Intensive training for officials responsible for public procurement within projects financed by ESI Funds, and for specialists monitoring and controlling the procurement procedures.Thematic scopeThe 2-day intensive training focuses on two core topics.Day 1 presents the relevant public procurement regulations and procedures:Current European procurement rules and their reformThe tendering phases from defining the tender to conclusion of the contractPublic procurement and the management of Structural FundsDay 2 gives an overview of the tasks of ESI Funds managing bodies in respect to public procurement:Monitoring and control by the Managing AuthoritiesMost frequent public procurement errorsDetermining, administrating and defining irregularitiesThe COCOF Guidelines for determining financial corrections to be made to expenditure financed by the Union under shared managementAudit requirements