This must-attend European Symposium brings together around 500 EU Funds practitioners from all over Europe and enables the exchange of knowledge, experience and best practices between all relevant actors from the EU Institutions and the Member States. The annual European Symposium provides an insight in red-hot EU Funds issues. Within two symposium-days and one workshop-day around 25 speakers will steer their clear focus on how to manage the transition to the next programming period 2014-2020.Topics will include among others:The main elements of the new Cohesion Policy - what do they mean in practiceHow to set up Operational Programmes within the new funding regime and ensure maximum absorptionThe new integrated approach - securing that the various funds achieve coherent goalsThree intensive workshops will strengthen attendees’ practical expertise:How to prepare a Winding-up DeclarationHow to set-up and manage Financial Engineering InstrumentsHow to implement the new requirements of the Operational Programmes 2014-2020At the 8thEuropean Annual Symposium EU Funds 2013 the participants will have the one-in-a-year chance to exchange experiences and to get answers of their questions from top EU Funds experts, representing all important European and national institutions involved in the management as well as in the strategy of EU Funds.Among the speakers will be:Mark Schelfhout, Head of Unit Shared Management, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European CommissionMartin Weber, Head of Audit Unit ERDF, Transport and Energy, European Court of AuditorsPiotr Sto