What changed between the draft committee report and the plenary report

Changed:5. Notes thatwith theappreciation Agencythe hasAgency’s producedperformance, in 2022particular athe high numberoutput ofproduced outputs,in 2022, including publications, written and verbal inputs, meetings, organisation of events, technical assistance and capacity building activities;activities, as well as written and verbal input; takes note that the Agency’s work has been referenced in 213 publications and mentioned 4 319 times in the media in 2022; commends the activities of theAgency’s Agencyactivities with regard to strategic priority 11, (‘Identifying‘Identifying trends: collecting and analysing comparable data and evidence’)evidence’, which the Agency’s stakeholders considered as being the most relevant and adding most value; notes in this context the Agency’s achievements in 2022 such as the publication of the report ‘Roma in 10 European countries’ (whichwhich highlighted, among other,others, the improvements and gaps in Roma inclusion),inclusion, the bulletin on asylum and migration (focusedwhich focused on the fundamental rights situation of people arriving into the Member States and Union candidate countries from third countries during the last quarter of 2021),2021, the report ‘Bias in algorithms. Artificial intelligence and discriminations’ (whichwhich made the Agency the first international human rights organisation to tackle, among other,others, bias in algorithms, and became the Agency’s 2022’s most downloaded report of the Agency in its first seven days after publication),publication, as well as the report ‘Protecting civic space in the EU - Key findings and FRA opinions’ (whichwhich provides an overview of the main civic space issues across the Union);Union; commends with regard to the latter report that the AgencyAgency’s demonstrated its ability to influence policy and legislative processes on civic space, with projects of the Czech Council Presidency and the Commission on that topic involving the Agency in 2022;

Removed:6. Notes with appreciation that the Agency has swiftly taken measures to respond to the human rights situation in Ukraine following Russia’s illegal and unprovoked invasion, through several major actions such as an online survey on the experiences of displaced persons fleeing Ukraine, two bulletins on fundamental rights implications in Union Member States with regard to the war in Ukraine, the publication of a table on 16 Member States’ implementation of the Temporary Protection Directive and projects of data collection on the experiences of women fleeing the war in relation to violence and other human rights abuses;

Added:6. Welcomes the Agency’s timely response to emerging fundamental rights issues, such as the Agency’s general guidance in its report on ‘Establishing national independent mechanisms to monitor fundamental rights compliance at EU external borders’, providing assistance to Member States in setting up or strengthening their national mechanisms to monitor fundamental rights compliance and ensuring safeguards for the independence of the mechanism; recalls that international law requires non-discriminatory treatment of all refugees;

Added:7. Notes with appreciation that the Agency has swiftly taken measures to respond to the human rights situation in Ukraine following Russia’s illegal and unprovoked invasion, through several major actions such as an online survey on the experiences of displaced persons fleeing Ukraine, two bulletins on fundamental rights implications in Member States with regard to the war in Ukraine, the publication of a table on 16 Member States’ implementation of the Council Directive 2011/55/EC and projects of data collection on the experiences of women fleeing the war in relation to violence and other human rights abuses;

Added:8. Acknowledges the role of the Agency in empowering the national human rights infrastructure, by cooperating and creating synergies with human rights institutions and partnerships with civil society institutions; notes the Agency’s continuous guidance in the area of asylum and migration, with regular overviews of migration-related fundamental rights concerns addressed to Member States; welcomes the Agency’s role in fostering a human rights-based narrative by developing effective communication, engaging in the development of new digital applications and tools, and bringing together human rights actors to promote European values and freedoms;

Changed:7.10. Notes that in 2022 the Agency continued theto cooperationcooperate and work together with the Justice and Home Affairs Agencies’ Network (JHAN) and the agencies comprising it in order to address challenges in their mutual areas of work, likesuch as internal security, migration, organised crime, asylum and borders, by contributing with fundamental rights expertise; notes in this context in particular the Agency’s collaborationscollaboration inwith 2022the withEuropean EIGEInstitute (onfor Gender Equality on the preparation of a survey on violence against women),women, with EUAAthe (onEuropean Union Agency for Asylum on the review of some training modules and the preparation of a booklet on temporary protection for guardians of unaccompanied children),children, with CEPOLthe (byEuropean Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training on facilitating trainingstraining sessions on hate crime data and reporting)reporting and with Eurojustthe (onEuropean Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation on the development of thea handbook on cybercrime and fundamental rights);rights; notes the Agency’s collaboration with agencies and other entities beyond the JHAN, such as Eurofound,European ELAFoundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, European Labour Authority and Eurostat in 2022; encourages furtherthe synergiesexploration toand beidentification exploredof andfurther identifiedsynergies in order to increase efficiency gains and reduce costs;

Changed:8.11. Notes from its replies to Parliament’s written questions that the Agency has taken initiatives in order to increase its efficiency and gains,gains through the automatisation of repetitive tasks, the mapping and re-engineering of current business processes, the review of the organisational structure to make better use of existing resources, the setting up of cooperation platforms in a more systematic way, the simplification of the rules and procedures applicable to the management of financial and human resources, as well as qualitative evaluations of the efforts to increase efficiency;

Changed:9.12. NotesWelcomes that in 2022 the Agency continued to automate and streamline HR processes,processes in 2022, including by expanding the use of SYSPER; notes in this context that the Agency launched a new recruitment tool to facilitate selections and create a more user-friendly experience for candidates and for HR and that it introduced additional data tools to automate aspects of the payroll processing; also notes that the Agency has in the meantime adopted the Commission’s electronic archiving and records management system (ARES) which resulted intoin integrating the EU Sign solution which allows for the use of the qualified electronic signature; commends the completion of the preparation for the roll-out in 2023 of the Commission’s Public Procurement Management Tool (e-procurement);(e-procurement) in 2023;

