PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European GNSS Agency (GSA) in respect of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2015.
NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2017/1726 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European GNSS Agency for the financial year 2015.
CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Executive Director of the European GNSS Agency for the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2015.
This decision is in line with the European Parliament's resolution adopted on 27 April 2017 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 27 April 2017).
Amongst Parliament’s main observations in the resolution accompanying the discharge decision, it called on the Agency to adopt an internal whistleblowing policy in order to foster a culture of transparency and accountability in the workplace.
Parliament noted with satisfaction that in 2015 the Agency overhauled its website, including updating the content, an analysis of user needs and experience, a benchmarking exercise and restructuring of its information architecture.