4^th – 6^th October 2010, Berlin

The General Programme „Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows“- SOLID - consists of four different funding instruments:
European Refugee Fund (ERF)
External Borders Fund (EBF)
European Fund for the Integration of Third-country Nationals (IF) and
Return Fund (RF)
Until the end of the programming period 2013 about 4.02 billion Euros will be available.

Topics among others are:
Key Elements of Funding Regulations and Public Procurement
The Role of Designated Authorities and the Cooperation between them
Monitoring Programmes and Projects
On-the-Spot Checks by the Responsible Authority
Eligibility of Expenditure
Best Practice and Exchange of National Experience

More then 20 speakers from all over Europe and the Fund Coordinators from the European Commission will be present. Participants learn most about their specific topics in divided sessions. The interactive workshop on day 3 brings down a round figure of the first European Symposium in Berlin about Management of the General SOLID Programme.

For the overview of the programme and all speakers please click here.