EU Research & Innovation Master of Finance and Administration

Event date
January 22-23, 2015
Venue
Vienna
Country
Austria
Short description

EU R&I Master of Finance and Administration

This 2-day training course is built 100% on project experience and real-life examples. Our lecturers and workshop leaders are flesh-and-bone financial managers, whose daily work is to prepare financial reports and control budgets, manage project spendings and assist our project partners in their financial management.Their projects were recently subject of an EC audit.

Description
Facts and doubts about financial issues and EC audits

 

  • FP7 Financial Guidelines have changed significantly in 2011 and 2012 - often with retroactive effect.
    Do you know what these changes are and how they can effect you project's financial management?
  • H2020 financial rules differ from FP7 rules.
    Do you know what is different and how this affects accounting and adminstration of R&I projects in the transition period?
  • In 2011 DG Research started to perform financial audits at FP7 beneficiaries and also subcontracted EC audits continued to conduct audits following a different approach.
    Do you know about this and how to get prepared for both approaches?
  • Personnel costs calculations are the most common source of problems...
    Do you know how to make you time-sheets bulletproof and your salary calculation correct?

 FP7 and Horizon 2020 Financial Rules in practice

Why participate in the "EU R&I – Master of Finance and Administration" course?


1. Lecturers are experienced Project Managers and Coordinators

This 2-day training course is built 100% on project experience and real-life examples. Our lecturers and workshop leaders are flesh-and-bone financial managers, whose daily work is to prepare financial reports and control budgets, manage project spendings and assist our project partners in their financial management.Their projects were recently subject of an EC audit.

 

2. Lectures and practical workshops on Financial Rules and EC Audits

Experience Europa Media's unique "learning-by-doing" approach - presentations in the morning, then practice your newly-gained knowledge during the workshops designed for the particular topics:

FP7 and Horizon 2020 Financial Rules

Introducing the financial rules from the very basics to the most advanced issues using a practical, real-life approach.

         

Workshop: Financial Management and Reporting

Discover the famous and utterly unique workshop of Europa Media. Participants will receive a folder consisting of virtual timesheets and salary slips, invoices and contracts, per-diem certificates and mission reports. They will then have to calculate eligible costs and submit a FORM C.

EC Audits

Participants will be trained on how to conduct an EC financial audit in R&I projects. Financial rules and bottlenecks, tricks and mistakes to focus on will be introduced.

Workshop: EC Audits

You'll become an EC auditor for a day! Participants in small groups have to perform an EC Audit based on the documentation provided by us.

Geographical focus
  • Europe
  • European Union (EU 27)
  • FP7
  • H2020
  • International; Other
  • WBC-INCO.NET
Scientifc field / Thematic focus
  • Agricultural Sciences
  • Cross-thematic/Interdisciplinary
  • Engineering and Technology
  • General
  • Humanities
  • Medical and Health Sciences
  • Natural Sciences
  • Social Sciences
Event type
  • Horizon Europe / H2020 event
  • Training

Entry created by Rita Balazs on October 27, 2014
Modified on October 27, 2014