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Activities – Workshops and technical assistance events

Second Lead Participant Seminar, 31.01.2006

Many Lead Participants took the chance to get informed about the sub-project's implementation

On 31 January 2006 the RFO Coordination Unit organised in Düsseldorf the 2nd seminar for Lead Participants (agenda).

Seventeen representatives of eight sub-projects participated in the meeting dealing with topics such as the overall project implementation, financial management, reporting procedures and publicity requirements. Besides, questions with regard to cash flow and audit trail were clarified with the RFO Financial Manager and the RFO Auditor who also attended the seminar.

The presentation of the RFO Coordination Unit was accompanied by a lively discussion in which the participants reported on their own experiences and possible problem solutions.

In individual sessions offered by the RFO Coordination Unit in the afternoon the participants had the opportunity to go into details and to discuss specific queries concerning the sub-project's implementation process, the preparation of the first financial and activity report as well as the management of their sub-projects.

Further information on the seminar is available. Please contact the RFO Coordination-Unit: change-on-borders@mwme.nrw.de

Lead Participant Seminar 03.06.2005

RFO - Coordination Unit welcomes Lead Participants

For the first time, the RFO - Coordination Unit invited the Lead Participants of the approved RFO sub-projects to an information seminar in Düsseldorf, which took place on 3 June 2005 (agenda).

Its aim was to inform about the specific implementation requirements and procedures for these projects. Furthermore the seminar helped to clarify questions in order to facilitate a smooth implementation of the different sub-projects.

Several sub-project representatives attended the meeting and used the opportunity to discuss individual questions with the Coordination Unit. The main topics were the reporting and audit procedures, the financial flow, the monitoring of projects and publicity requirements.

In addition, the seminar contributed to establish closer contacts between the Lead Participants and the Lead Partner. It also served to exchange experience in particular about implementation questions.

Further information about the seminar can be provided by the RFO- Coordination Unit at: change-on-borders@mwme.nrw.de

Audit Seminar 02.02.2005

The RFO-Coordination Unit and the auditor of the Lead Partner (Mr Kemmer) invited all Main Partners’ auditors of the first level control to come to Düsseldorf in order to discuss audit requirements and questions (agenda).

Auditors from several Main Partner regions used this opportunity to get more information about the organisation of the audit structure in the RFO. Mr Kemmer explained his duties and expectations as a “Lead Auditor”. An intensive discussion between the auditors took place and helped to reach mu­tual understanding.

Further information re­garding the audit seminar – especially for those auditors, who did not have the chance to participate - is provided by the RFO Coordination Unit at:
change-on-borders@mwme.nrw.de.

Coaching Seminar SWG participants 12.10.2004

The first “Coaching Seminar” was organised by the RFO-Helpdesk in cooperation with the RFO-Coordination Unit to assist SWG-promoters in the preparation of their applications (agenda).

Several aspects of project development and partner search were explained. Topics like “Criteria for an SWG application” or “How to fill in an application” were in the focus of the seminar. Various participants from different regions took advantage of the opportunity to present and discuss their SWG ideas.

Applicants who plan to submit a proposal in the coming calls had the opportunity to discuss the status of their SWG-application individually with representatives of the RFO-Helpdesk.