Negotiate to Win: Essential Skills for Bilateral Negotiations
Over two intensive days, you’ll learn essential strategies for effective communication, conflict resolution, and deal-making. Gain the confidence to navigate complex bilateral negotiations with finesse, ensuring favourable outcomes for all parties involved.
Closure of 2014-2020 Structural and Cohesion Funds Programmes and Financial Management Changes for 2021-2027
European Defence and Security Procurement: Recent Developments (10-11 May 2023)
This course will provide you
with an update on the legal and financial issues in European defence procurement.
Legal experts and practitioners will explain in an accessible manner the recent
legal developments and recent news in the field of European defence procurement.
Introductory and Practitioners’ Seminar: European Public Procurement Rules, Policy and Practice (28 February - 3 March 2023)
This comprehensive seminar will provide you with an understanding of the principles and procedures of European public procurement policy, focusing on the Public Procurement Directives and relevant case law. You will be guided through the Public Procurement Directive 2014/24/EU and the Utilities Directive 2014/25/EU. During the seminar you will receive insights into the application of professional procurement practices.
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Knowledge Management and Talent Management in Public Sector Organisations: the do’s and don’ts (27-28 April 2023)
The course will provide a sound understanding of
the knowledge management (KM) and talent management concept; you will learn to apply
proven tools and how to implement KM in your teams and in your organisation.
Many best practice examples of KM in public institutions will inspire you.
European Green Deal 2021-2027: DG Regio and EIB Financial and Economic Appraisal
Understanding EU Decision-Making: Principles, Procedures, Practice (16 and 22-24 March 2023)
Each day will end early or mid-afternoon to allow ample time to process the content, prepare for the next day, and do any necessary work related tasks. We believe learning happens best with practical knowledge. So this course includes:
• Extensive insights with multiple examples and real life cases
• Group exercises
• Role plays and simulation games
• Inputs from experienced EU practitioners as the basis for discussion among participants about the practical demands of participation in the various stages of decision-making.
Recent Developments in European Public Procurement and Case Law (14-15 November 2022)
This online seminar will provide you with an update on the legal issues in European public procurement. Legal experts and practitioners will explain in an accessible manner the recent legal developments and recent case law in the field of European public procurement.
Introductory and Practitioner's Seminar: European Public Procurement Rules, Policy and Practice (4-7 October 2022)
This comprehensive seminar will provide you with an understanding of the principles and procedures of European public procurement policy, focusing on the Public Procurement Directives and relevant case law. You will be guided through the Public Procurement Directive 2014/24/EU and the Utilities Directive 2014/25/EU. During the seminar you will receive insights into the application of professional procurement practices.
Introductory and Practitioner's Seminar: European Public Procurement Rules, Policy and Practice (8-11 March 2022)
Competitive Dialogue and Negotiated Procedures Master Class (29-30 November 2022)
Competitive dialogue and negotiated procedures are difficult to implement effectively but are essential for complex infrastructure and ICT projects and to modernise public services in the current fiscal climate. In the 2014 Public Procurement Directives Competitive Dialogue and the new Competitive Procedure with Negotiation are easier to justify than in the former directives and thus are more readily available for use. The rules for the two procedures are different and the procedural rules for the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation are more detailed than the former rules of procedures including negotiation. Competitive Dialogue was also been introduced as an available procedure in the utilities sectors in Directive 2014/25/EU.
This very practical Master Class will give you the opportunity to receive case-specific advice on the issues arising in your own procurement from our experts and from other participants.
Audit and Anti-Fraud in RRF and ESIFs 2021-2027 – Exchange of First Audit Experiences Between AAs, EC, OLAF and ECA
Internal, External and Performance Audit of the ESIF and NEXTGEN EU Funded Programmes and Projects: 2021-2027
Performance Auditing of EU Co-Funded Investments by the European Court of Auditors 2021-2027
Results, or no results – that is the key question! The European Court of Auditors (ECA) carries out three types of audit on EU policies and spending programmes: financial, compliance and performance audits. Each of them has different objectives, addresses different audit questions and applies different methodologies. This course is about the ambition of the EU to be more results-oriented in the current programming period 2021–2027 using a framework where performance and results are the keywords.
This highly practical course presents all aspects of each stage of the performance audit process. It includes the unique feature of providing an insight into how the European Court of Auditors plan, prepare and implement their audit assignments, covering real-life audit case studies and experiences of the Court’s teams.
It explains how performance will be measured during the 2021–2027 period, has some unique features and insights with regard to the analysis of costs and benefits, and explains in detail the audit methodologies and tools used. It also demonstrates the strength of key performance indicators, and how to use them. The new aspect is that, when applying for this course, you will be given the opportunity to choose your preferred case study to work on from a broad range of different audits proposed by the Court’s team.
CAF 2020 Total Quality Management framework – A Tool for Revamping Public Administrations in the Post COVID Era
The New Regulations for Financial Management and Audit of EU Structural and Cohesion Funds: lessons from 2014-2020 and key issues for 2021-2027
How have the Financial Management and Audit rules changed for the new 2021-2027 period? What do new Programmes look like and what will be the key issues for finance and audit? There is some doubt that the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) will be subject to the same financial rigours as Cohesion Policy funding. Can the new Structural Funds programmes and the RRF plans learn lessons from the 2014-2020 programming period for Cohesion Policy?
This course will compare the Financial Management and Audit rules between the 2014-2020 and 2021-2027 programming periods. There will be a special focus on financial planning, increasing the use of Simplified Costs Options, anti-fraud measures and protecting the audit trail.