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On discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)

Document EMPL-PA-752905 · 2023/2143(DEC)

Kind: Opinion parliamentary committee draft EMPL-PA-752905
Date: 13 November 2023
Committee: Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Rapporteur: Romana Tomc
Dossier: 2023-2143

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Reference: 2023/2143(DEC)

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The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs gives its opinion on granting discharge to the Executive Director of Cedefop for the 2022 budget. It notes the Court of Auditors found the transactions legal and regular, and recommends that discharge be granted. It notes Cedefop's 2022 budget of EUR 26 million and a budget implementation rate of 99,98%, and appreciates its research and advice on vocational education and training, qualifications and skills policies. It regrets issues found by the Court on payments to two seconded national experts, welcomes Cedefop's planned rule change on relocation allowances, and welcomes that Cedefop completed all actions on the Court's 2021 observations.

Position. The rapporteur proposes that the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs call on the Committee on Budgetary Control to incorporate its suggestions into the discharge motion, and recommends granting discharge to Cedefop's Executive Director for the 2022 budget.

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The committee calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control to include its suggestions in the discharge motion for resolution.
It expresses satisfaction that the Court declared Cedefop's 2022 transactions legal and regular and its financial position at 31 December 2022 fairly represented.
It notes Cedefop's 2022 budget of EUR 26 million and its overall budget implementation rate of 99,98%.
It appreciates Cedefop's research, analyses and technical advice on vocational education and training, qualifications and skills policies.
It notes that high inflation, salary adjustment, salary increases above projections and a higher weighting factor limited flexibility to secure additional resources for core business.
It congratulates Cedefop on its commitment to the European Year of Youth and for co-leading with Eurofound the 5-Agency event hosted by Parliament in September 2022.
It regrets the Court's findings on payments to two seconded national experts and welcomes Cedefop's plan to amend its rules so relocated experts in Thessaloniki can receive allowances, ensuring equal treatment regardless of nationality.
It welcomes that Cedefop completed all actions on the Court's observations on the 2021 budget implementation.
It recommends, on the facts available, that discharge be granted to Cedefop's Executive Director for the 2022 budget.

Who is affected

Cedefop and its Executive Director: the opinion recommends granting discharge for the 2022 budget.
Seconded national experts at Cedefop: a planned rule change would make relocated experts in Thessaloniki eligible for allowances.
The Committee on Budgetary Control: asked to incorporate the suggestions into its discharge motion.

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EUR 26 million — Cedefop's budget for the 2022 financial year.
25 million — Cedefop's budget in 2021.
99,98% — overall budget implementation rate for 2022.
31 December 2022 — date as at which Cedefop's financial position is fairly represented.
September 2022 — month the 5-Agency event was hosted by the European Parliament.

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The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions into its motion for a resolution:

–having regard to the European Court of Auditors’ Annual report on the implementation of the EU budget for the 2022 financial year;

–having regard to the European Court of Auditors’ Annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2022;

–having regard to Cedefop’ Consolidated Annual Activity Report (CAAR) 2022;

1.Expresses its satisfaction that the European Court of Auditors (the ‘Court’) has declared the transactions underlying the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) annual accounts for the financial year 2022 to be legal and regular and that its financial position as at 31 December 2022 is fairly represented;

2.Notes that the budget of the Cedefop for the financial year 2022 amounted to EUR 26 million (25 million in 2021) ; expresses its satisfaction that the Cedefop utilised essentially all of its available funding with an overall budget implementation rate of 99,98%;

3.Appreciates the Cedefop’s activities, providing research, analyses and technical advice and expertise in vocational education and training (VET), qualifications and skills policies;

4.Notes the fact that due to the high inflation rates, and the related salary adjustment, salary increases above the initial projections coupled with an increase of the weighting factor, the flexibility for securing additional resources to the core business was limited;

5.Congratulates Cedefop for its commitment to the European Year of Youth and for successfully co-leading with Eurofound the 5-Agency event ‘Youth first! Employment, skills and social policies that work for young Europeans in times of uncertainty’, hosted by the European Parliament in September 2022;

6.Regrets the fact that the Court found some issues related to payments made by Cedefop to two seconded national experts (SNEs) employed by it; welcomes the fact that Cedefop intends to amend its rules to make it possible for any SNE that has to change their place of living and relocate to Thessaloniki to be eligible to receive allowances, as this would also ensure equal treatment of SNEs independently of their nationality;

7.Welcomes the fact that the Cedefop has completed all actions taken to the Court’s observations related to the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2021;

8.Recommends, on the basis of the facts available, that discharge be granted to the Executive Director of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training in respect of the implementation of the Cedefop’s budget for the financial year 2022.

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European Parliament (2023). “DRAFT OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)”. Text, 13 November 2023. docId EMPL-PA-752905. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/EMPL-PA-752905 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/EMPL-PA-752905 (CC BY 4.0).

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  title = {{DRAFT OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)}},
  year = {2023},
  date = {2023-11-13},
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  urldate = {2026-09-25},
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