About this learning event

The workshop is designed to support public administrations from the Western Balkans, Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine in strengthening their Public Internal Financial Control (PIFC) systems and internal audit capacity in the context of the EU Growth Plan, the Reform and Growth Facility (RGF) and other EU instruments. With disbursements under the RGF being results-based and conditional on sound public financial management, the practical and operational demands on national control systems have significantly increased. 

This event responds directly to those demands. It is not a generic PIFC overview, but a hands-on applied learning workshop built around real country bottlenecks, practical tools, and concrete outputs. 

The key topics will include establishing effective control architectures for EU Growth Plan and Reform and Growth Facility (RGF) measures; applying risk-based internal audit planning to reform-linked measures; detecting double financing through practical routines and escalation protocols; ensuring the quality, verification, and defensibility of indicators in payment files; preventing and addressing irregularities and fraud under RGF conditionality; strengthening reporting to the European Commission through clear evidence chains and robust verification of payment conditions; and clarifying assurance roles and responsibilities among managers, control units, IA

Who should attend

This workshop is intended for representatives of Central Harmonisation Units (CHUs), internal audit units, coordination teams, and State Audit Institutions (SAIs).

Important information

This workshop is organised in close cooperation between ReSPA, OECD/SIGMA and CEF.

Practical information

Applications for the workshop are avaliable on ReSPA event page.

Partners

This learning initiative was supported by: