Consolidated annual activity report 2023

Table of Contents

• Contents 5
• Management Board’s assessment 7
• Executive summary 9
• Agency in brief 9
• Year in brief 9
• Chapter 1: Policy achievements of the year 13
• 1.1 General and institutional developments 13
• 1.2 Programme results 13
• 1.3 Progress against key performance indicators 2023 26
• Chapter 2: Management 35
• 2.1 Management Board 35
• 2.1 Management Board 36
• 2.3 Budgetary and financial management 37
• 2.4 Delegation and sub-delegation of the powers of budget implementation 41
• 2.5 Human resources management 42
• 2.6 Strategy for efficiency gains 44
• 2.7 Assessment of audit and evaluations 45
• 2.8 Follow-up of recommendations and action plans for audits 45
• 2.9 Follow-up of observations from the discharge authority 45
• 2.10 Sustainability (including environmental management) 49
• 2.11 Assessment by management 50
• 2.12 Implementation of evaluation programme 50
• Chapter 3: Internal control 53
• 3.1 Effectiveness of the internal control framework 53
• 3.2 Conclusions of assessment of internal control systems 55
• 3.3 Statement of the Internal Control Coordinator 56
• Chapter 4: Management assurance 57
• 4.1 Review of the elements supporting assurance 57
• 4.2 Reservations 57
• Chapter 5: Declaration of assurance 59
• Declaration of the Authorising Officer 59
• Annexes 61
• Annex 1: Key performance indicators 61
• Annex 2: Financial management 65
• Annex 3: Organisational chart as at 31 December 2023 66
• Annex 4: Establishment plan and additional information on human resources management 67
• Annex 5: Human and financial resources by activity 69
• Annex 6: Contribution agreements and service-level agreements 71
• Annex 7: Annual accounts 72
• Annex 8: Delegated powers to Authorising Officers by Delegation 78
• Annex 9: List of Management Board members, events and publications 79