Source: European Anti-Fraud Offfice
Commissioner Piotr Serafin will host an Implementation Dialogue on the review of the EU Anti-fraud Architecture (AFA) on 10 November at 15:00 – 16:30.
The dialogue will allow stakeholders to exchange with the Commissioner and provide their views and ideas on the AFA review as framed by the white paper. The implementation dialogue will also explore new pathways of cooperation among the AFA actors to further strengthen the protection of financial interests of the Union. Part of this exploration should focus on measures aimed at simplifying the cooperation between actors or processes involved in tackling fraud.
The summary conclusions from the Implementation Dialogue will be available on the webpage of OLAF and on the Europa website dedicated to implementation dialogues.
Objective
The objective of this dialogue is to collect stakeholders’ feedback on experiences and challenges encountered when operating within the EU anti-fraud domain, as well as their suggestions for improvement.
The discussion will be structured around five key themes, which represent the five main areas of focus identified in the white paper for the anti-fraud architecture review:
- Strengthening preventive measures
- Improving detection
- Improving investigation and prosecution capabilities
- Improving the efficiency of recovery for the EU budget
- Improving the governance of the anti-fraud architecture
The white paper contains key questions that the AFA review could explore for each of these areas. The expected goal of the discussions is to collect the concrete views and suggestions of the represented stakeholders along these questions.
Participants
Participation in this online event is upon invitation only.
Participants represent civil society and business actors and media who deal with the fight against fraud.
Background
President von der Leyen tasked all Commissioners to organise two Implementation Dialogues per year to align implementation with realities on the ground. The implementation dialogues aim to strengthen European competitiveness by seeking feedback from stakeholders to facilitate the implementation of EU policies and the simplification of EU rules and spending programmes.