Activities of Iliana IVANOVA related to 2011/2202(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010, Section I – European Parliament PDF (308 KB) DOC (338 KB)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Welcomes the fact that, starting with 2010, all Directorates General give details in an annex attached to their Annual Activity Reports, on the contracts awarded using the exceptional negotiated procedure, giving the reasons why this procedure was used, along with other information required in paragraph 50 of the resolution of 5 May 20101 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section I - European Parliament; 1 OJ L 252, 25.9.2010, p. 3.
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Acknowledges the reversed trend in 2010 (as compared to 2009 and previous years) in the number of exceptional negotiated procedures, as shown in the following breakdown:in respect of all contracts with a value greater than EUR 25 0001, as shown in the following breakdown: __________________ 1 Paragraphs 38 and 39, Report on contracts awarded by the European Parliament in 2010.
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Directorates General which still have high figures, in particular DG INLO, to further reduce the number/proportion of such procedures; urges the administration to continue the strict scrutiny of these procedures, in particular with respect to possible conflicts of interest, and to apply intensified and dissuasive sanctions for any irregularity found;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the establishment by DG PRES of a procurement section within the Unit for Planning, Budgetary Management and Contracts as this will increase the transparency of the public procedures;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls on the Bureau to reconsider all control mechanisms for public procurement in order to guarantee the most competitive prices for the offered services and goods;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – point iv
Paragraph 24 – point iv
(iv) to abolishtake a formal decision on the abolishment of the Prize for Journalism (paragraph 93);
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 c (new)
Paragraph 33 c (new)
33c. Stresses the fact that thefts occurred in Members' offices while they were locked which proves low level of office security; calls on the Secretary-General to take urgent measures in order to improve the current situation;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 d (new)
Paragraph 33 d (new)
33d. Is concerned about the low security level in the parking premises of Parliament; notes that several cars have been damaged on purpose in the parking in Brussels; calls on the Bureau to take the appropriate actions to improve the situation;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Recalls the political importance of delegations in Parliament´'s work inside and outside the Union, notes however the apparently wide disparity in costs per Member per day (ranging from EUR 1 400 to EUR 5 300) on different delegations, particularly those outside the Union; calls on its Bureau, in collaboration with all DGs concerned, to consider principles for a more economic and uniform cost structure for delegation visits, in particular taking account of their political importance and duration, and the optimum ratio of Members to staff.; calls for the development of an IT budget consolidation system which will give detailed information of the budget for each delegation and will improve the management of spending;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Welcomes the fact that the DG has been able to improve performance due to the outsourcing of certain functions (such as crèche management) and the increased use of IT in the management of personnel files; welcomes the implementation of the IT application Streamline;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Notes that, in 2010, there were 33 200 missions (official trips) representing a total of 98 629 mission days, most of them involving travel between Parliament's three places of work; reiterates the need to avoid unnecessary missions between the three working places and the costs they entail with more systematic and documentary justifications and better monitoring; requests that the Secretary General report, as part of the discharge procedure, on any savings made as a result of further rationalisation; encourages the Court of Auditors to further analyse the existing mission procedures and to provide recommendations in order to improve their efficiency;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66 a (new)
Paragraph 66 a (new)
66a. Notes, however, that after an increase of more than 10 % in the rate of compliance with the Code of Conduct of Multilingualism between 2008 and 2009 (its first year of implementation), the compliance rate has decreased between 2009 and 20101; calls on the committees, delegations and political groups to strictly observe the deadlines set in the Code of Conduct; __________________ 1 DG TRAD Annual Activity Report, page 8.
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70 b (new)
Paragraph 70 b (new)
70b. Regrets that in some cases the Travel Agency is not offering the best price, compared to other online and physical travel agencies; requests to DG Finance to develop an adequate control mechanism which will ensure the best ratio quality/price;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76
Paragraph 76
76. Welcomes the ongoing graphical redesign of the EP website following the Bureau decision on 22 November 2010 on the ‘Strategy for the future presence of the European Parliament online - Recasting the EP website’; calls for improving the support of the website, in particular by performing regular tests;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77
Paragraph 77
77. Notes with satisfaction the improvements in the IT sector from 2010 onwards resulting in: greater capacity to manage key aspects ‘in house’, the internalisation of ICT experts, the establishment of key corporate governance organs (Committee on ICT Innovation Strategy and Steering Committee for ICT Innovation), the setting-up of the IT planning function and of the reporting system on the status of IT development projects and the development of a transparent short-term planning methodology; welcomes the extensive use of performance indicators by this DG;