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Project category

Applications and submissions for financial resources/assistance, economic analysis,Trainings and Human Resources Development,Expertise and research work,

Project title

Study for Compliance Assessment Audit of IPA Implementation Unit of Ministry of Transport and Communication in Turkey

Country:

Turkey

Principal:

European Commission

Beneficiary:

Ministry of Transport and Communication

Project description:

The global objective of this contract is performing a Compliance Audit for the National Authorising Officer in order to obtain reasonable assurance as the Operating Structure as the Contracting Authority to meet the minimum criteria for accreditation as detailed in Annex I of the IPA Implementing Regulation (718/2007) and EC requirements and thus can manage IPA funds under the Transport Operational Programme (TOP) under IPA Component III (regional Developmenf). Specific objective of this contract is to provide the NAO with a Compliance Audit Report and audit opinion based on examinations conducted according to internationally accepted auditing standards on whether the EC requirements for granting the management of IPA under Decentralised Implementation System (DIS) are met, and whether the "Accreditation package" is, at the datę of the Opinion, complete and accurate and to provide the NAO with an opinion on the accreditation of the Operating Structure as the Contracting Authority to manage IPA funds under the Transport Operational Programme.

Start date: 2011-01-01

End date: 2011-05-31