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Competence Centre offers expert missions, study visits, workshops to aid in public procurement guidance, Integrity Pacts, and State aid actions for efficient ERDF and CF management. Assistance includes competency framework, training, and resources to avoid errors in ESI projects.
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Actions to support administrative capacity building for the management of ESI Funds DG Regional and Urban Policy Unit E1 "Competence Centre for Administrative Capacity"
2-5 Days Expert missions Study visits Workshops TAIEX-REGIOPEER 2 PEER 2-5 Days 2 Days
Public Procurement Guidance for Practitioners on the avoidance of errors in ESI Funded projects • Guidance structured around the 6 main stages of a public procurement process • Toolkitof resources addressing specific topics with concrete examples on what to do and what not to do during the procurement and contract implementation • Focus is on the 25 most common errors observed by our auditors on PP and how these can be easily avoided • Translated into all EU languages N.B. It is not a legal interpretation of the Directives!
Integrity Pacts – pilot project Integrity Pact (IP) - agreement between contracting authority and companies bidding for public contract to abstain from corrupt practices. External monitor from civil society monitors that process is transparent and credible,
EU competency framework for the management and implementation of ERDF and CF Why?Further professionalization of the management of the funds What? Provide a competency framework for efficient management and implementation of the ERDF and CF – incl. a self-assessment tool Expected results? Help MS/regions to • - identify competency and skills gaps among their staff and thus define training and recruitment needs • - structure their administrations in a more efficient way The results can also be used for the development of training modules at national/European levels, and for the development of curricula for academic training programmes on management of Structural Funds. When? By end 2015
Training for MS experts Ensuring result-orientation in operational programmes 2014-2020: programme management, project selection, monitoring, reporting and evaluation • Previous training modules: • - Programme implementation, ensuring greater focus on results • - Management and control; management verifications • Training material, incl. podcasts, is available on the following website: • http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index.cfm/en/information/legislation/guidance/training
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