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REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2010 PDF (180 KB) DOC (116 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Grants the Director of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre's budget for the financial year 2010;
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2010;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. wWhereas the contribution of the Union to the budget of the Centre for 2010 was EUR 12 2656 920 000, which represents an increase of 4,92 % compared to 2009,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes also in the Centre's 2010 Annual Accounts that the representation expenses and the meeting expenses increased respectively by 233 % and 37 % compared to 2009; observes that the Centre has not justified these two significant variations from 2009 to 2010; calls, therefore, on the Centre to explain to the discharge authority the reason for the substantial increase in these particular areasacknowledges receipt of the justification of these expenditures' increases by letter of 23 February 2012;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Observes that the Centre receives annual contributions from two non-Member States who benefit from the Centre's work; notes that Norway and Iceland's contribution to the Centre's 2010 budget amounted to EUR 421 308; recalls that these funds are managed as assigned revenue, requiring them to be committed for specific projects; notes that in 2010 the target for using these funds was not met by the Centre; underlines that, for the financial year 2009, the Court of Auditors already commented on the Centre's shortcomings in using these funds; urges the Centre, therefore, to explain these shortcomings to the discharge authority and to take immediate action to ensure the use of these contributionsacknowledges receipt of the explanation of this situation by letter of 23 February 2012; welcomes in this respect that, in 2011, the target was reached and 100 % of the planned budget was executed;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Takes note from the Centre that it has still to implement certain IAS recommendations made in the context of the HR-management 2008 and the ethics 2009 audits; nevertheless, urges the Director of the Centre to provide the discharge authority with specific information on the action plan prepared by the Centre to implement theseacknowledges receipt of an explanatory information by letter of 23 February 2012; welcomes that for the 2008 HR-management audit 13 of the 14 recommendations have been implemented; welcomes in addition that for the 2009 Ethics audit 16 of the 17 recommendations have been implemented; calls on the Centre to inform the discharge authority about the implementation progress of the remaining recommendations;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes from the Centre's Annual Report that the IAS performed in 2010 a risk assessment of ICT; calls therefore on the Centre to inform the discharge authority aboutwelcomes the implementation of all actions planned by the Centre, as at 31 December 2011, following the IAS findings and on the content of the action plan that the Centre put in place on 1 October 2010of this IT risk assessment;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Also, takes note that in April 2010 the IAS made another audit on the Centre's Annual Activity Report and Building Block of Assurance within the Centre; acknowledges from the Centre that the IAS final report was made available to the Centre on 5 July 2010 and that this report provided reasonable assurance in respect of achieving of the annual reporting, including the Director's declaration of assurance; calls nevertheless on the Centre to inform the discharge authority of the contwelcomes the information provided by the Centre by letter of 23 February 2012 that all sevent of the very importantIAS recommendations in this respect and the actions taken by the Centrehave been implemented by end of December 2011;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Observes from the Centre's Annual Activity Report that the Centre has started to implement new Internal Control Standards (ICS) in 2009 and baseline requirements were fully met by the end of 2010 with the exceptions of ICS 8 and ICS 10; welcomes the information received by letter on 23 February 2012 that all baseline requirements for ICS 8 were fully met by end of 2011; takes note of the Centre's commitment to meet the baseline requirements for ICS 10 in the first semester of 2012;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Is concernedNotes that the IAC left the Centre on 31 August 2010; is of the view that IAC'takes note of the information provided by letter of 23 February 2012 that the IAC functions areports could lead to further improvements in the now covered either by external contractors or by an internal project group of the Centre; calls on the Centre to provide the discharge authority with more information about internal control measures for procurement and grant procedures currently put in place;