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Ljubljana, 4 July 2018 – The Government Office of the Republic of Slovenia for Development and European Cohesion Policy, in the role of the Managing Authority and the Joint Secretariats for the cross-border cooperation programmes Interreg V-A Slovenia-Hungary, Slovenia-Austria and Slovenia-Croatia, organized a training for national controllers for the use of the data mining and risk scoring tool Arachne.

More than 40 representatives of the national control units from Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia and the Audit Authority (Budgetary Control Unit of the Republic of Slovenia) attended the workshop. Representatives of the Managing Authority and the Joint Secretariats presented the functionalities of the tool, which, by data mining of publicly available information on companies, persons, contracts and projects, determines the risk level of partners and projects in 7 different categories of indicators. The participants tested the newly acquired knowledge by solving 30 tasks, divided into 7 exercises.

The training will contribute to the enhanced use of the Arachne tool at the level of national controllers and will also increase awareness of the importance of eliminating risks of fraud, conflicts of interest and irregularities.

At the same time, cooperation between the Managing Authority and the national control units was highlighted, which also contributes to the successful implementation of the programmes. With the share of allocated programme funds (more than 90 %) and the amount of payments made, the three programmes are above the average of the European territorial cooperation programmes at EU level.

We would like to inform you that on Friday, 29th June 2018 at 12.00 p.m. the 5th deadline for the submission of project applications in the frame of the Open Call for Proposals of the Cooperation Programme Interreg V-A Slovenia-Hungary will expire.

On Wednesday, May 23, at Sveta Ana in Slovenske Gorice an international symposium on the cultural heritage and development opportunities in the context of green tourism will be held in the framework of the cross-border project ESCAPE.

On Tuesday, May 8 2018, a workshop for reporting and for potential applicants in the frame of the 5th deadline was carried out in Gosztola, Hungary.

During the workshop participants were presented how to prepare a quality project from the intervention logic point of view. The most common mistakes that were made in the course of preparing projects submitted in the previous rounds have also been demonstrated. The participants were acquainted with the programme rules they need to take in to consideration when carrying out the activities on information and communication. The morning session ended with the introduction of  reporting procedures via the eMS system.

In the afternoon, two projects co-financed from the funds available in the 2nd priority axis were presented. Both presenters focused on  how they were successful to have their projects be confirmed. The mistakes made in the previous applications but they received professional help to correct them. As the closure of the afternoon, a round table was organized on the topic of project preparation for the 2nd priority axis and that of the most common mistakes . Beneficiaries were provided with some hints how they can develop  more focused projects and better preparation. The discussions actively involved the participants of the workshop  who received a lot of useful information from the Managing Authority and the Joint Secretariat.

For more information on the reporting workshop, click here.

News by TV AS about the event can be watched here.