Tackling sensitive issues and cases of closure of the 2014-20 period
3-day face-to-face Seminar 13-15 December in Vienna
Based on the best practices and recent Guidance, to get ready for final closure of 2014-2021 based on Reasonable Assurance and taken into account the impact of COVID situation, we will focus on:
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amendment of programmes and projects
- data and gaps on indicators
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treatment of irregularities (PP, State aid, eligibilty…)
- risks assessment and sampling methods
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non-functionning operations
- non eligible projects and expenditures
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phasing out of projects between 2 programmes
- Specific checks for Financial Instruments
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early closures and audit opinions.
- Overview of MDA and annual closures: the new control processes and key success conditions
- Obtaining the necessary confirmations for a reliable MDA
- Elements of the new verification work
- Calculation of the TER and obtaining reasonable assurance
- Dealing with specific challenges of fraud: PP & State Aid, conflict of interest…
- specific cooperation with Audit Authority and Audit strategy
- preparing an Action plan