Activities of Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ related to 2021/2142(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) for the financial year 2020
Amendments (5)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Appreciates the Foundation’s work to enhance and disseminate knowledge, and provide evidence and expertise to support policies concerning the improvement of living and working conditions in Europe; in particular welcomes the Foundation’s work to analyse the impact of living and working in the EU through the COVID-19 pandemic through its e-survey ‘Living, working and COVID-19’ and report on the ‘impact of COVID-19 on young people in the EU’; believes that the Foundation can play a crucial role in further analysing the increase in telework and related impacts on work–life balance and quality of working conditions, dissemination of best practices and assessing possible policy responses; welcomes the Foundation’s work programme to analyse policy options to improve working conditions, industrial relations, employment and living conditions;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes the impact of the pandemic on the Foundation’s work, with the planned fieldwork for the7th European Working Conditions survey significantly changed, disrupting the potential for a trend analysis of working conditions over more than 20 years;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes note that there is still ongoing action concerning theof the consequent irregular payments related to the irregular procurement procedures for the supply of electricity and the refurbishment of toilet facilities in the financial year 2019, which amounted to EUR 62 470 for the electricity contract and EUR 174 730 for the refurbishment contract in 2020; further notes that the final payment for the refurbishment of toilet facilities was executed in 2020; welcomes that the Foundation accepted the findings of the Court from the previous year and has implemented the action by having launched a new tender for the electricity contract in early 2021;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is worried about the factNotes with concern that the ECA has reported internal controls weaknesses in regard to ‘sensitive functions’ and related mitigating controls, finding the inventory of sensitive posts outdated and no longer reflecting the Foundation’s current internal organisation;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes noteWelcomes however that Eurofound implemented a new policy on sensitive posts on 23 June 2021 after the Court’s audit remarked that Eurofound inventory of sensitive posts had not been updated since 2012;