e-Learning: Auditing EU Funds: Essential Principles for Beginners
- Audit confidently from day one
- Flexibility in location and timing
- You establish your own learning speed
e-Learning
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Veranstaltung - 450,-€ zzgl. MwSt.
For a 90-day use (from receipt of the access data) of a personal individual account. During this time you can work on the modules as often as you like. At the end you will receive a personalized certificate. The participation fee includes accompanying documents incl. download as well as further information, links and templates.
Period:
Anytime On-Demand
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e-Learning
From
450,00 €
plus VAT
Services & Process
Veranstaltung - 450,-€ zzgl. MwSt.
For a 90-day use (from receipt of the access data) of a personal individual account. During this time you can work on the modules as often as you like. At the end you will receive a personalized certificate. The participation fee includes accompanying documents incl. download as well as further information, links and templates.
Period:
Anytime On-Demand
Ideal for newcomers to EU Funds auditing, this course breaks down complex requirements into clear, actionable principles for auditors, managing authorities, and beneficiaries alike.
Your speaker
Olga Guza
Deputy Director of EU Funds Audit Department
Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia
Olga is working in the area of auditing EU funds since 2003. She started as an internal auditor for auditing…
Your speaker
Olga Guza
Deputy Director of EU Funds Audit Department
Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia
Olga is working in the area of auditing EU funds since 2003. She started as an internal auditor for auditing the EU pre-accession instruments and continued with audits of the EU funds. Her current responsibilities are related to the quality control of audit work and coordination of anti-fraud activities. In addition Olga has participated as a short term expert in 5 Twinning projects in the area of auditing EU funds and implementation of the anti-fraud measures. She also has extensive experience as a speaker in different international seminars and conferences.
What to Expect
- Legal framework at EU level
- Overall assurance and multi-annual audit strategy
- Different types of audits
- Thematic audits and main findings and errors detected
- Main outputs of the work of the audit authority
- Other aspects of audit work: IT systems and databases; quality management; cooperation with other authorities
Who Should Attend
This e-Learning is tailored for junior auditors in an EU Funds authority, as well as for employees in a managing/intermediate body, or a beneficiary.
Objective of the Event
This e-Learning is designed for junior auditors in EU Funds audit authorities, but it's equally valuable for professionals across other EU Funds entities - including managing authorities, accounting units, and intermediate bodies - as well as beneficiaries seeking a solid grounding in core EU Funds auditing requirements.
Your Benefit
- For junior auditors:
Master the checklist: Confidently verify expenditures, assess compliance, and draft audit reports that meet EU standards.
- For beneficiaries:
See audits from the auditor’s perspective - prepare flawless documentation and streamline your fund absorption process.
- For managing institutions & intermediate bodies:
Equip your team with standardized knowledge to improve inter-institutional collaboration and audit outcomes.
Programme
- National authorities involved in the implementation of the EU Funds and their function
- Main functions of the audit authority
- Enhanced proportionate arrangements
- Authorities involved in shared management - Single Audit Arrangements
- Overall assurance
- Multi-annual audit strategy
- System audits
- Audit of operations
- Audits of accounts
- Verification of Management Declaration
- Thematic audits
- System audit on project selection
- System audit on management verifications
- System audit on reliability of data
- Audits of simplified cost options (SCO)
- Annual Control Report and Audit Opinion
- Timing of the audit work
- Audit opinion and assurance
- Issuing the audit opinion
- The content of the unqualified opinion
- The content of the qualified opinion
- The content of the adverse opinion
- Content of the Annual Control Report
- IT systems and databases used by the audit authority in its work E-cohesion Arachne
- Quality management system maintained within the audit authority
- Cooperation with other authorities (AFCOS, OLAF, EPPO)
Module 1: Legal framework at EU level
Module 1: Legal framework at EU level
- National authorities involved in the implementation of the EU Funds and their function
- Main functions of the audit authority
- Enhanced proportionate arrangements
- Authorities involved in shared management - Single Audit Arrangements
Module 2 Overall assurance and multi-annual audit strategy
Module 2 Overall assurance and multi-annual audit strategy
- Overall assurance
- Multi-annual audit strategy
Module 3: Different types of audits
Module 3: Different types of audits
- System audits
- Audit of operations
- Audits of accounts
- Verification of Management Declaration
Module 4: Thematic audits, main findings and errors detected
Module 4: Thematic audits, main findings and errors detected
- Thematic audits
- System audit on project selection
- System audit on management verifications
- System audit on reliability of data
- Audits of simplified cost options (SCO)
Module 5: Main outputs of the work of the audit authority - Annual Control Report and Audit Opinion
Module 5: Main outputs of the work of the audit authority - Annual Control Report and Audit Opinion
- Annual Control Report and Audit Opinion
- Timing of the audit work
- Audit opinion and assurance
- Issuing the audit opinion
- The content of the unqualified opinion
- The content of the qualified opinion
- The content of the adverse opinion
- Content of the Annual Control Report
Module 6: Other aspects of audit work
Module 6: Other aspects of audit work
- IT systems and databases used by the audit authority in its work E-cohesion Arachne
- Quality management system maintained within the audit authority
- Cooperation with other authorities (AFCOS, OLAF, EPPO)
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The FORUM Institute offers a flexible form of further education with high-quality e-Learning courses on various topics. You can access the best know-how from anywhere.
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The learning modules each end with a learning success check. If you have worked through all the modules and successfully completed the learning success checks, you will be issued with a qualifying certificate which you can conveniently print out directly.
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You receive an email with your access data for our customer portal and are forwarded to the learning platform from there.
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4. you complete the respective modules with a learning success check.
After successful completion of all modules, you will receive a certificate which you can easily print out.
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Why is this e-Learning particularly recommended?
This e-Learning with Olga Guza, Deputy Director of EU Funds Audit at the Latvian Ministry of Finance and an expert with more than 20 years of practical experience in EU funds auditing, provides professionals entering audit authorities, administrative and intermediate bodies, as well as beneficiaries with six structured modules covering the essential legal foundations, audit strategies, and reporting formats of EU funds auditing. The course is available on demand at any time and can be completed at your own pace, with a personalized certificate upon completion.
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