[OpenSpending] Invitation 3/12/2013: Conference Anti-corruption and anti-fraud measures in EU structural and investment funds

[Elisabetta Lombardo]

Hi all,
I hope you're all doing well. Who is going at the conference in the end? I would be great to meet others from OKFN in Brussels.

Cheers
Elisabetta


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> On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Ronny Patz <rpatz at transparency.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> In case you haven't seen it yet:
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> The European Commission in cooperation with Transparency International organises a conference in Brussels on the fight against fraud and corruption to EU funds on 3 December 2013 (see inviation and links below).
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> The focus is on EU structural funds that are co-managed with national authorities in the 28 EU member countries, and managing authorities plus anti-fraud/anti-corruption agencies will probably the main participants.
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> The angle of the conference is however wider and we hope to bring in as much civil society input as possible.
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> Among the four workshops (you can go to 2 of them), there is one on data-mining with Anders from the OKFN as a speaker and there is a second workshop organised by us (the TI EU Office) on civil society monitoring of public contracting through "Integrity Pacts".
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> Registration deadline is 15 November, and participation is free. Don't hesitate to get back to me if you have any questions.
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> Best wishes,
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> Ronny
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> Ronny Patz
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> Register now for the anti-corruption conference on 3 December. Registration is free (click on banner)!
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> Dear Madam, dear Sir,
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> On behalf of the European Commission and Transparency International, we
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> are pleased to invite you to attend the Conference on anti-fraud and
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> anti-corruption measures in relation to the use of European Structural
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> and Investment Funds which will take place in Brussels on 3 December
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> 2013.
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> Corruption and fraud receive increasing public and political attention.
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> With the new generation of European Structural and Investment (ESI)
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> Funds programmes to be adopted at the beginning of 2014, the Conference
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> comes at a perfect time: the authorities in charge of the programmes are
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> asked to put more emphasis and resources on effective and proportionate
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> anti-fraud measures taking into account the risks identified.
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> The objective of this Conference is to raise awareness and propose tools
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> and measures which can help to identify and mitigate fraud and
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> corruption in relation to the use of ESI funds. The Conference will also
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> present several good practice examples from Member States.
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> For more information and details about the conference, please visit the
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> official event website:
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> http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/conferences/anti_corruption/index_en.cfm
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> Should you wish to attend this conference please click here to register: http://anticorruption.onetec.eu/form.html. We look forward to your
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> participation in this event.
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> Please take note that if you would like to attend the conference, your
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> online pre-registration is mandatory.
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> Please feel free to contact us, should you require further
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> clarification.
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> Yours sincerely,
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> Event Secretariat
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> Email: anti-corruption at onetecmail.be
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> On behalf of the European Commission and Transparency International
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Elisabetta Lombardo
LL.M. Candidate International Human Rights Law from the University of Essex (UK)
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