Ef speaks about understaffing and the chance of underfunctioning of the Registry. State Support – The targets have been achieved however it isn’t sufficient
Concern over the intense understaffing of her Workplace in “a interval through which the calls for of the European Fee are growing quickly” and in regards to the threat that the Central System of State Support Registers might be put under-functioning, expresses the Superintendent of State Support Management Stella Michailidou.
On the similar time, he emphasizes that, regardless of the understaffing, the Workplace has not solely achieved its objectives however has exceeded them, whereas on the similar time highlighting the tradition of state assist to the competent authorities.
Particularly, in statements to the KYPE, Mrs. Michailidou stated that “within the context of the current State assist modernization of the EU, powers are decentralized and the burden in addition to the facility now falls on the member state, for the reason that respective Commissioner is named upon to approve, on his personal , selections of thousands and thousands of euros, primarily based on the Exemption by Class Laws”.
“The Workplace has been working for greater than 20 years and it’s only just lately that the tradition of state assist started to be constructed and consolidated, however below extraordinarily troublesome situations, as a consequence of extreme understaffing for the reason that workers is lowered and this turns into harder at a time when the calls for of the European Fee are rising quickly”, he underlined.
He stated that “the operation and staffing of the Workplace is on the mercy of forms and laws and the Workplace is trapped within the promise it has made from upgraded service to the competent authorities leading to monumental stress.”
“Nonetheless, we really feel proud as a group as a result of we’re all doing our greatest to fulfill the extent of service we have now promised to the Competent Authorities”, he added.
Additionally, the Superintendent of State Support Management expressed concern, as a result of “as a consequence of this understaffing and dependence on elements past our management, the Central System of State Support Registers is in peril of being underpowered”.
“In the interim, we’ll proceed to be affected person and demand on dashing up the procedures to unravel the issues we face, however at all times with the promise that we are going to maintain the excessive degree of service to all of the competent authorities,” he burdened.
He added that the Workplace is “an unbiased authority, which has the accountability to test that the state cash given to beneficiaries exercising financial exercise is given in a means that’s suitable with the European Laws so as to not distort the competitors between the member states” .
He additionally stated that “the European Fee has necessities from our Workplace for the implementation of the laws, the rules of the legislative frameworks, and as well as there’s a big forms with the submission of assorted statements and information which are continuously requested by the EU, which we, in flip, ask all of the competent authorities.”
“Now we have an obligation as an Workplace to test that these legislative frameworks are revered by the respective competent authorities and that every one these information we obtain from the authorities are channeled to the EU accurately and throughout the deadlines”, he underlined.
The State Support Audit Commissioner stated that “it’s right here that the worth and goal of the Workplace continues to be not being addressed to the extent and in the way in which it needs to be, particularly contemplating its contribution to the financial system and the function and significance it performs within the European Fee”.
The objectives have been achieved however it isn’t sufficient
Requested if in her three years within the place of State Support Management Commissioner she has achieved the objectives she set, Mrs. Michaelidou informed KYPE that “in an setting through which we needed to handle the COVID-19 pandemic, the struggle conflicts, and all the intense and unprecedented penalties of these brought about internally and within the financial system typically, as a way to course of each motion of our Workplace, rather more time and thorough evaluation of all information was required”.
He added that it was additionally vital to speak extra ceaselessly with the European Fee and with all of the competent authorities, the Ministries, as a way to have the corresponding and vital coordination, but in addition to hold out the related coaching of the officers.
It was additionally necessary, in response to the Commissioner, “that there needed to be the pliability to adapt to all of the adjustments within the present legislative frameworks of the European Fee in addition to to undertake the brand new ones that had been issued to take care of crises”.
“Our objectives are at all times there and we all know them first, however many instances we’re compelled to adapt to new information and obtain these objectives, both with new instruments or with a brand new technique,” he added.
“Regardless of the above, I humbly report back to you that we have now not solely achieved our objectives, however have exceeded them,” he underlined.
In relation to the objectives which have been achieved, Mrs. Michailidou informed KYPE that “we have now succeeded with schooling in highlighting the tradition of state assist to the competent authorities, which was our most necessary objective.”
“Now we have carried out – and it is going to be operational from 1/1/2022 – the primary section of the Central System of State Support and Minor Support Registers and we have now succeeded in turning into a mannequin for the European Fee and the opposite member states, since we have now taken the lead on this and have grow to be an instance to comply with,” he added.
He additionally stated that “we have now managed to succeed in the ultimate stage of filling the positions of the Workplace's organizational chart that had been introduced since 2019”.
“Now we have additionally achieved numerous different objectives such because the extroversion of the Workplace, higher high quality and extra direct service to the competent authorities, primarily based on the management that’s finished for enchancment and steering and discovering options to the problems of the competent authorities”, concluded the Superintendent.
