7. Expresses concern regarding the persisting problems with staff involved in aid policies; believes that the high staff turnover in DG Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid and the lack of staff with appropriate qualifications in the delegations should be addressed without delay; welcomes the agreement between the Commission and the EEAS of 20 December 2011 on cooperation in the delegations with a view to ensuring appropriate aid management; expects the EEAS to keep Parliament informed of progress on the measures in question and their outcome; calls on the Commission to consider introducing a specific contract for local staff – wi ...[+++]th a view to offering better terms, improving retention, making better use of the experience gained and offering better and more appropriate training – which might remedy a number of the shortcomings noted by the Court;

As the president of the Public Service Commission, Maria Barrados, said when she appeared before this committee last fall, the data used by her organization on employee turnover is “rather rough”, and work is under way to clarify and standardize the terminology of mobility, turnover, and temporary workforce—or these types of titles.

41. Invites the Secretary-General to ensure that the special training courses on procurement are continued and are attended by all staff dealing with procurement, that procurement is recognised as a specialised function in Parliament's register of professional skills for internal staff only and that procurement is considered as a ‘sensitive post’ subject to appropriate rotation and/or additional control measures;

Structure, command and control system for all train equipment, current-collection devices, traction and energy conversion units, braking, coupling and running gear (bogies, axles, etc.) and suspension, doors, man/machine interfaces (driver, on-board staff and passengers, including the needs of persons with reduced mobility), passive or active safety devices and requisites for the health of passengers and on-board staff.

Having successor rights in this legislation would stabilize the workforce, would stop the high percentage of turnover, and would also be a cost saver, because if the turnover keeps on with no successor rights, we're going to have to start at day one to train and retrain and train and retrain the men and women who work in that industry.

It has historically had something like a 40% turnover rate. So while the facility might be very nurturing in appearance, often there's a high caregiver turnover, and children just get attached to somebody and then they're gone.