2015 discharge: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) for the financial year 2015.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2017/1642 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2015.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Director of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the implementation of the latter’s 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, the latter welcomed that the repairs works to the Centre's building were finalised in December 2015.

Parliament appreciated the good quality of the Centre's research, analyses and technical advice through which it supports the development of European lifelong learning and vocational education and training (VET) policies and contributes to their implementation in order to enable workers to acquire good skills and to contribute to achieving the goals set in the Europe 2020 strategy.