Amsterdam, Aristo meeting center
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Amsterdam
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EU Cohesion Policy 2021-2027: Practical Seminar on Full Project Cycle for Professionals
EU Cohesion Policy 2021-2027: Practical Seminar on Full Project Cycle for Professionals
This two-day practical seminar takes participants through the full project cycle of EU Cohesion Policy 2021-2027 under the Common Provisions Regulation. Starting with programming and intervention logic, the seminar follows the path from call design, project selection and contracting to implementation, reporting, management verifications and audit.
Along this cycle, participants will work on practical issues such as indicators, eligibility rules, selection criteria, SCOs/FNLC, procurement, visibility, risk-based controls, IT systems and audit trail requirements. Using practical examples and case discussions, the seminar shows how risks arise at different stages of the project cycle and how they can be identified, documented and managed from both the project and programme authority perspective.
A hands-on seminar for authorities, auditors and project professionals.
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Event Start Date: 28.09.2026
Event End Date: 29.09.2026
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Event Locations
Amsterdam, Aristo meeting center
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€ 1.195 excluding VAT for early booking (before 10 September 2026). Afterwards the price is € 1.395 excluding VAT
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Meet Our Lecturers
Recognised experts from Member States
Peter Vlasveld
The Netherlands
Peter Vlasveld works in auditing and advisory services after serving as Head of the Audit Authority of The Netherlands for over a decade. He brings extensive EU grants experience from both management and audit perspectives and has lectured in seminars, twinning projects and EU-wide working groups.
Patrick Wamper
Germany
Patrick Wamper heads the budget and ESF unit in the Ministry for Labour, Health and Social Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia. He has worked with EU Structural Funds since 2002, formerly headed the ERDF Audit Authority in NRW and later a department acting as Managing Authority for ESF NRW.
Naida Mekić
Croatia
Naida Mekić is Head of Sector in the Croatian ESF+ Managing Authority and brings more than 17 years of experience in cohesion policy, strategic planning and EU fund management, including programme design, ESF implementation, SCOs and Financing Not Linked to Costs.
Program
Day 1 - Programming, Selection and Project Preparation
9.00 Opening & introduction
Cohesion Policy 2021-2027 and Partnership Agreement
9.30 Programming
From policy into actions - policy objectives, intervention logic, indicators
10.30 Coffee break
10.45 Grant award procedures
Call design (type of call, definition of eligibility rules, selection criteria, budget)
Project Preparation (project idea, application structure, compliance)
12.30 Lunch break
13.30 Selection of operations
Evaluation, selection criteria, scoring, equal treatment
14.45 Coffee break
15.00 Simplified financing models (FNLC/SCO)
15:45 Parallel workshops on case reports
Role of project manager: Eligibility of expenditure, double funding, conflict of interests
16.30 Day 1 wrap-up - Q&A on the contracting phase
Day 2 - Implementation, Monitoring, Audit and Case Study
9.00 Project Implementation
Contract implementation rules, procurement rules; visibility and communication; delays and modifications
10.00 Monitoring & reporting
Progress monitoring and indicators, financial management and audit trail
10.45 Coffee break
11.00 Risk-based management verifications and data entry in IT systems
11.30 Audit
Audit of operations (Art. 77-81), common errors
12.30 Lunch break
13.30 Case study
Role of project manager – Case study from application to final report
Role of MA/IB – Case study from policy to funding scheme and results
14.45 Coffee break
15.00 Panel Discussion - implementation challenges, monitoring and sustainability of result
15.30 Final evaluation & closing - certificate distribution and closing remarks
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