with the support of

organized a conference on June 15, 2009 in Bratislava
focused on

Transparency, Effectiveness and Efficiency of utilisation of the EU funds in Slovakia

The Case of "bulletin-board tender"
Zuzana Wienk, Aliancia Fair-Play

Active and passive concealment of information by Managing Authorities about the decision-making concerning the award of the grants from the EU funds
Ivan Kuhn, Conservative Institute M. R. Štefánika

Case Study: Space for corruption in public procurement of evaluation of EU funds management in Slovakia
Pavel Nechala, TIS

Anti-corruption tools in the area of the EU funds
Ctibor Košťál, SGI

NGOs and public control of EU funds utilisation
Roman Havlíček, CEPA

Discussion:

Moderator:
Ivan Kuhn, Conservative Institute M. R. Štefánika

Panel II:
Effectiveness and Efficiency of utilisation of the EU funds

Presentations:

Case studies of inefficiencies in utilisation of Structural funds
Martin Plesch, EUREA

Claiming the payment of EU grants through the courts
Vladimír Šárnik, EUREA

Economic impacts of wasting public financial resources
Radovan Ďurana, INESS

Where eurofunds flow in Slovakia? Myths of decreasing regional disparities
Dušan Sloboda, Conservative Institute M. R. Štefánika

photo/ewd06.JPGDiscussion:

Moderator:
Ivan Kuhn, Conservative Institute M. R. Štefánika

The conference is organised within the project Eurofunds Watchdog – Decrease of the risk of corruption through monitoring of projects financed from the EU funds, carried out by the Conservative Institute of M. R. Štefánik with the financial support of the Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe.