This 2-day seminar will be dedicated to looking at the key elements of the Structural and Cohesion Funds Regulations for the 2014-2020 period (and therefore much of the regulations affecting EAFRD and EMFF). It will examine practical challenges relating to the implementation of the new operational programmes. It will include detailed descriptions on how the rules have changed from the last programming period, under three headings: 1) programme finance and management 2) financial management and 3) financial control and audit.

By the end of the seminar, participants should have a clear understanding of the rules for the new programming period and how the challenges for implementation are being addressed. This includes reference to detailed management procedures and best practices for implementation, as well as the use of tools to measure the effects of interventions.