The Administrative Director manages the administration of Eurojust, which in turn supports the Eurojust College. The Administrative Director is a temporary agent appointed by the College to implement day-to-day administrative tasks assigned to Eurojust. He or she is appointed for a term of four years, with a term limit of two terms. The Administrative Director functions as the legal representative of Eurojust. Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos is the current Administrative Director of Eurojust, having taken up his duties on 1 July 2017.
Administrative Director
Responsibilities
The Eurojust Administrative Director is generally responsible for overseeing the day-to-day administration of Eurojust and staff management, and for ensuring the necessary administrative support is provided to facilitate Eurojust’s operational work. Other specific functions of the Administrative Director include:
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ensuring the President and Vice-Presidents receive the necessary administrative support to carry out their duties;
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implementing the decisions adopted by the Eurojust College and Executive Board;
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preparing Eurojust’s programming document and submitting it to the Executive Board for review;
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implementing the programming document and reporting to the Executive Board and College on its implementation;
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preparing the annual report on Eurojust’s activities and presenting it to the Executive Board for review and to the College for adoption;
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preparing an action plan to follow up the conclusions of internal or external audit reports, evaluations and investigations, and reporting on progress twice a year to the College, Executive Board, European Commission and EDPS;
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preparing an anti-fraud strategy for Eurojust and presenting it to the Executive Board for adoption;
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preparing draft financial rules applicable to Eurojust;
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preparing Eurojust’s draft statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure and implementing its annual budget;
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preparing a draft proposal for the budget, for review by the Executive Board; and
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appointing authority or concluding contracts of employment of other servants.