The Bulgarian Audit Authority Audit of EU Funds Executive Agency & The European Commission 27 th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN AUDITORS OF EUROPEAN STRUCTURAL & INVESTMENT FUNDS THE HOMOLOGUES GROUP Sofia, 24-25 September 2018 Location and Accommodation Meeting: National Palace of Culture Hall 3 Accommodation: Hilton Hotel Sofia 1
Monday, 24th September 2018 08.15-09.00 Registration at the WELCOME DESK 09.00-09.10 Opening speech by Mr. Vladislav Goranov, Minister of Finance of Republic of Bulgaria 09.10-09.20 Welcome address by Ms. Iliana Ivanova, Member of the European Court of Auditors, Dean of Chamber 2 - Investment for cohesion, growth and inclusion 09.20-09.45 Keynote Commission s proposal for a modernised, flexible and radically simplified Cohesion Policy 2021-2027 by Mr. Marc Lemaître, Director- General, DG Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission 9.45-10.00 Presidency by Ms. Ludmila Rangelova, Executive Director, Audit of EU Funds Executive Agency, Bulgarian Audit Authority and Mr. Marc Lemaître, Director General, DG Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission 10.00-10.30 Coffee break WORKSHOPS 10.30 12.30 Workshop 1 - "Post 2020 Audit strategy and audit work at the beginning of the programming period World café format Ms. Ilse Van den Abeele, Head of Unit C.4, DG Regional and Urban Ms. Androulla Ioannou, Head of Unit G.3, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission dr. Dencso Balazs, Head of the Audit authority of Hungary 2
Workshop 2 - EU level sample of audits of operations for ETC post 2020 and other specific ETC arrangements Mr. Claude Tournier, Head of Unit C.3, DG Regional and Urban Ms. Katja Ecke, Interact Programme Ms. Elina Valeine, Deputy Head of Audit Authority for ETC CBC programme Latvia Lithuania and ENI CBC Latvia Russia Ms. Barbara Korczak, Unit C.1, DG Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission and Professor Pedro Simões Coelho, Universidade Nova Lisboa Mr. Dermot Byrne, Head of the ERDF Audit authority of Ireland Workshop 3 - "Post 2020 - Enhanced proportionate approach: preconditions for early kick in, audit functions and monitoring (Main room, with interpretation) Presentation: Ms. Caroline Callens, Head of Unit C.2, DG Regional and Urban Ms. Annick Van Damme, Deputy Head of Unit G2, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission Mr. Paulo Loureiro, Team Leader Unit C.2, DG Regional and Urban Ms. Mechthild von Maydell, Head of the Audit authority of Saxony- Anhalt (Germany) 12.45 14.15 Lunch 3
WORKSHOPS 14.30 16.30 Workshop 4 - "Financial instruments 2014-2020: audit methodology (Main room, with interpretation) Facilitator: Mr. Rafael López Sánchez, Deputy Head of Unit C.1, DG Regional and Urban Ms. Aurelija Šarkanaitė, Audit Team Leader, Audit authority of Lithuania Mr. Ivan Panchev, Team Leader for Financial instruments and MIS audits, Audit authority of Bulgaria Ms. Vladislava Glietz, Team Leader Unit C.1, DG Regional and Urban Ms. Biserka Šerbinek Milinković, Audit authority of Croatia Workshop 5 - "Post 2020 - Off-the-shelves sampling methodologies. Reducing audit work by grouping programmes or programming periods World Café format Mr. Lothar Kuhl, Head of Unit C.1, DG Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission Ms. Sandra Loehndorf, Head of Sector, Unit E.1, DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission Mr. Rafał Manikowski, Audit authority of Poland 4
Workshop 6 - "Ex-ante assessment of simplified cost option 2014-2020 exchange of good practices Mr. Mark Schelfhout, Acting Audit Director, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission Ms. Olivia Jordan, Deputy Head of Unit C.3, DG Regional and Urban Ms. Ulrika Bergelv, Head of the Audit authority of Sweden Mr. Kaur Siruli, Head of the Audit authority of Estonia Mr. Tomáš Hrubý, Auditor Unit G.3, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission Ms. Ulrika Bergelv, Head of the Audit authority of Sweden 17.30 Guided tour and dinner 5
Tuesday, 25th September 2018 Presidency by Ms. Ludmila Rangelova, Executive Director, Audit of EU Funds Executive Agency, Bulgarian Audit Authority and Mr. Franck Sébert, Director, Audit Directorate, DG Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission 08.30-09.00 Registration at the WELCOME DESK 09.00-10.45 Aiming at continuous capacity building and improvements in the work of reliable audit partners Feedback on the pilot methodology for SoA 2017 with focus on the work of the audit authorities; preliminary recommendations to audit authorities and the Commission Mr. Tony Murphy, Member of the European Court of Auditors, rapporteur for the Annual Report and Mr Juan Ignacio Gonzalez Bastero, Principal Manager, Chamber 2 - Investment for cohesion, growth and inclusion, European Court of Auditors Coordination and monitoring of Italian audit authorities Ms. Marilena Rigolino, Unit 12, IGRUE, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy Commission s compliance audits and administrative capacity building in a challenging environment Mr. Franck Sébert, Director, Audit Directorate, DG Regional and Urban 10.45-11.15 Coffee break 11.15-11.45 Good governance indicators and the audit context Mr. Lewis Dijkstra, Unit B.1, DG Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission 11.45 12.15 Audit authorities follow up actions to the Charter on good practicesexchange of experiences Mr. Vladimir Urmanic, Head of the Audit authority of Slovakia Mr. Jean-Louis Rouquette, President of the Audit authority of France (CICC) Mr. José Antonio Viegas Ribeiro, Head of the Audit authority of Portugal 6
12.30-14.00 Lunch 14.15-15.45 Debriefing from the workshops on post 2020 (1, 2, 3 and 5) dr. Dencso Balazs, Head of the Audit authority of Hungary, Workshop 1 Mr. Dermot Byrne, Head of the ERDF Audit authority of Ireland, Workshop 2 Ms. Mechthild von Maydell, Head of the Audit authority of Saxony-Anhalt (Germany), Workshop 3 Mr. Rafał Manikowski, Audit authority of Poland, Workshop 5 15.45-16.30 Debriefing from the workshops 4 and 6 Ms. Biserka Šerbinek Milinković, Audit authority of Croatia, Workshop 4 Ms. Ulrika Bergelv, Head of the Audit authority of Sweden, Workshop 6 16.30-16.45 Organisation of next Homologues meeting and closure of the meeting 19:00 Closure dinner The conference is organised by the Audit of EU Funds Executive Agency of the Republic of Bulgaria and has been granted co-funding from the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund by the European Commission. 7