Courses
Spring Academy
Verification and Audit of ESF and Cross-Border Projects:
Best Practices
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Description
How to manage, control and audit effectively European Social Fund (ESF) and cross-border projects? What are the specific problems, significant risks, challenges, common errors and findings related to such projects? How to develop risk based management verification methodology for ESF and cross-border projects in the new programming period? How to use effectively the simplified costs options? How the MA can establish effective and proportionate controls to prevent and detect irregularities, conflict of interests and fraud indicators in these projects?
Answering all these questions is the key point of the current workshop on best practices in the verifications and audits of ESF and cross-border projects. The participants will gain practical knowledge and know-how on the selection, management, control and audit of ESF and European Territorial Cooperation projects. They will get to know what are the common problems and challenges in the selection, management and control of ESF and cross-border projects. The workshop provides unique combination of practical skills and know-how covering all essential stages of the ESF and European Territorial Cooperation projects: selection, management, verifications, monitoring and audit of these projects with plenty of examples, case studies and discussion panels, where the participants will be able to raise questions and case studies.
We believe learning happens best with practical knowledge and discussing realistic, lifelike, and complicated cases and real examples.
WHO IS THE WORKSHOP FOR?
- Representatives from Public Authorities in charge of the selection, management, verification, monitoring and audit of ESF and European Territorial Cooperation projects;
- Managing Authorities;
- Certifying Authorities;
- Audit Authorities;
- Intermediate Bodies;
- Joint Secretariats;
- First level controllers
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Programme
Wednesday 24 April 2024
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09.00
Welcome note by ESI FA
Introduction Round of the participants. Expectations of the participants.
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09.15
Programming, simplified cost options and evaluation of ESF projects. Experience and best practices from Poland
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10.30
Coffee Break
Networking
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11.00
Management verifications and irregularities in ESF projects – experience from Poland. Part 1
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00.30
Lunch
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13.30
Management verifications and irregularities in ESF projects – experience from Poland. Part 2
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15.00
Practical exercise: Case studies
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16.00
End of the Official Programme Day 1
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18.00
Walking Tour in Naples
Walking Tour followed with a common get-together dinner in Naples
Thursday 25 April 2024
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09.00
Programming, simplified cost options and evaluation of ESF projects. Experience and best practices from Croatia
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10.30
Coffee Break
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11.00
Management verifications and irregularities in ESF projects – experience from Croatia Part 1
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00.30
Lunch
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13.30
Management verifications and irregularities in ESF projects – experience from Croatia Part 2
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15.00
Practical exercise: Case studies
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16.00
End of the Day two
Friday 26 April 2024
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09.00
Evaluation and First level control of European Territorial Cooperation projects
- Specific risks related to cross-border projects;
- Centralized or decentralized control;
- How to define appropriate and adequate project indicators;
- Risks related to the sustainability of the projects;
- Quality assurance by the MA and NA in case of the decentralized controls and outsourcing;
- Risk based management verifications for cross-border projects. HIT methodology;
- Best practices for prevention, detection and combating irregularities and fraud in European Territorial Cooperation projects;
- Action plans and corrective measures;
+ Questions and discussion
Radoslav Nedyalkov, CGAP, audit expert
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10.30
Coffee Break
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11.00
Common errors and audit findings related to cross-border projects
- Common risks, challenges and best practices in the evaluation of project proposals and first level of control;
- How to prevent and detect conflict of interests;
- Identification of system errors and fraud risks;
- Role and importance of on the spot checks;
- Common errors, findings and irregularities;
- Best practices and lessons learnt from the current programming period
+ Questions and discussion
Radoslav Nedyalkov, CGAP, audit expert
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00.30
Lunch
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13.30
Practical exercise: Case studies
Radoslav Nedyalkov, CGAP, audit expert
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15.00
Final conclusions from the workshop, questions and discussion
Radoslav Nedyalkov, CGAP, audit expert
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15.30
End of the Academy
Handing out of the Certificates
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Experts
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Venue
4* Hotel in Napoli
