Opening Ceremony of the Twinning Light Project: Strengthening the Capacity of the Serbian Audit Authority
Opening Ceremony of the Twinning Light Project: Strengthening the Capacity of the Serbian Audit Authority
Belgrade, 27 May 2024 - The Audit Authority Office of EU Funds - Republic of Serbia and the Agency for Audit of European Union Programmes Implementation System - Republic of Croatia, with the support of the Delegation of the European Union in Serbia, held the opening ceremony of the Twinning Light Project "Further Strengthening the Capacity of the Serbian Audit Authority". The event took place at Hotel M Beograd, gathering key stakeholders and representatives.
The ceremony commenced with a speech by a representative from the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in the Republic of Serbia, Ms. Natali Lulić. This was followed by an address from Mr. Nicola Bertolini, the Head of Cooperation of the Delegation of the European Union in Serbia. He stated: „This support to the external auditing of pre-accession programmes is particularly timely in view of the fact that Serbia is about to receive increased amounts of EU funds. I wish the project and the twinning partners every success”.
Mr. Miroslav Gačević emphasized the importance of the audit tasks: "The activities for the implementation of the Audit Authority's competencies are quite complex, and the nature of audit tasks requires a good understanding of the system and all procedural aspects in the context of the implementation of IPA support, which affects the necessary competencies for the quality performance of these tasks. However, it is important to note that the role of this institution will remain equally important even after EU accession, in the context of managing Cohesion Policy and implementing development programs that will be financed from the EU Cohesion and Structural Funds."
Ms. Milena Milojević, Acting Director of the Governmental Audit Office, shared her insights on the project's expectations from the perspective of the beneficiary institution. She highlighted the extensive support received and expressed the hope that EU would continue to support the Audit Authority in the upcoming period. She stated: “The project provides us with invaluable experience from colleagues from ARPA, to develop and improve our methodology, manuals, and audit tools, both for current and upcoming programs that will be available as soon as we become a member state."
Mr. Neven Šprlje, the Member State Project Leader, reassured ongoing support: "The assistance within the project is provided by the pool of ARPA experts fulfilling the same roles as the auditors in the beneficiary institution - real twinners, who will remain at disposal to Serbian AA colleagues after project implementation."
The project officially started on 25 March 2024 and will be implemented over the eight months. The Project supports the Serbian Audit Authority to strengthen its capacities to ensure legality and regularity in the execution of EU budget assigned to Serbia under indirect management modality.
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