Public Procurement in the EU amounts to 1 trillion Euro. However, the violation of the public procurement rules remains one of the main sources of irregularities and fraud in projects co-financed by Structural Funds. The European Commission constantly implements decisions to suspend or interrupt European funding due to the infringements of public procurement procedures.Ensuring correct public procurement - a proper drafting of tenders, running of negotiations, assignment and conclusion of the contract - is essential for all contracting authorities.With European funding involved, all ESI Funds managing bodies have to monitor and audit the procurement procedures for EU funded projects and ensure their compliance with national and European regulation.The knowledge of public procurement rules, acquaintance with relevant procedures as well as awareness of the potential violation risks and know-how in handling irregularities and financial corrections are indispensable for all experts involved in management and control of EU Funds.Day 1: The Reformed Public Procurement Directives and ProceduresCurrent European procurement rules and their reformThe tendering phases from defining the tender to conclusion of the contractSustainable and Green Public Procurement in the EUDay 2: Managing ESI FundsPublic procurement and the management of Structural Funds Tasks of Managing and Contracting AuthoritiesMost frequent public procurement errorsDetermining, administrating and defining irregularitiesCOCOF Guidelines for determining financial corrections to be made to expenditure financed by the Union under shared managementAudit requirementsPractical Workshops and Break-out SessionsPutting in place a system to manage ESI Funds and Measures to Reduce the Risk of Procurement Errors and FraudInteractive Case Study on Audit RequirementsProblem Solving SessionThe participants will be asked to provide practical problems in advanceand will receive practical advice from our experts on how to solvethem. The proceedings of this part of the seminar will be kept confidential. Practical examples and cases wil be discussed throughout the seminar.