However, for the financial year 2018, the principle of management accountability applied by the Government, leading to a reduction in appropriations set aside at start of management and limiting the precautionary reserve to 3% of appropriations voted (instead of the previous 8%) and to setting aside a further 3% as a precautionary reserve, should result in an easier financial year. In 2017 (with the same total of appropriations voted as is expected for 2018), the CGLPL had 12% of its appropriations frozen and cancelled. As regards a multiyear plan for optimisation of expenditures by pooling the institution’s services with those of other autorités administratives indépendantes (AAIs – independent government agencies), it has to be said that lack of immediate geographic proximity with another AAI makes any real pooling difficult. However, it does not exclude a measure of cooperation and discussion on management practices. Introduction of mobility paths between independent administrative authorities may be worth exploring, in particular for contract staff. A profile-exchange network is to be set up between AAIs whose missions include common themes: fundamental rights, the right to health and foreigners’ rights. An initiative of this kind would help provide them with fresh career prospects insofar as such staff’s salaries and seniority at the institution often closes civil society organisations’ doors to them. In addition, notwithstanding the difficulty of pooling services, the CGLPL has made every effort to rationalise its support function. Two staff members have been assigned to support functions since 2013 (an Administrative Director and an Administrative Manager). No more staff have been added to such functions despite the growth of the CGLPL’s workforce, thanks to increased efficiency largely due to use of financial information systems (Chorus DT, in particular), use of interministerial markets deployed by the Direction des achats de l’État (DAE – State Purchasing Directorate) and close cooperation with the Prime Minister’s services (Direction des services administratifs et financiers (DSAF – Department of Administrative and Financial Services)) in the context of the service agreement. 142