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Progress report – structure and contents

BSR INTERREG III B Joint Secretariat Kirsi Laitio

Seminar on Financial Management and AuditingRostock, 12 November 2004

ACTIVITY REPORT

• means for JS and also projects to monitor progress

• means of knowing projects and their activities better

• basis for evaluating project expenses

• essential part of the project’s auditing

ACTIVITY REPORT – structure and contents

• Consists of:

– (summary description of the project and its achievements for programme’s website)

– general information about the project

– achieved activities and outputs (in WP 1 – 5)

– project’s implementation status

– (CEEC/NIS activities)

JS MONITORING OF PROJECT‘S PROGRESS

• achievement of planned activities and outputs

• financial progress, its relation to stated activities

• in case deviations reasons and solutions for them

– no major changes allowed without prior approval of JS/SC

• balanced contribution of partners/regions

• true transnational activities, co-operation and solutions

TO BE OBSERVED

• claimed expenses have their basis in the activity report

– costs are realistic

– expenses follow the time table

– no budget lines exceeded and enough money left for the rest of the planned activities

– no project partners’ budgets exceeded

THANK YOU