Illustrative photo, source: flickr.com/Sebastiaan ter Burg
On 19 – 20 November 2015, European Annual Conference on ESI Funds will be held in Brussels. The annual Conference on ESI Funds provides an excellent platform for latest developments, best practice, exchange and networking among ESI Funds experts on EU, national and regional level. With the current programming period a number of changes and new instruments had been introduced. This European Conference will give you the opportunity to exchange views and first experiences with the current regime.
Proper implementation is crucial in order to ensure well-functioning and efficient management systems and achieve a successful management and absorption of ESI Funds.
At a moment, where the Operational Programmes are in full swing and first experiences with the implementation and management of the new Cohesion Policy are at hand, the Conference will in depth discuss new management tools and instruments and provide exchange of experiences between Member States on the crucial topics related to the management and financial control of ESI Funds, among others:
- Monitoring & Performance Evaluation
- Result-based Management
- Management Declaration, Designation, Annual Account and Annual Summary
- System Audits, Audit of Operations, Audits of Accounts, Audit of the Management Declaration and Performance Audit
- Financial Instruments and Risk Finance for R&D&I
- The Use of Simplified Cost Options
- Funding for Major Projects and their Special Assessment through the European Commission
- EU Funding in Compliance with State Aid and Public Procurement Rules
- The Requirements for Handling Irregularities and Preventing Fraud
- Closure of the Previous Programming Period(s)
