2000 budget : section III

In its letter of amendment no. 1 to the preliminary draft budget for 2000, the Commission amends the draft budget by requesting 150 new posts for the 2000 financial year. These posts would mainly be concentrated on strengthening the financial management of Community programmes and actions without prejudice to additional requests that the Commission might make (in particular, in respect of OLAF). A large share of the posts will be for the management of programmes and actions in the field of external relations, in particular by the RELEX (external relations) Common Service and the delegations, with a view to facilitating the deconcentration and decentralisation process in the implementation of Community programmes. A certain number of posts will be assigned to the management of the pre-accession instruments relating to the associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe, managed by non-RELEX Directorates-General. Lastly, there is also a need to respond to the priority needs in the area od internal policies, in particular the financial management of programmes. The availability of lists of candidates who have been successful in the competitive examinations for A-grade officials in 1999 and in early 2000 will accelerate the recruitment process for the new posts. In conclusion, the net need for posts, to which this amending letter refers amounts to 150, 120 of which would be at headquarters and 20 in delegations (110 A-grade posts and 40 B-grade posts), for a total additional budget of 12.047 million euros. All the posts concerned are permanent. It should also be noted that the Commission has also the intention to move forward with the conversion of 60 temporary posts (40 A-grade posts and 20 B-grade posts) into permanent posts (this will have no budgetary implications).BUD982186 03/08/99 DBC EN In its letter of amendment no. 1 to the preliminary draft budget for 2000, the Commission amends the draft budget by requesting 150 new posts for the 2000 financial year. These posts would mainly be concentrated on strengthening the financial management of Community programmes and actions without prejudice to additional requests that the Commission might make (in particular, in respect of OLAF). A large share of the posts will be for the management of programmes and actions in the field of external relations, in particular by the RELEX (external relations) Common Service and the delegations, with a view to facilitating the deconcentration and decentralisation process in the implementation of Community programmes. A certain number of posts will be assigned to the management of the pre-accession instruments relating to the associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe, managed by non-RELEX Directorates-General. Lastly, there is also a need to respond to the priority needs in the area od internal policies, in particular the financial management of programmes. The availability of lists of candidates who have been successful in the competitive examinations for A-grade officials in 1999 and in early 2000 will accelerate the recruitment process for the new posts. In conclusion, the net need for posts, to which this amending letter refers amounts to 150, 120 of which would be at headquarters and 20 in delegations (110 A-grade posts and 40 B-grade posts), for a total additional budget of 12.047 million euros. All the posts concerned are permanent. It should also be noted that the Commission has also the intention to move forward with the conversion of 60 temporary posts (40 A-grade posts and 20 B-grade posts) into permanent posts (this will have no budgetary implications).