Autonomy, steering and control of EIGE

At the moment I am writing master thesis named "The Autonomy, Steering and Control of the Community Agencies: The Case of EIGE". The main goal of this analysis is to find out that is common and that is distinct between EIGE and other community agencies in the dimensions of autonomy, steering and control. I am also seeking to find out what is the difference between the formal EIGE's autonomy, steering and control and the real one. The questionaire is made from the multiple choise questions, you have to choose the most accurate answer/answers. I would be very grateful if you could lay done your main arguments why did you choose one or another answer, as at the beginning I was planning to do face to face interwievs for the deeper analysis, before I got to know that each of you are indeed very busy with your duties in the institute. All of your provided information will be confidential and will be only used in this master thesis. Thank you in advance for your time and help.

1. Within the legal framework that applies, which actor makes decisions concerning the fulfilment of the tasks (the way the tasks are implemented, the exact prioritization of activities within the tasks) that your organization executes

Justify your answer to the previous question.

  1. The institute received directives from the Commission who evaluates the fulfilment of the tasks.
  2. the Institue's Managemen Board takes the decisons. Institute gets the opinion of the EC

2. Which actor decides what instruments to use to implement the political goals and fulfil the functions of the institute?

Justify your answer to the previous question.

  1. Insitute decides the instruments to fulfil the tasks indicated by the Commission.
  2. Institute suggests the instruments and the approach is approved by the Management board. Opinion of the EC is also relevant

3. Which actor decides the target groups of the policy which your institute executes?

Justify your answer to the previous question.

  1. Insitute takes decisions to fulfil the tasks indicated by the Commission.
  2. Institute suggests the target groups and the approach is approved by the Management board. Opinion of the EC is also relevant

4. Does the institute take part in policy formulating?

Justify your answer to the previous question. If you chose "none of the above", please write your own aswer.

  1. See art. 2 basic regulation. Over term, the institute might have an influence on policy making through its work and analysis, but it is not directly involved.
  2. The institute collaborate with the Commission.
  3. Institute is not a policy-making body but is expected to give evidence- based arguments for the policy-making

5. Within the legal framework that applies, can institute set the rules of personal management?

Justify your answer to the previous question.

  1. The rules are sent within the framework rules of the Commission.
  2. adjusts the standard rule sof the EC

6. Within the legal framework that applies, can institute make desicions on the following issues: choose from letters A to C, where A means what institute make desicions all by itself, B means what institute decides after having consulted the relevan EU institutios, and C - other EU institutions take the mentioned desicions.

7. Did the institute had any additional income besides the subsidies of the Commission? If yes, mark the resources of the income from theones listed below

Please write what part of the overall budget did each of the above listed additional income resources constituted.

  1. None at the moment.
  2. EU subsidy

8. Does the management board changes the institute's anual and mid-term work programmes while adopting them?

Justify your answer to the previous question.

  1. All important documents are discussed in depth with the MB
  2. The MB can change the work programmes.
  3. Neither answer is right, sometimes the MB suggests changes in structure, sometiems only comsmetic changes

9. Does the management board changes the budget project while adopting it?

10 .Describe the process of organizational goals setting. Name the main actors involved in this process.

  1. The Commission indicates the goals, after consultation with EIGE, and the Institute implement it.
  2. I do not understand the question- is it within the adopted budget or the total amount of budget

11. Are the indicators used to make those goals measurable? If yes, who is responsible for setting these indicators?

Justify your answer to the previous question. If you chose "none of the above", please write your own aswer.

  1. Consultation with the Commission happens, but the second option does not entirely reflect the truth, in the sense that for indicators etc, it is not a formalised consultation.
  2. There are the indicator used for the Commission.
  3. Institute suggests, the mB agrees after the opinion of the Ec

12. Who is responsible for measuring the organizational results?

Justify your answer to the previous question. If you chose "none of the above", please write your own aswer.

  1. The Institute is an Agency of the Commission, subject to the same rules of the Commission.

13. Does the evaluation system of the organizational results exist? If yes, who is responsible for it?

Justify your answer to the previous question.

  1. The Institute is an Agency of the Commission, subject to the same rules of the Commission.

14. Does the sanctions and rewards system (related to the organizational results) exist in the institute? If yes, who is responsible for it?

Justify your answer to the previous question. If you chose "none of the above", please write your own aswer.

  1. The finance of the insitute depends of the result obtained.

15. Does the audit exist?

Justify your answer to the previous question.

  1. the Institute applies Internal Audit Standards, and is also subjected to an institutional audit by the CoA. See Basic regulation.
  2. There are the internal audit standards applied and the Court of Auditors who checks the agency.

16. In your opinion, from the below listed actors, who control the operation of institute the most?

Justify your answer to the previous question.

  1. The ageny receives the subsidy from the Commission.

17. Does the institute have the performance management system (when organizational goals are set, plans how to reach those goals are made, the goals are implemented, the implementation is monitored and finally sanctions or rewards are taken)? If yes, is it used for internal or external needs?

Justify your answer to the previous question.

  1. The performance is measured as in the Commission.
  2. what is meant by external/internal needs? the performance ,management system is used for reporting on the implementation fco the work programme
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