Programme: All

The implementation of the project will contribute for improvement of the implementation of the Partnership Agreement in Bulgaria in terms of preventing and combating irregularities and fraud affecting the EU’s financial interests.
In order to improve the effectiveness of the prevention and detection of irregularities, fraud and corruption with regard to the projects financed under the European Structural and Investment Funds/European Funds under Shared Management, the following significant activities will be accomplished through the project:
- Carrying out "on-the-spot" inspections to detect irregularities affecting the EU’s financial interests (independently by the AFCOS Directorate’s employees or together with OLAF and/or the ESIF/EFSU’s Managing authorities);
- Improving the administrative capacity of the monitoring, managing and control bodies and structures with regard to the ESIF/EFSU funds, by organizing round tables and annual workshops for the Irregularity Network's employees on the topics related to prevention, administration, detection, reporting and the correction of irregularities affecting the EU’s financial interests;
- Enhancing the capacity of the AFCOS Directorate’s employees by participating in seminars, conferences and working groups at the national and European level on topics related to the protection of the financial interests of the EU