Horizon 2020 Master of Finance and Administration course in Vienna

Get the full insight into the administration, financial management and EC audits of FP7 and H2020 projects
2-day practical course in Vienna, Austria on 9-10 February.
Venue: Grand Hotel Mercure Biedermeier Vienna

Eligibility of various costs in FP7 and H2020 may depend on various factors and differ on a case-by-case basis.

Do you know how to interpret the FP7 and H2020 financial guidelines and make the right decisions?
- Calculation of personnel costs is the most common source of problems in financial reporting and audits. Do you know how to make your time-sheets bulletproof and your salary calculation correct?
- Financial rules of Horizon 2020 differ from the financial rules of FP7 on several instances.

Do you know what these differences are and what implications they have on accounting and adminstration processes?
- EC financial audits at FP7/H2020 beneficiares can be conducted directly by the Commission services or by external contractors.
- Do you know how the financial audits are conducted and how to get prepared for both approaches?

This 2-day training course is built 100% on project experience and real-life examples. Our lecturers and workshop leaders are flesh-and-bone financial managers and administrators, whose daily work is to prepare financial reports and control budgets, manage project spendings and assist our project partners in their financial management. Their projects were recently subject of an EC audit.

- FP7 & Horizon 2020 Financial Rules
Introducing the financial rules from the very basics to the most advanced issues using a practical, real-life approach.

-Workshop: Financial Management and Reporting

Discover the well-known and utterly unique workshop of Europa Media. Participants will receive a package consisting of virtual timesheets and salary slips, invoices and contracts, per-diem certificates and mission reports. They will then have to calculate eligible costs and submit a FORM C.

- EC Audits

Participants will be briefed on the EC financial audit process. Financial rules and bottlenecks, tricks and mistakes to focus on will be introduced.

- Workshop: EC Audits

You will become an auditor for a day! Participants in small groups will perform a financial audit based on the documentation provided by us

More information and registration: https://www.eutrainingsite.com/training-courses/financial-management/77

Related link: cordis.europa.eu