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Planning and preparation for the next programming period has started. What do the new draft Regulations say about programming, selection of priorities and programme structure? What changes are in line for financial planning and the financial management of programmes? What are the proposed changes for Managing and Audit authority responsibilities?

This seminar will compare details of the 2014-2020 and 2021-2027 regulations. We will see how the draft regulations attempt to simplify rules, add flexibility to programmes, generate synergies between policies and instruments, and maximise the impact of funding. We will enjoy keynote interventions from senior managers in Czech authorities and we will assess whether the new regulations embrace lessons learnt from current programme implementation.

Key elements for your new programmes include:

priority setting and links to National Reform Programmes and Country-specific recommendations
new conditionalities
the financial tables, financial planning, flexibility
monitoring changes and real-time reporting
preparing the new Performance Framework; designing programme-specific indicators
choices for simplified cost options and audit checks for SCOs
the accounting function; changes to the accounting year; withdrawals
risk assessment in financial control
highlights of the new OMNIBUS regulation

How will it help you?

You will be guided by Marco Lopriore and Robin Smail, experienced Structural Funds experts who have worked in Brussels and across the EU, gathering numerous case studies and examples of good practice. You will meet with other national and regional practitioners and have the opportunity to exchange experience and put new ideas into practice.

The seminar provides ample time for question and answer sessions and discussions. There will be practical workshops and exercises on simplified cost options (taking into account the changes of the OMNIBUS), the accounting year, indicators, the new Performance Framework and lessons learnt.

Who will benefit most?

This seminar is aimed principally at:

practitioners from Member State national, regional and local authorities working with Structural / ESI Funds
the full range of economic and social partners working with the Funds – including universities, NGOs, employers’ associations, consultants

WEDNESDAY 22 MAY, 2019

08.30	Registration of participants

09.00	Welcome of participants and opening of the conference Marco Lopriore, Expert, EIPA Maastricht

09.15	The new draft Regulations, 2021-2027: policy context and highlights The new legal framework of CPR Link to the European Semester and National Reform Programmes Simpler and more flexible rules Synergies between policy instruments; a territorial dimension Marco Lopriore

09.45	The New Regulations: programming, programme management, programme finance Partnership Agreement, programme structure, Specific Objectives Enabling conditions, concentration, programme instruments programme finance, commitments, pre-financing, automatic decommitment (n+2) Payment applications, technical assistance Robin Smail, Visiting Expert EIPA, Consultant, UK/IE (and former Detached National Expert, EC)

10.45	Coffee break

11.15	The New Regulations: programming, programme management, programme finance (contd.) the accounting year and calculation of the annual balance exercise with the accounting year Robin Smail

11.45	Management Challenges for current and future programmes: the Czech Perspective strategic context, programme structure, planning and performance project selection, risk management absorption and decommitment eligibility and compliance issues management verifications and simplification successes and failures, programme amendments lessons for the new generation of programmes Ing. Helena Viktorie Barboráková, Managing Authority, Operational Programme – Research, Development and Education, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Czech Republic

12.45	Discussion

13.00	Lunch break

14.30	Workshop: a review of Simplified Cost Options the 3 options and the comparative advantages flat-rate calculations SSUC – standard scales of unit costs and use of the 1720 rule moving from costs to results Marco Lopriore

15.15	The OMNIBUS regulation and links to new rules for 2021-2027 Highlights of the OMNIBUS regulation and significance for ESIF Operational Programmes methodologies and audit requirements upgrade with the SCO advanced options and Delegated Acts Marco Lopriore

15.45	Coffee break

16.15	The OMNIBUS regulation and links to new rules for 2021-2027 (contd.) Financing not linked to costs New flat-rates for technical assistance Marco Lopriore

16.45	The New Regulations: programming, programme management, programme finance (contd.) Mid-term review, programme performance, financial planning Transmission of financial information Financial Control; Management Verifications; Audit changes programme closure exercise: priorities and financial allocations Robin Smail

18.00	End of first day

18.30	Reception, Hotel Grandior


THURSDAY 23 MAY, 2019

09.15	The New Regulations 2021-2027: Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (Part 1) Monitoring – real time reporting – financial progress & indicators The New Performance Framework The Mid-term review: common and other indicators Robin Smail

10.00	Exercise: using common indicators and choosing programme-specific indicators

10.30	Coffee break

11.00	Eligibility of Expenditure in 2021-2027 Comparison between current and future rules in CPR, ESF+, ERDF and CF Changes brought by the OMNIBUS Highlight on proposed new rules for direct staff costs, VAT, durability and relocation, location, and visibility Marco Lopriore

12.00	Lessons and good practice from a Czech Operational Programme, perspectives for 2021-2027 Priorities and financial allocations, financial planning conditionality, result-orientation, project selection, performance measurement public procurement challenges management verifications and common errors eligibility and compliance issues: eligibility of expenditure, state aid, environment lessons for future programmes Michal Kokeš, Head of Unit, Managing Authority OP Transport, Ministry of Transport, Prague, Czech Republic

13.00	Question and Answer session; discussion

13.15	Lunch break

14.15	Workshop: Evaluation questions Robin Smail

14.45	The New Regulations 2021-2027: Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (Part 2) the new evaluation requirements The Evaluation Plan Shall we conduct the ex ante OP evaluation? Evaluation criteria, measuring impact Robin Smail

15.35	ESF+, Synergies with Horizon Europe, new instruments, governance Proposal for the ESF + regulation synergies with other EU Funds – Horizon 2020, framework programmes for research and development; working with the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), InvestEU, Financial Instruments, Reform Support Programme (RSP) and current TO 11 Impact of Economic Governance on ESI funds Marco Lopriore

16.35	Evaluation of seminar

16.40	Close of seminar

Marco Lopriore (IT)

Robin Smail (External Expert)

Course venue
Hotel Grandior
Na Poříčí 1052/42, 110 00 Praha 1
https://www.hotel-grandior.cz

Programme Organiser
Ms Nancy Vermeulen
Tel: +31 43 32 96 212
n.vermeulen@eipa.eu

Fee
The fee includes documentation and refreshments. Lunches, a reception or dinner are included if mentioned in the programme. After the seminar, a certificate of participation will be handed out and participants will be given access to the digital version of the seminar documents. Accommodation and travel costs are at the expense of the participants or their administration.

Discounts
EIPA offers a 10% discount to all civil servants working for one of EIPA’s supporting countries, and civil servants working for an EU institution, body or agency.

Who are the supporting countries?
Civil servants coming from the following EIPA supporting countries are entitled to get the reduced fee: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.

For all other participants, the regular fee applies.

Confirmation
Confirmation of registration will be forwarded to participants on receipt of the completed online registration form.

Payment
Prior payment is a condition for participation.

Cancellation policy
For administrative reasons you will be charged €150 for cancellations received within 15 days before the activity begins. There is no charge for qualified substitute participants.

EIPA reserves the right to cancel the activity up to 2 weeks before the starting date. In that case, registration fees received will be fully reimbursed. EIPA accepts no responsibility for any costs incurred (travel, accommodation, etc.).

Implementing the New Regulations for EU Structural Funds programmes in 2021-2027 — Programme Preparation, Lessons Learnt, and the New OMNIBUS Regulation

Implementing the New Regulations for EU Structural Funds programmes in 2021-2027 — Programme Preparation, Lessons Learnt, and the New OMNIBUS Regulation

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