabel GARCÍA MUÑOZ related to 2020/2148(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019, Section IX – European Data Protection Supervisor
Amendments (11)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with satisfaction that in its annual report for 2019, the Court observed no serious weaknesses in respect of the audited topics related to the Supervisor’s human resources and procurement activities;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Appreciates the diligent and proactive action of the Supervisor in supervising the Union institutions’ respect to data protection; notes in particular the Supervisor’s investigation into the use of NationBuilder, a US-based political campaigning company, to process personal data as part of the Parliament’s activities relating to the 2019 European election, as well as the orientations issued on the use of body temperature checks by EU institutions in the context of the COVID-19;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes a substantial increase of contract agents from 2013 to 2019 (from 12 to 31) compared to officials in the same period (from 45 to 58); acknowledges the interest of using contract agents in terms of cost-efficiency and flexibility but asks the Supervisor to reflect on offering professional prospects to its staff and retaining specialised knowledge in the institution;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Notes that the Supervisor acknowledges the stronger burden on senior and middle management and, subsequently, on case officers due to the absence of an Assistant Supervisor while the new Regulation (EC) 2018/1725 was entering into force; calls on the institution to re-examine its organisational chart and reports back on the budgetary authority;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Observes that the Supervisor staff consists of 19 Union nationalities and has a gender representation of 39 % male staff and 61 % female staff in 2019; notes that the most important actions supporting gender equality were the nominations at middle management level (one male and three female heads of unit); notes further the introduction of greater flexibility as concerns remote working; calls attention to the fact that women use the flexible working arrangement much more often than men; appreciates an equal opportunity clause, included both in the recruitment materials and vacancy notice, stating that the Supervisor is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from those with disabilities;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Commends the Supervisor for having put all guidelines and procedures related to the ethical framework on the Intranet immediately after their adoption; calls on the Supervisor to organise raise- awareness activities for the staff, also other than newcomers, regarding the applicable ethical framework and to adopt a proactive system to avoid conflicts in the workplace; notes the revised decision on external activities which was adopted on 13 September 2019, and the fact that the related presentations with real life examples had to be postponed due to the pandemic;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that due to the original plans the Supervisor would occupy the whole MTS building as of September 2019; notes, however, that due to external factors, mainly to the United Kingdom’s decision to withdraw from the European Union, the move of the Ombudsman was delayed the move of the Ombudsman was delayed and consequently the expansion didn’t happen, which affected the execution under Title 2 of the Supervisor’s budget;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages the Supervisor to explore the possibility of joining the transparency registry on the basis of a SLA; acknowledges the inter-institutional cooperation through SLA between the Supervisor and other Union institutions and bodies; is interested to see if anycalls on the Supervisor to carry out comprehensive and realistic cost benefit analysis takes place before entering in any agreement;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Is aware that the Commission’s internal auditor (IA) is the internal auditor of the Supervisor; noteregrets that during 2019, the IA did not perform any audit, but rather issued its annual internal audit report for 2019 with only two statements and there are no open recommendations;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Appreciates that the Supervisor is closely following the EMAS initiatives and has started to convert human resources processes (selections, appraisal) and financial and administrative processes (payments, MiPS) into paperless procedures; acknowledges the initiatives carried out by the Supervisor to reduce the use of plastic bottles by its staff; agrees to the Supervisor’s strategy in providing more flexible ways of working for its staff (occasional and structural teleworking) which; notes that those flexible working arrangements helps to reduce energy for the Supervisor as well as toits use office space in a more optimal way;