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MODULE I: Errors or Fraud? Detect and treat irregularities in EU funded projects

 

DAY 1

​O830-0900: Course registration

0900-0930: Introduction – Setting the objectives and expected outcomes

0930-1030: Irregularities in EU-funded projects: definitions & relevant statistics

1030-1100: Coffee break

1100-1145: The reporting function of irregularities in shared management

1145-1230: Safeguarding and preventing the EU Budget from irregularities

1230-1400: Lunch

1400-1430: Ensuring a timely detection of errors (at first-level of control): EC Guidance note on management verifications

1430-1500: Common Irregularities #1: Eligibility of projects & expenditure

1500-1530: Coffee break

1530-1615: Common Irregularities #2: Durability & Net Revenue

1615-1630: Concluding remarks and wrap-up of Day 1

 

DAY 2

0830-0900: Welcome coffee

0900-0930: Common Irregularities #3: Horizontal Priorities & Publicity

0930-1030: Common Irregularities #4: Public Procurement

1030-1100: Coffee break

1100-1145: Detect Fraud #1 - Implementation of projects

1145-1230: Detect Fraud #2 - Verifications and Applications for Payment

1230-1400: Lunch

1400-1615: The Mediterranean Conference Centre ERDF project: a Case Study  

1615-1630: Final Group workshop and wrap-up of Day 2

 

 

DAY 3 - EUfundingMalta expedition

0800-0830: Meeting in front of MCC

STOP 1: ERDF 244 – Fort St Elmo (also viewing CF 124 – Valletta Breakwater)

STOP 2: ERDF.05.109: Extension/Refurbishment of St John's Co-Cathedral Museum

STOP 3: ERDF 403 - Castille square project

STOP 4: ERDF 151 - Renewed Saluting Battery (Upper Barrakka)

STOP 5: ERDF 183 - Vertical Connection

Discussing: ESF 2.186 – Re-Skilling of Workers for the Local Film Industry

Discussing: ERDF 245 – Fort St. Angelo Heritage Experience

Discussing: ERDF 311 – National Interactive Science Centre

STOP 6: ERDF 104 - Stronger Cottonera Communities

STOP 7: Fisheries Funds

STOP 8: CF 117 - Improvement of the TEN-T Road (Garibaldi)

STOP 9: ERDF 4 - Hagar Qim & Mnajdra – Qrendi

STOP 10: ERDF 39 - Restoration and rehabilitation of Mdina Fortifications

1800: Returning to Valletta

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MODULE II: Workshops: Financial correction guidelines on public procurement and financial instruments

 

DAY 1

0830-0900: Welcome coffee

0900-0930: EC guidance note on avoiding the most common errors in Public Procurement

0930-1030: Determining financial corrections to public procurement errors

1030-1100: Coffee break

1100-1145: Workshop: Applying financial corrections || Tender specifications

1145-1230: Workshop: Applying financial corrections || Advertising Tenders

1230-1400: Lunch

1400-1500: Workshop: Applying financial corrections || Evaluations of Tenders

1500-1530: Coffee break

1530-1615: Workshop: Applying financial corrections || Contract Implementation

1615-1630: Concluding remarks and wrap-up of Day 1

 

DAY 2

0830-0900: Welcome coffee

0900-0945: Financial Instruments #1 – Applying financial corrections to Financial Instruments

0945-1030: Other errors || Applying flat-rate corrections

1030-1100: Coffee break

1100-1145: OLAF & ECA audits & the application of financial corrections

1145-1200: Final group workshop and distribution of certificates   

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MODULE III: 2014-2020: lessons learnt, but what? result orientation, verifications, evaluations

 

DAY 1

0830-0900: Course registration

0900-0930: Introduction – Setting the objectives and expected outcomes

0930-1030: Is the European Union meeting its EU 2020 targets?

1030-1100: Coffee break

1100-1145: Lesson #1 - The Performance Framework

1145-1230: Lesson #2 - Simplified Cost Options (Flat Rate Financing)

1230-1400: Lunch

1400-1430: Lesson #2 - Simplified Cost Options (Unit costs)

1430-1500: Lesson #2 - Simplified Cost Options (Lump sums)

1500-1530: Coffee break

1530-1615: Lesson #3 - Financial Instruments

1615-1630: Concluding remarks and wrap-up of Day 1

 

DAY 2

0830-0900: Welcome coffee

0900-1030: Lesson #4 - Public Procurement

1030-1100: Coffee break

1100-1145: Lesson #5 - Performance Audits

1145-1230: Lesson #5 - Presenting results of performance audits carried out by ECA on ESIF

1230-1400: Lunch

1400-1615: Lesson #6 - Project implementation - The Mediterranean Conference Centre ERDF project: a Case Study  

1615-1630: Final Group workshop and wrap-up of Day 2

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DAY 3 - EUfundingGozo expedition

0800-0830: Meeting in front of hotel

STOP 1: CF 125: Salina Road Project

Discussing: CF 118: Rehabilitation of Maghtab Landfills

STOP 2: CF 198 - Cirkewwa Ferry Terminal

STOP 3: ERDF 31 - Upgrading of Zewwieqa Waterfront

STOP 4: ERDF 32 - Ggantija Temples Conservation Project

Discussing: ERDF 24 - Upgrading of Villa Rundle Gardens

STOP 5: CF 1.1.0.2 - Restoration and Upgrading of Mgarr-Victoria Link

Discussing: ERDF 142 - Developing a cultural and historical eco-museum

STOP 6: ERDF 246 - Implementing of Cittadella Masterplan

STOP 7: ERDF 140 - The Ta' Pinu shrine project

1830-1900: Returning to Hotel

 

 

MODULE IV: 2021-2027: simplification, but how? programming, payments, sampling, monitoring

 

DAY 1

0830-0900: Welcome coffee

0900-0930: Introduction – Setting the objectives and expected outcomes

0930-1030: Introducing the 5 main objectives that will drive EU investments in 2021-2027

1030-1100: Coffee break

1100-1145: Simplification measures in 2021-2027: Programming and Implementation

1145-1230: Simplification measures in 2021-2027: Monitoring & Evaluations

1230-1400: Lunch

1400-1500: Simplification measures in 2021-2027: Verifications

1500-1530: Coffee break

1530-1615: Simplification measures in 2021-2027: Audits

1615-1630: Concluding remarks and wrap-up of Day 1

 

DAY 2

0830-0900: Welcome coffee

0900-0945: Simplification measures in 2021-2027: Horizontal principles & Visibility of cohesion policy

0945-1030: Simplification measures in 2021-2027: Financial management

1030-1100: Coffee break

1100-1145: Simplification measures in 2021-2027: Rules for payments to MS and Submission & examination of accounts

1145-1200: Final group workshop and distribution of certificates