The EuropeanAcademyfor Taxes, Economics & Law invites you to participate at its summer seminar Handling Irregularities in EU Funded Projects.In order to spend EU funding in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, the EU Member States need to take actions to prevent, detect and correct irregularities in the use of EU Funds. At this seminar participants from all EU MS will learn from the first-hand experiences of leading experts from DG Regional Policy, European CommissionDepartment for Communities and Local Government, United KingdomHigher Education Authority, IrelandRegional Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer, Poland What are the consequences for aMemberStateof not complying with its obligations in regard to handling irregularities;How to identify irregularities and to distinguish them from clerical and technical errors;How to distinguish irregularities from fraud cases;What are possible measures to prevent irregularities;How to manage financial risks of irregularities;How to deal with irregularities in the procurement process;When and how to notify the Commission and OLAF of irregularities;