European Court of Auditors
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The European Court of Auditors is the external auditor of the European Union finances and, as such, one of the EU institutions.
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Published today: Annual report on the 2015 #EUBudget. New ECA President Klaus-Heiner Lehne, has warned the European Parliament that the #EU institutions have, to a degree, lost the trust of EU citizens. http://ow.ly/xLCY30571Iq
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EU Auditors’ 2015 annual report coming on Thursday 13 October 2016
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We are holding a conference on EU financial instruments on 15 November 2016 at our headquarters in Luxembourg. The aim of the conference is to consider how financial instruments can best be used to provide financial support from the EU budget. 4 more days to register! http://ow.ly/oc2D3051980
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ECA President Klaus-Heiner Lehne welcomes Kersti Kaljulaid, President elect of the Republic of #Estonia and former ECA Member. Learn more: http://ow.ly/jybp304SLbe
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Member States are detecting infringements of #StateAid rules at a very low rate. The auditors point to a significant level of non-compliance with the rules on State aid in the area of cohesion policy and call for changes in the way projects are approved and monitored. Check our new audit report: http://ow.ly/P4H3304Q8Fo
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Do you have a thesis on public-sector #audit? We are looking for European academics with theses in this field, in particular in an #EU context. The winner will be awarded a prize of € 5,000. Apply now for the 2016 ECA Award! http://ow.ly/aSyl3031Oz4
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We are holding a conference on #EU #financialinstruments on 15 November 2016 at our headquarters in Luxembourg. It will offer a platform for experts from the EU institutions, practitioners and other public and private stakeholders to exchange views and ideas. The aim of the conference is to consider how financial instruments can best be used to provide financial support from the EU budget. Register here by 14 October http://ow.ly/h3Ek304ufhv
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A third of #EU spending on facilities such as quays, docks and breakwaters at EU #seaports between 2000 and 2013 was ineffective and unsustainable. One euro in three spent on the projects examined (€194 million) went on projects which duplicated existing facilities nearby. €97 million was invested in infrastructure which was either unused or heavily underused for more than three years after completion. The auditors assessed the maritime freight transport strategies of the European Commission and the Member States and the value for money delivered by EU investments in port services, which totalled €17 billion in grants and loans between 2000 and 2013. http://ow.ly/dfaX304ub7T
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The estimated cost of #decommissioning Soviet-designed, first generation nuclear reactors in Lithuania, Bulgaria and Slovakia will be at least €5.7 billion, and could be double that if the cost of final disposal of high-level waste is included. Read more in our audit report: http://ow.ly/CfkQ304lINh
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The final group of trainees for 2016 have started work! As we do every year, we will encourage them to get involved in our daily efforts to help make the EU run better. We wish them all a great experience at the European Court of Auditors. Applications open on 1 December for traineeships starting in May 2017. http://ow.ly/98Vo304faEG
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#EU financial support for countries in the #WesternBalkans has been broadly effective and has gone some way to strengthening administrative capacity in the region. But this has to be set against a background of considerable shortcomings inherent to the national authorities in the region. The auditors conducted a “meta-audit”, an overview of the European Commission management of pre-accession assistance in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia between 2007 and 2013.http://ow.ly/ijGT304aN8n
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The 28 Members of the European Court of Auditors today elected Klaus-Heiner Lehne as President for a renewable three-year term. When he assumes his post as the 11th President of the Court on 1 October 2016, Mr Lehne, a German national, will take over from Vítor Caldeira of Portugal. Mr Caldeira has been President since 2008 and is to become President of the Portuguese Court of Auditors on the same date. Mr Lehne became a Member of the Court in 2014 and has been responsible for audits in the area of external action. Born in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1957, Klaus-Heiner Lehne has served as a Member of the German Parliament (Bundestag) and of the European Parliament. See his full CV here: http://ow.ly/jGGU304a5Ih
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