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TITLE OF PROJECT |
Further Support to the Implementation of Decentralized Implementation System in the Republic of Serbia |
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Country: |
Serbia |
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Project Period: |
2012 (6 months) |
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Project Value: |
€ 460.040 |
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No of Staff Provided: |
6 |
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Origin of Funding: |
EC |
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Name of Client/ Beneficiary: |
CAO & NAO in the Republic of Serbia |
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Description of Project:
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The aim of this project is to support the Government of Serbia in developing its administrative and technical capacities in relation to the management of the Instrument for the Pre-Accession (IPA) under a Decentralized Implementation System. More Specifically, the project performs on behalf of CAO/NAO a compliance assessment to ensure that pre-conditions for formal application for Decentralized Implementation System are fulfilled, in accordance with article 12 (2) of the IPA Implementing Rules.
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to implement State III of the DIS Roadmap by performing a Compliance Assessment with regards to the following components of IPA: - Component I – Transition Assistance and Institution Building (TAIB) - Component II – Cross Border Co-Operation (CBC) - Component III – Regional Development - Component IV – Human Resources Development In order to provide reasonable assurance as to whether the NAO/NF and the Operating Structures of the above components to be accredited under the decentralized management in Serbia fulfill the conditions under IPA Implementing Regulation for formal application for Conferral of Management of Powers. |
| Services Provided: |
1. Development of the Audit (methodology) Strategy 2. Development of the Audit Engagement Plan (AEP) 3. Preparation of Draft Compliance Assessment Reports for comments: - Four reports seperately for each IPA Component issued based on the assessment of the NAO described in the IPA Implementing Regulation Article 25 and the NF described in the Implementing Regulation Article 26; - Four reports seperately for each IPA Component issued based on the assessment of the operating structures of IPA Components I, II, III and IV (including NIPAC Technical Secretariat for IPA Component I) as referred to in the Implementing Regulation Article 28; 4. Issuing the Audit Opinions and the final Compliance Assessment Reports to the CAO for IPA Components I, II, III and IV to support the CAO in accreditation of the NAO and the NF, upon the receipt of the comments, and to the NAO for IPA Components I, II, III and IV to support NAO in accreditation of the Operating Structures of IPA Components I to IV, upon the receipt of the comments; |
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