Nikolaos Floratos will be delivering courses on Financial management, auditing and dissemination/exploitation of EU projects in Brussels 10-12 June 2013

Financial Management of EU funded Projects & External Auditing 10-11 June 2013, Brussels

Master Financial Management of European Projects:
• Fundamentals in Financing Rules
• How to specify / distribute during the application process, the budget of your organisation and the rest of the consortium

• Eligible Costs / Eligibility Check (ERA rule)
  
• Ineligible costs / Conditions for ineligibility
  
• Contribution in cash vs contribution in kind
  
• Direct Costs and Indirect Costs
  
• Budget Reallocation between categories and partners
  
• Understanding the financial reporting
  
• One to one support on completing the financial report of your project
  
• Financial Principles for the new programming period 2014-2020
  
• Fundamental on European Commission Auditing
  
• EC Audit types and their costs and who carries EC audits and how
  
• Contractual Provisions linked with EC Audits
  
• Project period subject to EC auditing
  
• EC audit outcomes and processes
  

Understanding how a financial audit from the European Commission works and avoid pitfalls

• Preparing for the EC Audit (fixing the audit dates, documentation to provide, key areas of interest for the EC auditors and errors in your financial reporting, pitfalls to avoid in EC audits)
• Conduction of the field audit (being responsible and present during the field audit, access level to your corporate / organisational
  
• data by EC auditors, interviews with your current and previous personnel by EC Auditors)
  
• EC Audit Outcome (Audit Report Structure, rights related to the audit report, consequences of a negative report)
  

Effective Dissemination and Exploitation of EU Funded Projects, 11-12 June 2013, Brussels

Understanding and applying effective dissemination and exploitation practices

• Dissemination and Exploitation Fundamentals (how dissemination and exploitation activities fit within all workplan activities and how much budget should be allocated for dissemination and exploitation)
• Learning from the experts: Analysing best dissemination practices from awarded or highly recognised European projects)

Effective Dissemination Strategy Essentials

• When and how to prepare a Dissemination Action Plan (DAP) for your project and work with real-case examples on a DAP
  

Effective Dissemination Strategy Essentials

• How to ensure that your project will go on / be sustainable after the funding period
  
• When and how to prepare an Exploitation Action Plan (EAP) for your project
  
• When and how to prepare an IPR Agreement (Intellectual Property Rights) and contract on the project results
  

Exploiting various dissemination channels for promoting and raising awareness of your project

• Use of thematic networks and how to promote your project through My Europa platform (www.my-europa.eu)

Dissemination Workshop

• Building and advancing the Internet presence of your project (through fully interactive project website and social media channels)
  
• Boost your dissemination activities by using free online tools for managing registrations of your events, promoting your project through e-Newsletters, e-press releases, e-leaflets and posters

Contact us for more info on cost, registration, further details, etc