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Verification
and validation of commitments and payments
The Finance and
Contract/Audit section supervises the contractual and financial
management of projects as from their conception, during their
implementation (contract award and payments) and their closure.
The Finance and
Contract/Audit section operates within financial and management rules as
outlined in
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/legislation/index_en.htm
Mainly the
rules consist of EC financial regulation and its implementing rules, the
applicable legal bases for EC cooperation activities and EuropeAid's
rules and procedures.
On project
level the financial rules to be adhered to are described in the
Agreement (Finance Agreement, Grant Contract, Service Contract, Supply
Contract etc) and must be strictly complied with. It is therefore very
important that each project fully understands all administrative and
financial compliance criteria when an Agreement is signed.
Implementation modalities
In most cases,
the implementation modalities are agreed with the beneficiary country
through the signature of Financing Agreements :
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/financing/financing_agreement/index_en.htm
The main
implementation modalities of EC cooperation projects are carried out
through :
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Programme estimates :
Practical to
procedures for programme estimates :
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/financing/work_programmes/index_en.htm
An important
part of the Programme Estimate is the financial section, linking budgets
to planned actions. The
financial tables are discussed with the project and serve also as a
general management tool to monitor whether implementation is proceeding
as planned. The Finance and
Contract/Audit section visits projects to review some of procedures and
financial and contractual implementation of projects.
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Procurement Contracts (services, works, and supplies),
grants and
joint management with international organisations:
Practical guide
to contract procedures for EC external actions :
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/implementation/index_en.htm
Frequently
asked questions:
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/faq/index_en.htm
The Finance and
Contract/Audit section supervises the contract award process in respect
of the applicable competition rules (tenders, calls for proposals, etc).
It assists
projects/local government in drafting guidelines for (de-)centralised
tenders and calls for proposals and observes/chairs the evaluation
process for contract award.
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Framework contracts :
General
information and guidelines about the various framework contracts,
information about the framework contractors per lot and standard
documents to be used :
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/framework-contract/index_en.htm
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Relations with Member States, beneficiary countries, international
organisations and other donors
Including
arrangements for indirect centralised management (delegated
cooperation/transfer agreement) with Member States
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/implementation/international_organisations/index_en.htm
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Budget support :
"how the
Commission provides budget support' :
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/how/delivering-aid/budget-support/index_en.htm
Funding opportunities:
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/how/delivering-aid/budget-support/index_en.htm
http://www.eusa.org.za/en/Vacancies.htm
Other useful information :
Per diem
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/implementation/per_diems/index_en.htm
Eligibility and
rules of origin
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/implementation/eligibility/index_en.htm
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