4 Amendments of Monika HOHLMEIER related to 2022/2098(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, according to its statement of revenue and expenditure1 , the final budget of the European Asylum Support Office (the ‘Office’) for the financial year 2021 was EUR 152 743 528, representing an increase of 8,5% compared to 2020; whereas the budget of the Office derives mainly from the Union budget; reminds that EASO’s growing role is highlighted in the European Commission’s new Pact on Migration and Asylum, which was published in September 2020; takes note that agency’s operational footprint has increased in past years. _________________ 1 OJ C 141, 29.3.2022, p. 172.
Amendment 8 #
10. Highlights with great concern that on 14 September 2022, the discharge authorityNotes that on 14 September 2022, individual members of the committee on Budgetary Control received an anonymous complaintemail containing allegations on staff- related irregularities caused by the Office’s entire senior management team; is deeply concerned aboutaware of the seriousness of the aforementioned allegations that include claims of unlawful, opaque or partial recruitment and promotion of senior management members, allegations of harassment or mismanagement of funds relating to missions of Office staff; notes that, as a result of those allegations, OLAF has launched an investigation; calls on the Office senior management and on all concerned staff to ensure full and sincere cooperation with OLAF throughout all stages of the investigation on November 24.2022;notes that Ms. Gregori fully supported the initiation of the investigation and pledged to assist the authorities in all possible ways during the Budgetary Control Committee meeting held on November 30, 2022; calls on the Office to inform the discharge authority about the progress and stages of the investigation;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes the Office’s reply to the discharge authority on declarations of interests, which stated that all staff sign a declaration of interests upon entry into service; notes with regret that the declaration of interests of the executive director has not beenis published on the Office’s website; notes that the CVs and declarations of interests of the members of the management board are published on the Office’s website; calls on the Office to publish the CVs and declarations of interests of all the senior management members on its website;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Encourages the Agency to make use of the lessons learned regarding remote and hybrid working methods, in order to better recognize meetings and tasks that are more efficient to be held and performed remotely than in-person in the future; recalls that in fact-finding missions the focus shifted to other methods for collecting COI and maintaining contact with sources; notes that this was done through remote data collection and the use of open source intelligence tools and techniques