1. Part II - Orientation for new project Lead Partners and Financial Officer Christopher Parker, Secretariat Lead Partner Seminar 24th- 25th March, 2015, Svolvaer, Norway

2. Rationale

3. Overview of NPA claim system

4. Progress Reporting  What’s assessed based on 6 monthly period  Completeness of the information  Eligibility of activities carried out  Progress achieved  The efficiency and effectiveness of project implementation  Quality and quantity of project outputs and results  Analysis of project spending profile

5. Financial reporting  Next steps  MA performs a compilation check – Are the documents in place and correct?  Checks if all costs have been certified by National Controllers and all amounts have been calculated correctly  Validation of the Project claim  Expenditure budget check  Decision of payment to Certifying function  Payment of grant to LP for distribution

6. Thank you for listening! Christopher Parker, Joint Secretariat Tel.: + 45 3283 3782 E-mail: Christopher.parker@northernperiphery.eu  www.interreg-npa.eu