The conference "Protecting EU Financial Interests: Using Administrative Good Practices and Collaborating with Investigative Authorities" within the ECO for PIF project was held on 18.02.2020. in Banja Luka, the Administrative Center of the Government of Republika Srpska. This is the second of four conferences to be organized within the project, along with five webinars. The ECO PIF Project Coordinator - "Early Corrective Operations to Prevent Irregularities and Fraud by Administrative Measures and Active Learning" is the IPA Adriatic of the Abruzzo Region, and the project is funded by the EU HERCULE III program (2014-2020). The partners of the project are the University of Banja Luka - Faculty of Economics and Law, the University of Shkoder and the University of Rome Tor Vergata. For the purpose of providing specific technical guidance, the Abruzzo region has included in the project: the Ministry of European Integration and International Cooperation of the Government of Republika Srpska, the Anti-fraud Unit of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Council of Ministers of the Council of Ministers - European Policies Department, the Italian Court of Auditors, the Anti-corruption Authority and the European Anti-Fraud Office - OLAF.
The overall objective of ECO for PIF is to increase the level of protection of the EU's financial interests, through combined actions at the administrative level and through continuous training. The project intends to ensure co-operation on the protection of the EU's financial interests in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Italy, with potential benefits that may extend to the Adriatic-Ionian region as a whole. The results of the project should serve to help address the critical issues of protecting the EU's financial interests. The contribution of the project can be viewed from several aspects: developing cooperation between institutions and states, training, prevention, detection and investigation of corrupt activities.
The conference was opened by the Minister of Economic Relations and Regional Cooperation, Zlatan Klokić, after which the participants were addressed by prof. Željko Mirjanić, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Law and prof. Prof. Goran Popović, Ph.D., Vice Dean for Scientific Research at the Faculty of Economics in Banja Luka. The introduction to the program and the keynote speech were given by Paola di Salvatore, Director of the Territorial Cooperation Department of the IPA Adriatic of the Abruzzo Region, and then participants were addressed by Irene Sigismondi, ECO expert for PIF, also from IPA - Abruzzo Reggion. Diego Rasetti from OLAF, Federica Ferrauto, IPA webinar expert Abruzzo Reggion and representatives from Italy's AFCOS also gave a speech at the conference. The participants of the conference were also students of the Faculty of Economics, who will continue to be involved in project activities through webinars and training. On the second day of the conference, a round table was held between the project coordinator, project team representatives from the Faculty of Economics and Law, and institutional representatives of the project partners.
For the University of Banja Luka, and especially the Faculty of Economics, which is responsible for the topic of the project, participation in the project and the Conference "ECO for PIF" is of great importance. The knowledge gained from the project will serve to enhance our capacity to combat fraud, strengthen the rule of law and adequate control exercised by various control bodies, courts, agencies and professional associations. The involvement of our students and teachers and networking at the interregional and international level strengthens the network of international contacts, expands the field of research and opens new perspectives for our researchers. Teachers and students are particularly important for training, training, study visits, bilateral meetings and project co-operation with competent anti-fraud structures in the EU and candidate and potential EU candidate countries.
The overall objective of ECO for PIF is to increase the level of protection of the EU's financial interests, through combined actions at the administrative level and through continuous training. The project intends to ensure co-operation on the protection of the EU's financial interests in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Italy, with potential benefits that may extend to the Adriatic-Ionian region as a whole. The results of the project should serve to help address the critical issues of protecting the EU's financial interests. The contribution of the project can be viewed from several aspects: developing cooperation between institutions and states, training, prevention, detection and investigation of corrupt activities.
The conference was opened by the Minister of Economic Relations and Regional Cooperation, Zlatan Klokić, after which the participants were addressed by prof. Željko Mirjanić, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Law and prof. Prof. Goran Popović, Ph.D., Vice Dean for Scientific Research at the Faculty of Economics in Banja Luka. The introduction to the program and the keynote speech were given by Paola di Salvatore, Director of the Territorial Cooperation Department of the IPA Adriatic of the Abruzzo Region, and then participants were addressed by Irene Sigismondi, ECO expert for PIF, also from IPA - Abruzzo Reggion. Diego Rasetti from OLAF, Federica Ferrauto, IPA webinar expert Abruzzo Reggion and representatives from Italy's AFCOS also gave a speech at the conference. The participants of the conference were also students of the Faculty of Economics, who will continue to be involved in project activities through webinars and training. On the second day of the conference, a round table was held between the project coordinator, project team representatives from the Faculty of Economics and Law, and institutional representatives of the project partners.
For the University of Banja Luka, and especially the Faculty of Economics, which is responsible for the topic of the project, participation in the project and the Conference "ECO for PIF" is of great importance. The knowledge gained from the project will serve to enhance our capacity to combat fraud, strengthen the rule of law and adequate control exercised by various control bodies, courts, agencies and professional associations. The involvement of our students and teachers and networking at the interregional and international level strengthens the network of international contacts, expands the field of research and opens new perspectives for our researchers. Teachers and students are particularly important for training, training, study visits, bilateral meetings and project co-operation with competent anti-fraud structures in the EU and candidate and potential EU candidate countries.
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