20. Calls on the Agency to improve the planning of its HR activities and projects at the time of establishing its AWP; observes in particular from its AAR that due to the high rate and impact on HR services of the registration deadlines, training activities were de-prioritised and several HR projects were postponed or managed at a lower level than initially foreseen;

10. Notes that the Agency's Annual Activity Report provides only limited information on the planning, allocation and use of human resources and considers that this deficiency could affect the stakeholders' view on the Agency's use of its staff; calls, accordingly, on the Agency to better reflect in its work programme and Annual Activity Report the planned allocation of staff resources as well as the final use of such resources; calls, in particular, on the Agency to include in its Annual Activity Report a description of the impact on the available human resources when setting the objectives of ...[+++]the Agency;

10. Notes that the Agency's Annual Activity Report provides only limited information on the planning, allocation and use of human resources and considers that this deficiency could affect the stakeholders' view on the Agency's use of its staff; calls, accordingly, on the Agency to better reflect in its work programme and Annual Activity Report the planned allocation of staff resources as well as the final use of such resources; calls, in particular, on the Agency to include in its Annual Activity Report a description of the impact on the available human resources when setting the objectives of ...[+++]the Agency;

Whilst additional human resources will be necessary to cope with future enlargements, a better allocation of human resources will be achieved by discontinuing smaller budget lines (which are resource-intensive) and regrouping existing programmes into a single, coherent and streamlined programme.

To this end, the Commission clearly needs to be provided with the necessary human resources, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs has asked, particularly with regard to the management of external aid, for the Commission to have those human resources which will allow it to carry out the efficient management we are referring to.

With a view to further reinforcing the human potential for research in the regions, HR and Mobility actions will aim to attract the best and most promising researchers from third countries, promote the training of European researchers abroad and stimulate the return of European scientists established outside Europe in their home regions (cf. point 3.4.1. above Investing in ST human resources through the Framework Programme)