09:00
Welcome Note by Lexxion & Introduction Round
Session 1 – Verification of Expenditures: Methodology & Practice
09:15
Financial Management and First‐level Control Requirements
- Regulatory environment: 2014-20 vs. 2021-27 – Main changes
- Impact of the omnibus regulation
- Roles and responsibilities of the bodies involved
- First‐level control checklist and first‐level control report
Alina Ploae
,
Counsellor in the Managing Authority for Romania-Serbia IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Programme and INTERREG IPA Cross border Cooperation Romania Serbia Programme, Directorate -MA for European Territorial Cooperation Programmes
10:00
Verification of Expenditures: Guidance on Management Verifications
- Legal requirements
- Verification methodologies
- Delegation principles
- Timing / nature / frequency of verification
Alina Ploae
,
Counsellor in the Managing Authority for Romania-Serbia IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Programme and INTERREG IPA Cross border Cooperation Romania Serbia Programme, Directorate -MA for European Territorial Cooperation Programmes
10:45
11:00
Administrative and on‐the‐spot Verifications
- Strategy and planning: administrative versus on‐the‐spot verification
- Cooperation between Managing Authorities and Intermediate Bodies
- Segregation of duties
- Record‐keeping and reporting requirements
- How to put together a verification methodology for on‐the‐spot checks
- How to deal with personnel and overhead costs?
- The importance of documentation in the verification process
- Risk analysis and sampling
Alina Ploae
,
Counsellor in the Managing Authority for Romania-Serbia IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Programme and INTERREG IPA Cross border Cooperation Romania Serbia Programme, Directorate -MA for European Territorial Cooperation Programmes
11:45
Session 2 – Practical Group Exercise: Carrying out Verifications in Practice and challenges ahead of EU
13:00
Practical Exercise: Verification of Eligibility of Expenditure
Alina Ploae
,
Counsellor in the Managing Authority for Romania-Serbia IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Programme and INTERREG IPA Cross border Cooperation Romania Serbia Programme, Directorate -MA for European Territorial Cooperation Programmes
14:00
14:15
Practical Exercise: Verification of State Aid and Public Procurement
Alina Ploae
,
Counsellor in the Managing Authority for Romania-Serbia IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Programme and INTERREG IPA Cross border Cooperation Romania Serbia Programme, Directorate -MA for European Territorial Cooperation Programmes
Interactive Session: Planning the Activities for Upcoming Months in your Member State/Operational Programme
- Discuss your current and upcoming activities and challenges with our experts as well colleagues from other institutions and Member States.
15:15
EU Response to the Ukraine Crisis
Marina Mandac
,
Head of Department for Methodology, Service for Support to Audit Processes, Sector for Management of Horizontal Processes. Agency for Audit of European Union Programmes Implementation System (Croatian Audit Authority), Zagreb.
Ivan Ramljak
,
Head of Service for Audit of EU funds for Asylum, Migrations, Integration and Internal Security, ARPA, Croatia
16:15