Changed:10.13. Notes the Agency’s “do more with less” approach with savings of EUR 350 000 already made and EUR 200 000 expected to be made due to the use of in-house resources for the development of new IT applications and the new cloud-based technologies which have helped the Agency to further optimise its IT infrastructure; notes that the Agency is also seeking efficiency in the use of its resources by adopting Commission applications, reducing the building heating temperature, using paperless procedures in the finance and contracting area and reducing the postal and courier services, among other;others; encourages the Agency to export best practices in this regard through its cooperation channels with other EU decentralised agencies;

Changed:11.14. Notes fromthat, according to the Court’s report thatreport, the Agency is not among the agencies that have established corporate plans in order to improve energy efficiency and climate neutrality of their operations, have some form of environmental reporting integrated in their annual activity reports and have received the EMAS registration; notes nevertheless from the Agency’s replies to Parliament’s written questions that EMAS certification is foreseen once the Agency relocates to its new premises which also shall adhere to the European Green Deal requirements; commends the Agency for the introduction of public procurement green criteria in connection with environmental and social requirements, and selection and award criteria within the inherent limits of the fact that the Agency mostly procures services;

Changed:13.16. Notes with satisfaction the gender balance among the Agency’s senior and middle management, with 3 men (50 %) and 3 women (50 %),%) at management board (MB) level, with 33 out of 65 being womenmembers (51 %) being women, and within the Agency’s overall staff, with 57 out of 105 members (54 %) being women; notes that gender balance is one of the Agency’s cardinal non-discrimination targets and retains special focus in the work of its bodies, such as the Equality and Diversity Group, which works to promote gender non-discrimination in all aspects of HR processes at the Agency;

Removed:14. Observes that the Agency has taken several measures for persons with disabilities by providing accommodation, making improvements to its premises to facilitate accessibility, allowing exceptional teleworking and organising regular training on disability awareness for staff; welcomes the Agency’s efforts to attract traineeship applications from candidates with a disability; notes that the Agency is also preparing a disability support policy;

Added:17. Notes that the Agency employed staff from 23 Member States as of 1 October 2022; welcomes the Agency’s efforts to reach geographical balance; notes that as part of the Agency’s Equal Opportunities and Non-Discrimination Strategy the promotion of diversity, including geographic balance, is part of the overarching objectives in HR processes such as recruitment and selection;

Removed:15. Notes that the Agency has supported its staff wellbeing by providing psychological support services, encouraging physical activity through a new scheme adopted in 2022 which provides with a financial contribution for the sports membership and adopting the Commission’s rules on hybrid working;

Added:18. Observes that the Agency has taken several measures for integration of persons with disabilities, by providing accommodation, making improvements to its premises to facilitate accessibility, allowing exceptional teleworking and organising regular training on disability awareness for staff; welcomes the Agency’s efforts to attract traineeship applications from candidates with disabilities; notes that the Agency is also preparing a disability support policy;

Changed:16.20. Notes that the CVs and declarations of interest of the members of the MB and the management team have been published on the Agency’s website; notes fromthat, according to the Agency’s follow-up report thatreport, the Agency took the decision to no longer publish on its website the information on in-house experts;

Changed:17.21. Welcomes the Agency’s exercise carried out in 2022 for the revision/update of the interest declarations of all staffinterest with,of asall astaff result,with some preventive recommendations issued;issued as a result; notes moreover that the Agency provides compulsory training for staff on ethics and integrity and gives guidance for the assessment of outside activities; notes, with regard to monitoring of compliance of the Agency’s former staff with the applicable decisions in the area of ‘revolving door’ and related restrictions, that the Agency is assessing the possibility to make random controls; calls on the Agency to report to the discharge authority on the progress made in this matter;

Changed:18.22. Notes that in 2022 the Agency identified a potential risk of a perceived conflict of interest of aan MB member in connection with a Project Contract signed by the Agency and funded by the EEA/Norway Grants; notes that, following an assessment, it was concluded that the situation did not constitute an actual conflict of interest; welcomes nevertheless the measures taken to mitigate such risks, including to request ahead of the next MB meeting thean update of the declaration of interest by the MB member concerned, as well as to request that that member abstains in any decision taken by the MB in relation to the project in question;

Changed:19.23. Notes that the Agency assessed in 2022 its internal control systems and has concluded that they are effective and the components and principles are present and functioningoverall wellfunctioning overall,well, with some minor deficiencies related to principles 5, 13 and 14 in relation to the timely conclusion of the Career Development Report exerciseexercise, as well as the need to improve the strategy for internal and external communications stakeholder management;

Changed:21.25. Welcomes the Agency’s efforts made to increase its public visibility and online presence; commends the improved metrics of the Agency with regard to the use of various social media platforms in 2022; notes that in 2022 the Agency developed a social media campaign titled “Our‘Our Data, Your Ally”Ally’ to inform young people about the youth data they can use in their advocacy work; notes further that in 2022 the Agency (co-)organised 134 meetings and events, including workshops and webinarswebinars, andas organisedwell as the fourth Fundamental Rights Dialogue in Paris,Paris in collaboration with the French Presidency of the Council, the liaison offices of the Commission and Parliament in France and the City of Paris, as wellParis asand the first-of-its-kind residential Human Rights Leaders and Experts Meeting titled ‘Putting human rights at the heart of Europe’s future’ which brought together 60 diverse stakeholders;