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Financial Management and Audit of EU Structural and Cohesion Funds
Key issues for 2021-2027
September 19, 2023 - September 21, 2023
Venue: Online
Organizer(s): European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)
Language: English
Contact: Programme Organiser
Ms Rafaella Giussani
Tel: +31 43 32 96 372
r.giussani@eipa.eu
Info link: https://www.eipa.eu/courses/financial-management-audit-eu-structural-cohesion-funds/
This course will compare the Financial Management and Audit rules between the 2014-2020 and the 2021-2027 programming periods. There will be a special focus on financial planning, increasing the use of Simplified Costs Options, anti-fraud measures and protecting the audit trail.
We will also ask what financial management and audit lessons the new Structural Funds programmes and the new national RRF plans can learn from the 2014-2020 Cohesion Policy programming period.
What will you learn:
Dermot Byrne, a leading Member State audit practitioner, will underline how control and audit differ, looking in detail at the audit of accounts, systems and operations for 2021-2027, and highlight key audit issues for Cohesion Policy and the RRF.
Using ARACHNE may become a requirement for some projects in the future. Krzysztof Iwanski, the European Commission’s ARACHNE IT Project Manager, will explain and illustrate how ARACHNE works and how you can use it.
We will look at how to complete the Simplified Cost Options section of the new programme template.
We will look at a sample of new Programmes and examine the special link between finance and performance; we will also look at the Reporting template for the new programmes and how will you report programme progress.
Finally, we take a special look at the urgent actions of the RRF (as well as under the CARE, FAST-CARE and REPowerEU initiative) and the live issues of project selection, financial control and audit.
Course methodology/highlights:
We aim to make the course as interactive as possible. Participants will have ample opportunity to exchange views informally on the course topics. Workshops and exercises will be used to help participants get to grips with practical tools and methodologies.