Between April 2023 and September 2024, the European Institute of Romania (EIR) is implementing the AFTIPA: Anti-Fraud Training Initiative for Public Administration project.
The project is initiated by EIR and financed by the European Commission, through the EUAF – 2022 – TRAI funding line.
The project aims to deliver anti-fraud training to a minimum of 675 professionals who work in public procurement departments, in the control bodies of ministries and other state institutions, but also to other categories of public administration personnel at central and local level that are involved in attracting and managing non-repayable EU funds.
Objectives:
- Developing a multidisciplinary package of 3 courses that seeks to answer the most important questions related to the prevention of fraud and corruption in relation to EU funds: 1. What can be purchased with these funds? 2. How can a person prevent or combat a fraudulent act? 3. If the act has already been committed, how can someone report it and what kind of protection is available? The training program will include the courses Preventing and combating corruption, Public procurement and Whistleblowing in public administration. Aimed at professionals working in the central public administration, it will be provided in Bucharest, in the form of classroom courses.
- Transposing the above-mentioned training package into e-learning courses that can be accessed and completed asynchronously on a dynamic learning platform, aimed at local public administration personnel.
Activities are grouped into three work packages (WP), namely:
- Project management, monitoring and evaluation (WP1);
- Synchronous classroom courses for the central administration (WP2);
- Asynchronous e-learning modules for local administration (WP3).
The project’s budget is 114 294 euros, of which 91 435 euros represent the contribution of the European Commission, and 22 859 euros represent the contribution of EIR.
The project team consists of nine EIR experts, of which four experts are assigned to its specific, technical themes, one is assigned to project management, and the remaining four perform support roles (procurement, IT, financial, communication).
The implementation period is 18 months.
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