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Discharge 2022: European Institute for Gender Equality

TA-9-2024-0261 · P9_TA(2024)0261 · PE753.520

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Parliament grants the Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality discharge for the implementation of the Institute's 2022 budget and approves the closure of its 2022 accounts. In an accompanying resolution, Parliament sets out observations on the Institute's budget and financial management, performance, efficiency, staff policy, procurement, conflicts of interest, internal control and other matters. It notes the Institute's 2022 final budget of EUR 8 432 919,91, a budget implementation rate of 97,91 % and a payment execution rate of 81,10 %, and commends its budget monitoring. 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, and calls on the Institute to fix procurement shortcomings. It calls for action on poverty and inequalities among women, gender balance in the Institute's staff and management board, and continued work on harassment prevention and transparency.

Key points

  1. Parliament grants the Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality discharge for the implementation of the Institute's budget for the financial year 2022.
  2. Parliament approves the closure of the Institute's accounts for the financial year 2022.
  3. Parliament notes the 2022 final budget of EUR 8 432 919,91, a decrease of 2,99 % compared to 2021, and the Court of Auditors' reasonable assurance that the accounts are reliable and the transactions legal and regular.
  4. It notes a budget implementation rate of 97,91 % for current year commitment appropriations and a payment execution rate of 81,10 %, and commends the Institute's budget monitoring.
  5. It notes with concern that the Institute had not disclosed EUR 3,7 million in earmarked budget appropriations for a framework contract in its single programming documents, and calls on it to include all operational framework contracts there.
  6. It notes the Institute achieved 96,1 % of its work programme in 2022 and welcomes its Gender Equality Index, first Gender Equality Forum, policy brief on COVID-19 and report on artificial intelligence and platform work.
  7. It calls on the Commission and Member States to take urgent action on poverty and inequalities among women, including single mothers, women with disabilities, racialised women, LGBTIQ+ women, migrant women and refugees, elderly women and women in rural areas.
  8. It commends the Institute's digitalisation of work processes and environmental measures, and notes its synergies with Eurofound, FRA, the European Agency for Safety and Health Work and other bodies.
  9. It notes the establishment plan was 100 % filled with 27 officials and temporary agents, a staff turnover rate of 11 %, and welcomes training and wellbeing measures.
  10. It notes unbalanced gender distribution on the management board (8 men, 29 women) and among staff (14 men, 34 women), and asks the Commission and Member States to ensure gender balance in nominations.
  11. It notes no harassment cases were reported in 2022, calls on the Institute to ensure no case remains unreported, and welcomes training on harassment prevention.
  12. It notes an irregular payment of EUR 25 571,18 for 'unforeseen expenditure' and an irregular negotiated procedure below EUR 60 000, and calls on the Institute to address procurement control deficiencies.

Who is affected

  • The European Institute for Gender Equality and its Director, which receive discharge and must address Parliament's observations.
  • The Institute's management board and staff, on whom gender balance, transparency and internal control measures bear.
  • The Commission and Member States, asked to act on poverty and inequalities among women and to ensure gender balance in 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.
  • 2,99 %: decrease in the 2022 budget compared to 2021.
  • 97,91 %: budget implementation rate of current year commitment appropriations in 2022.
  • 81,10 %: current year payment appropriations execution rate in 2022.
  • EUR 3,7 million: earmarked budget appropriations for a framework contract not disclosed in the Institute's single programming documents.
  • 96,1 %: share of the Institute's work programme achieved in 2022.
  • EUR 25 571,18: irregular payment for 'unforeseen expenditure' under a framework contract.
  • EUR 60 000: value below which an audited negotiated procedure was found irregular.

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