On discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound)
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs · Rapporteur: Romana Tomc
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The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs gives its opinion on the discharge for the 2022 budget of the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound). It asks the Committee on Budgetary Control to include its suggestions in the discharge resolution.¶ The committee welcomes the Court of Auditors' finding that the Foundation's 2022 accounts are legal and regular, values its mission and surveys, and notes its EUR 26 million budget was fully executed.¶¶¶ It notes the Foundation faced high inflation in 2022, shifted resources to staff costs, and covered its work programme through targeted savings.¶ It welcomes the Foundation's cooperation with other EU agencies, its corrections to procurement tender templates and its traineeship rules, and recommends that discharge be granted to its Executive Director for 2022.¶¶¶
Committee position. The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs recommends that discharge be granted to the Executive Director of the Foundation for the 2022 budget, and asks the Committee on Budgetary Control to include its suggestions in the discharge resolution.¶¶
Key points
- The committee calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control to incorporate its suggestions into the discharge resolution.¶
- It expresses satisfaction that the Court of Auditors declared the Foundation's 2022 transactions legal and regular and its financial position fairly represented.¶
- It highly values the Foundation's mission to provide knowledge for better informed social, employment and work-related policies in Europe.¶
- It notes the Foundation's 2022 budget was EUR 26 million and was executed by 100%.¶
- It regrets the challenge of high inflation in 2022, which required shifting resources from the operational budget to staff-related costs, and acknowledges that targeted savings allowed delivery of the 2022 work programme.¶
- It reiterates the importance of high-quality data from the Foundation's monitoring tools, especially its Europe-wide surveys, for evidence-based policymaking.¶
- It appreciates the Foundation's leadership seeking close cooperation with other EU agencies to strengthen synergies and avoid overlaps.¶
- It takes note of weaknesses in the procurement procedure for networking services and welcomes the Foundation's correction of its tender templates.¶
- It takes note of weaknesses in the 2022 traineeship programme on updating trainees' remuneration, welcomes the corrections made, and notes the Foundation updated its rules for 2023.¶
- It recommends that discharge be granted to the Executive Director of the Foundation for the implementation of its 2022 budget.¶
Who is affected
- The European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound): its 2022 budget implementation is the subject of the discharge.¶¶
- The Executive Director of the Foundation: the committee recommends granting discharge for the 2022 budget.
- The Committee on Budgetary Control: asked to incorporate the suggestions into its discharge resolution.¶