7 ways to improve your Project and Programme management (new)

7 ways to improve your Project and Programme management (new)

5 days to discover with us in Paris all the key aspects of EU funds management (project and programme). From the basic definitions about operation, outputs and results to the most elaborate logframes and financial control issues. This seminar is associated with a personal test in the beginning and at the end to validate the gain of qualification and includes a face-to-face discussion about potential improvements and specific questions.    by Franck SOTTOU and/or Ivaila ILIEVA, Goran ZAKANJI, Patrick WAMPER 5-day Face-to-Face Seminar 4-8 December 2023 Key elements: General vision about EU funds management Key definitions Modernised logframes Simplification and
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Better reporting, monitoring and evaluation skills (new)

Better reporting, monitoring and evaluation skills (new)

Making sound reports and evaluations from activities to outputs, results and impact with digital and participatory solutions High-level discussion about the best and future practices of Monitoring, reporting and evaluation including specific focus on Results-oriented management, Key performance Indicators, Annual Implementation Reports, inclusion and participation at all levels of target groups and beneficiaries, transparency and good communication and full dissemination of e-services and solutions all throughout the Project and Policy Cycle Management. A good occasion to tackle and improve the present implementation of Public interventions and Operational Programmes including digital / innovation components  by Franck Sottou and Raili Truup, ex-Head
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Integrated administrative and on-the-spot checks (Study Visit)

Integrated administrative and on-the-spot checks (Study Visit)

Improving ex-ante and ex-post control and project management 4 intensive days to improve Management, Monitoring and Control based on concrete Walk-through Checks with Beneficiaries and Auditors  and a good occasion to anticipate the design and implementation of new calls and Management & Control systems. This study visit will focus on the evolution of  Project, Verification and Monitoring officers’ job for both “soft” and “hard” interventions and to see concrete improvement of  the data collection and reporting from beneficiaries to authorities. A panel of experts (including project managers, beneficiary representatives, supervision engineers…) and auditors will present their techniques, tools and checklists
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Stronger Simplification-2022

Stronger Simplification-2022

Walking through all procedures, tools and costs to make it really happen (SCO, IT, selection, control and application package) SCOs are in the air but at what conditions and under what surveillance ? This training is the occasion to screen all the options and requirements to integrate it in Programmes based on ex-ante discussions with auditors, in calls and in projets to allow full simplification and security for both Authorities and Beneficiaries. This seminar offers also the possibility to tackle in details the possible application and precise calculations and related risks for soft and hard interventions in relation with key
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Risk based Management Verification Methodology

Risk based Management Verification Methodology

Sampling operations, payment claims and expenditures for MA and IBs in a simple and effective way according to EU Guidance and understanding of Auditors According to Regulations for 2021-27, time to sample and to identify the risks to ensure to the best their mitigation at programme, project and expenditures levels. This seminar is the occasion to work on all the new expectations for project, programme managers, financial officers and auditors to go all throughout the intervention logic and to illustrate by practical cases the mapping, scoring and mitigation of risks. This is an unique occasion to meet contributors of the
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Faster Selection and Checks for Appraisal and Verification officers (New)

Faster Selection and Checks for Appraisal and Verification officers (New)

Organising transition from activities to outputs-based and results-oriented approach by Franck SOTTOU and Inga MOISIEJUTE On-demand 2-day Face-to-Face Seminar about faster and secure Selection, Appraisal and Verification in the context of the new financial control Key elements: Lesson from the past: key irregularities and fraud, key alerts from auditors, key obstacles, key steps to ensure fast and secure payments to beneficiaries (process and content) Responsibilities and division of tasks between Selection, Appraisal and Verification Linking in a better way ex-ante and ex-post checks (including Public procurement) The different options for selection (competitive / non competitive) The scoring of proposals and
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The New Management from A to Z

The New Management from A to Z

The New Management from A to Z 5 days to discover with us in Paris all the key aspects of EU funds management (project and programme). From the basic definitions about operation, outputs and results to the most elaborate logframes and financial control issues. This seminar is associated with a personal test in the beginning and at the end to validate the gain of qualification and includes a face-to-face discussion about potential improvements and specific questions.    by Franck SOTTOU and/or Ivaila ILIEVA, Goran ZAKANJI, Teja FLORJANCIC 5-day Face-to-Face Seminar 3-7 July 2023 Key elements: General vision about EU funds
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