The event is targeted towards Certifying Authorities of Interreg programmes. The Certifying Authorities network meets annually in order to discuss the current challenges and to exchange on issues of common concern.

The submission of annual accounts has been recently implemented by programmes for the first time and it seems that the process demands very close co-operation of all authorities involved in it. As the Audit and Certifying Authorities are highly dependent on each other in the process of submission of annual accounts, this time both authorities will share the joint session.

The objective of this part of the event is to bring these stakeholders together in order to create a better understanding on each other’s role both in control process and in the process of submission of annual accounts. The participants of AA / CA session will list key success factors and cooperation principles, which should be used in the programme control context by both AA and CA representatives. A good practice examples of coordinated process of the submission of annual accounts will be presented for inspiration and development in the context of each programme.

The joint sessions with AA will be followed by working style meeting of CAs during the afternoon. The main goal of this part of the meeting is to discuss and exchange on issues of common concern and to share know-how and good practices.

Participants are encouraged to contact Interact if they identify a topic on the agenda for which they would be willing to share their practice/experiences through a presentation. Or to help shaping the agenda by sending to the contact below any concrete question, aspect, topic related to the CA work they would like to discuss in more detail.