Trainings - Management of projects funded through Structural Funds

• 09:00    Welcome and Introduction

• 09:15    Session 1 : Global panorama of implementation of the Structural Funds

  • The various funds, legal basis and decentralised management

• 10:00    Session 2 : Understand the institutional environment of your project

  • Life cycle of a Structural Funds (SF) project: elaboration of the programmes, management and control by the European Commission and by the responsible national organisations
  • Who will you speak to? How can you efficiently manage your relations with the different services?

• 10:45    Coffee break

• 11:00    Session 3 : Understand the juridical / legal environment of your project

  • The projects legal basis
  • Standard contract: structure, model, contract philosophy and nature
  • Reporting obligation: intermediary and final reports

• 13:00    Lunch

• 14:30    Session 4: Control the budget aspects of your project

  • The projects financial basis:
    • The Community financial regulation
    • Understand the major financial principles of the European contracts
  • Eligibility of costs:
    • Eligible and non-eligible costs
    • the VAT issue
  • Compatibility of project funding by SF with other funding sources
  • Payments
  • How to manage the budget of your project and its adjustments; Advice and good practices

• 16:00    Coffee break

• 16:15    Session 5: Control and sanctions

  • Audits conducted by the European Commission or the relevant national authorities.
  • Administrative and contractual sanctions

• 17:30    End of module

Contact: Natalia Rivas - Email: natalia.rivas@interfaceurope.eu - Tel: +32 (0)2 213 00 30