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Discharge 2022: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)

TA-9-2024-0238 · P9_TA(2024)0238 · PE753.509

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Parliament grants the Executive Director of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) discharge for the 2022 financial year and approves the closure of the Centre's 2022 accounts. In its accompanying resolution, Parliament notes the Centre's 2022 budget of EUR 18 434 420, a budget implementation rate of 99,98 % and a current year payment appropriation rate of 77,64 %. Parliament commends the Centre's full implementation of its 2022 work programme, its cooperation with other agencies, its climate-neutrality commitment and its digitalisation and efficiency gains. It notes with concern irregular subsistence allowances of EUR 222 647 paid to two seconded national experts in 2017-2022, calls for strict monitoring, and asks the Centre to publish all management board CVs.

Key points

  1. Parliament grants the Executive Director of Cedefop discharge for the implementation of the Centre's 2022 budget and approves the closure of the Centre's 2022 accounts.
  2. The Centre's final 2022 budget was EUR 18 434 420, down 0,29 % from 2021, funded mainly by a Union contribution of EUR 17 960 000 plus EUR 464 420 from Norway and Iceland and EUR 43 960 of own revenue.
  3. The Centre joined Protocol 31 of the EEA Agreement from 1 January 2023, so associated countries will contribute through the EEA EFTA budget and contribution adjustments for budget amendments will no longer arise.
  4. Parliament notes the budget implementation rate of 99,98 % but regrets the low current year payment appropriation rate of 77,64 %, down 2,38 % from 2021.
  5. It notes the Court's observation on ABAC accounting inconsistencies in carried-over commitments and welcomes the Centre's new monitoring system that corrects such inconsistencies immediately.
  6. Parliament notes with appreciation that the Centre fully implemented its 2022 work programme, including the Green Observatory, microcredentials study, initial VET teachers survey, second 'Future of VET' project and second European Skills and Jobs Survey.
  7. It appreciates the Centre's research and advice on vocational education and training and skills, and highlights the need for adequate human and financial resources to keep a high activity completion rate.
  8. Parliament commends cooperation with the European Training Foundation, Eurofound, the European Labour Authority, the European Institute for Gender Equality and the EU cybersecurity agency, and calls for new synergies to cut costs.
  9. It notes the Centre's commitment to become carbon neutral by 2030 and its 2022 reductions in electricity (27 %), heating oil (43 %), paper (73 %), mission costs (71 %) and presential meeting costs (56,5 %).
  10. Parliament commends efficiency gains, including savings of about EUR 390 000 from fewer presential meetings and a rise in core business staff from 66,5 % in 2021 to 73,2 % in 2022.
  11. It notes the Centre's digitalisation progress, including digitised workflows, digital signatures for all staff and use of the public procurement management tool from January 2023.
  12. Parliament notes with concern that the Centre paid EUR 222 647 in irregular subsistence allowances to two seconded national experts in 2017-2022, decided not to claim the amounts back and introduced a three-month phasing-out period, and calls for strict monitoring.

Who is affected

  • Cedefop and its Executive Director: receive discharge for the 2022 budget and must address Parliament's observations.
  • Cedefop management board members and alternates: must submit declarations of interest or lose access to meetings and documents; their CVs should be published.
  • Cedefop staff: benefit from wellbeing, diversity and training measures; must declare conflicts of interest and sign post-service obligation letters.
  • Norway and Iceland: contribute EUR 464 420 to the Centre's 2022 budget and, from 2023, contribute through the EEA EFTA budget.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 18 434 420 — the Centre's final budget for 2022, a decrease of 0,29 % compared to 2021.
  • EUR 17 960 000 — the Union contribution to the Centre's 2022 budget.
  • EUR 464 420 — contributions from Norway and Iceland to the Centre's 2022 budget.
  • EUR 43 960 — miscellaneous own revenue and reimbursed amounts in the Centre's 2022 budget.
  • 99,98 % — the Centre's budget implementation rate in 2022, a decrease of 0,02 % compared to 2021.
  • 77,64 % — the Centre's current year payment appropriation rate in 2022, a decrease of 2,38 % compared to 2021.
  • EUR 222 647 — total irregular subsistence allowances paid to two seconded national experts in 2017-2022, compared to EUR 36 608 in 2022.
  • EUR 1 101 755 — the Centre's total internal control cost for 2022, representing 6 % of its budget.

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