Article 8a Work programmes and annual reportF1
United Kingdom
The multiannual work programme of the Agency, referred to in point (a) of Article 6(2) shall lay down the actions to be performed by the Agency during the period covered by the multiannual financial framework provided for in Article 312 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, including actions associated with international relations and the communication for which it is responsible. That programme shall set out overall strategic programming, including objectives, milestones, expected results and performance indicators, and resource programming, including the human and financial resources assigned to each activity. It shall take into account the evaluations and audits referred to in Article 26 of this Regulation. For information purposes, the multiannual work programme shall also include a description of the transfer of tasks entrusted to the Agency by the Commission, including the programme management tasks referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1285/2013.
The annual work programme referred to in point (b) of Article 6(2) of this Regulation shall be based on the multiannual work programme. It shall lay down the actions to be performed by the Agency during the year ahead, including actions associated with international relations and the communication for which it is responsible. The annual work programme shall comprise detailed objectives and expected results, including performance indicators. It shall clearly indicate which tasks have been added, changed or deleted in comparison to the previous financial year and changes in performance indicators and their targets values. The programme shall also set out the human and financial resources assigned to each activity. For information purposes, it shall include the tasks entrusted to the Agency by the Commission by means of a delegation agreement, as required, pursuant to Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1285/2013.
The Executive Director shall, following adoption by the Administrative Board, forward the multiannual and the annual work programmes to the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the Member States and shall publish an executive summary thereof.
The annual report referred to in Article 8(h) of this Regulation shall include information on:
the implementation of the multiannual and the annual work programmes, including with regard to the performance indicators;
the implementation of the budget and staff policy plan;
the Agency’s management and internal control systems and on progress made in implementing the project management systems and techniques referred to in Article 11(e) of Regulation (EU) No 1285/2013;
any measures to improve the Agency’s environmental performance;
internal and external audit findings and the follow-up to the audit recommendations and to the discharge recommendation;
the statement of assurance of the Executive Director.
An executive summary of the annual report shall be made public.