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REPORT (2023/2152(DEC))

On discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the financial year 2022

A-9-2024-0096

Committee on Budgetary Control · Rapporteur: Petri Sarvamaa

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Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control proposes granting discharge to the Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the 2022 budget and approving the closure of its 2022 accounts. The accompanying resolution notes the Institute's 2022 budget of EUR 8 432 919,91, a budget implementation rate of 97,91 % and a payment execution rate of 81,10 %. It raises concerns about undisclosed earmarked appropriations of EUR 3,7 million, an irregular payment of EUR 25 571,18 and an irregular negotiated procedure below EUR 60 000, and calls on the Institute to fix procurement shortcomings. It welcomes the Institute's work on the Gender Equality Index, its first Gender Equality Forum, its digitalisation and wellbeing measures, and asks the Commission and Member States to act on women's poverty and to ensure gender balance in nominations.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgetary Control proposes that Parliament grant discharge to the Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the 2022 budget and approve the closure of its 2022 accounts, while setting out observations on budget management, procurement, staff and transparency.

Key points

  1. Parliament grants the Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality discharge for the implementation of the Institute's 2022 budget.
  2. Parliament approves the closure of the Institute's accounts for the financial year 2022.
  3. The Institute's final 2022 budget was EUR 8 432 919,91, a decrease of 2,99 % compared to 2021; the Court of Auditors found the accounts reliable and the transactions legal and regular.
  4. Budget implementation reached 97,91 % for commitment appropriations and 81,10 % for payment appropriations; carry-over operating expenditure fell to 42,28 % in 2023 from 54,79 % in 2022.
  5. The final budget included amending budgets of EUR 175 000 due to inflation, a salary indexation of 6,9 % and a correction coefficient rise of 7,3 % for Lithuania.
  6. The Institute failed to disclose EUR 3,7 million in earmarked appropriations for an event-organisation framework contract in its single programming documents; Parliament calls for all operational framework contracts to be included.
  7. The Institute achieved 96,1 % of its 2022 work programme and launched the Gender Equality Index, its first Gender Equality Forum, a policy brief on COVID-19 and a report on artificial intelligence and platform work.
  8. Parliament calls on the Commission and Member States to urgently address poverty and inequalities among women, including single mothers, women with disabilities, racialised women, LGBTIQ+ women, migrant women, refugees, elderly women and women in rural areas.
  9. The establishment plan was 100 % filled with 27 officials and temporary agents; staff turnover was 11 %; 19 group training programmes had 414 participants and 20 staff took 42 individual courses.
  10. Gender balance was maintained in senior and middle management but remains unbalanced on the management board (8 men, 29 women) and among staff overall (14 men, 34 women); Parliament asks the Commission and Member States to ensure balance in nominations.
  11. The Court found an irregular payment of EUR 25 571,18 for 'unforeseen expenditure' under a framework contract and an irregular negotiated procedure below EUR 60 000; Parliament calls on the Institute to address procurement control deficiencies.
  12. The Institute updated its conflicts of interest policy in 2023, published CVs and declarations of interests, and is asked to publish meetings with interest representatives and report on internal audit findings.

Who is affected

  • The European Institute for Gender Equality and its Director, who receive discharge and must address the observations.
  • The Commission and Member States, asked to act on women's poverty and to ensure gender balance in management board nominations.
  • The Court of Auditors, asked to include the Institute's new conflicts of interest policy in future audit plans.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 8 432 919,91 — the Institute's final budget for 2022
  • 97,91 % — budget implementation rate of current year commitment appropriations
  • 81,10 % — current year payment appropriations execution rate
  • 42,28 % in 2023 compared to 54,79 % in 2022 — carry-over operating expenditure
  • EUR 175 000 — total amending budgets adopted by the management board
  • 6,9 % — indexation of salaries; 7,3 % — rise in the correction coefficient applicable to Lithuania
  • EUR 3,7 million — earmarked budget appropriations not disclosed in single programming documents
  • EUR 25 571,18 — irregular payment for 'unforeseen expenditure' out of EUR 511 296 paid under the contract

Legal basis: Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union