Public Procurement and ESI Funds
Date: 05 May 2014
Time: 9:00
Duration: 2 days
Location: Brussels
Cost: 1450 €/990 €
Organiser: Lexxion Training on behalf of Lexxion Publisher
Web Link: http://www.lexxion.eu/training/eu-funds/public-procurement-a-esi-funds
Description:
Intensive training for experts responsible for public procurement of projects financed by ESI Funds and for specialists monitoring and controlling the procurement procedures!
Background information
The violation of the public procurement rules remains one of the main sources of irregularities and fraud in projects co-financed by Structural Funds. In 2011 the violations of public procurement had a financial volume of more than 67 Mio EUR and was still increasing in 2012 according to OLAF. The European Commission constantly implements decisions to suspend or interrupt European funding due to the infringements of public procurement procedures.
Ensuring correct public procurement - a proper drafting of tenders, running of negotiations, assignment and conclusion of the contract - obliges not only the contracting authority. With European funding involved, all EU funds managing bodies have to monitor and audit the procurement procedures for EU funded projects and to ensure their compliance with the national and European regulation.
The knowledge of public procurement rules, acquaintance with relevant procedures as well as awareness of the potential violation risks and know-how in handling with irregularities are indispensable for all experts involved in management and control of EU Funds.
