Conferences, workshops and seminars

Professionals, in particular staff from customs authorities and other law enforcement bodies, are better able to protect the financial interests of the Union through: (i) the acquisition of new skills; (ii) knowledge of specialised methodologies and techniques and (iii) an increased awareness of fraud-risk indicators at the Union level. More opportunities to develop and implement anti-fraud strategies at the Union level are expected.

These results will be measured by: (i) the number of events and number of participants; (ii) the origin and professional background of the participants and (iii) the level of participants’ overall satisfaction with the events.

Organising conferences, workshops and seminars and creating networks and structural platforms between Member States, candidate countries, other third countries, EU institutions and international organisations, in order to:

(1) facilitate the exchange of information, experience and best practice, including in the field of IT anti-fraud and anti-corruption systems and data analysis;

(2) create networks and improve coordination between Member States, candidate countries, other third countries, EU institutions and international organisations;

(3) facilitate multidisciplinary cooperation and awareness-raising between anti-fraud and anti-corruption practitioners (in particular customs authorities and other law enforcement bodies) and academics on protecting the financial interests of the Union, including support for the Association for European Criminal Law and the Association for the Protection of EU Financial Interests;

(4) raise awareness of this matter among the judiciary and other legal professionals.