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"Mr President, I wish to thank this House for putting the issue of European agencies on the agenda.
The Commission attaches great importance to the European Union agencies’ efficient functioning. Part of this is related to the governance arrangements which apply to all of them. As you are aware, the agencies’ functioning and governance are currently being discussed within the interinstitutional working group involving the Commission, Parliament and the Council, on the basis
of a multi-agency evaluation carried out for the Commission in 2009. Indeed, the time has come to shape a new overall approach to EU agencies, improving their overall coherence, effectiveness, accountability and transparency.
The ultimate aim of the interinstitutional working group is, through a step-by-step approach, to develop a general agreement between the three EU institutions on the various issues at hand. We hope this can be achieved by the end of this year or the beginning of next year. Cooperation with Parliament has been very positive so far, and we trust that we can count on Parliament’s support for the next steps.
As you know, EU agencies are legally autonomous bodies whose governance rules are laid down in the funding regulations. In general, agencies are overseen by a governing board whose membership may vary according to the nature of the agency. Three of the agencies in the field of employment and education for example – Eurofund, OSHA and Cedefop – have tripartite governing bodies with representatives of both sides of industry, the Member States and also the Commission.
I wish to reassure you that this House has access to a lot of information, either because this information is in the public domain or because Parliament, as part of the budgetary authority, holds hearings with the directors of agencies, on the annual work programmes and on budgetary discharge, in the Employment and Social Affairs Committee.
Each of the agencies – Eurofund, OSHA, the European Training Foundation and Cedefop – has a specific role to play. For example, the European Training Foundation and Cedefop, although both working on vocational education and training, have different geographical scope. The former works outside the EU, the latter inside the EU, and they have different objectives. The European Training Foundation assists essentially the neighbourhood countries with reforms of education and training systems, while Cedefop promotes information gathering and research on the vocational training policies of the Member States. The Commission is keen to ensure synergies between the two agencies, notably through exchanges of information, joint work programmes, the joint organisation of conferences and seminars, and joint projects."@en1
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