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Discharge 2022: European Training Foundation

TA-9-2024-0247 · P9_TA(2024)0247 · PE753.531

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Parliament grants the Director of the European Training Foundation discharge for the 2022 budget and approves the closure of the Foundation's 2022 accounts. Its accompanying resolution notes the Foundation's 2022 budget of EUR 25 051 848, a 99,98 % budget implementation rate and a 97,70 % payment execution rate. It records the Court of Auditors' finding that two procurement procedures were irregular, with related 2022 payments of EUR 100 100 and EUR 70 500, and calls for full compliance with procurement rules. It asks the Foundation to improve geographical and gender balance in staff and management, and to ensure greater transparency through media and social media.

Key points

  1. Parliament grants the Director of the European Training Foundation discharge for the implementation of the Foundation's 2022 budget and approves the closure of its 2022 accounts.
  2. The Foundation's final 2022 budget was EUR 25 051 848, up 17,05 % on 2021, and derives entirely from the Union budget.
  3. Budget implementation reached 99,98 % and payment execution 97,70 %; the Foundation managed inflation and utility costs through cost-saving measures and reprioritisation.
  4. The Foundation achieved a 93 % activity completion rate with 89 % timely completion and met or exceeded all key performance indicators.
  5. Its 2022 work followed three strategic objectives — skills relevance and anticipation, skills development and validation, and performance and quality of education and training policies — delivered through a knowledge hub, monitoring and assessment, and policy advice.
  6. It supported Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine as candidate countries in aligning education and employment policies with the Union's, and supported Ukraine through an online resource hub for recognising refugees' qualifications, skills and study periods.
  7. The Foundation suspended all activities and cooperation with Belarusian authorities from the beginning of 2022.
  8. It introduced efficiency gains, including sharing accounting services with the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work and evaluating resource sharing with the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, and saved 2,000 mc of gas and 49,107 KwH of electricity.
  9. On 31 December 2022 the establishment plan was 98,8 % implemented, with 85 officials and temporary agents appointed out of 86 authorised, plus 39 contract agents and one local agent.
  10. Parliament calls on the Foundation to ensure balanced and fair geographical representation, including at middle and senior management, and to consider gender balance in future recruitments and appointments.
  11. The Court found two procurement procedures irregular: a EUR 1 million framework contract for content support services, with related 2022 payments of EUR 100 100, and a EUR 4 million contract for in-country support services, with related 2022 payments of EUR 70 500.
  12. Parliament calls on the Foundation to guarantee full compliance with procurement rules, ensuring transparency, fairness and integrity, and to ensure greater transparency and public accountability through media and social media.

Who is affected

  • The European Training Foundation and its Director, who receive discharge and must act on the observations.
  • The Foundation's staff and management board, asked to improve geographical and gender balance.
  • The Commission and member states, asked to consider gender balance when nominating management board members.
  • Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, supported as candidate countries in aligning education and employment policies.
  • Belarusian authorities, with whom the Foundation suspended all activities and cooperation from the beginning of 2022.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 25 051 848 — the Foundation's final budget for the 2022 financial year.
  • 17,05 % — the increase in the 2022 budget compared to 2021.
  • 99,98 % — the budget implementation rate in 2022.
  • 97,70 % — the payment appropriations execution rate in 2022.
  • 93 % — the Foundation's activity completion rate, with 89 % timely completion.
  • 2,000 mc of gas and 49,107 KwH of electricity — savings from energy management in 2022.
  • EUR 100 100 — related 2022 payments under the irregular EUR 1 million framework contract for content support services.
  • EUR 70 500 — related 2022 payments under the irregular EUR 4 million contract for in-country support services.

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