Our experience with the European Commission

MAF auditors has extensive experience in the revision of subsidies granted by the European Commission, having actively participated since the year 2008 in the inspections entrusted by the European Union to an international consortium of audit firms Belonging to the World PRIME Global Association of which we are a part.

History 
From 2008 MAF auditors as a member of the International Association of Audit and accounting firms Polaris International (currently Prime Global), has conducted more than 50 financial audits of research and development projects (R & D), executed By universities, town halls, research centres and other entities, both public and private, subsidized by the European Commission’s Sixth Framework Programme (FP6).

Since 2009 MAF auditors as a member of the European Consortium of auditing firms, led by the English company LITTLEJOHN LLP, has carried out on behalf of DG ECHO (Directorate-General for Development cooperation and Civil protection) of the European Commission the Audit of humanitarian projects undertaken by all the Spanish NGOs participating in DG ECHO programmes.

Since 2012 MAF auditors has been carrying out, on behalf of the European Commission, audits of various projects subsidized by the following General Directorates and official bodies of the European Union:

EACEA (Executive agency of Education and Culture of the European Commission)
EASME (Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation of the European Commission)
TEN T-EA (executive agency for the European Commission trans-European Transport network)
TEN E (Executive agency for the European Commission’s Trans-European energy Network)
DG CONNECT (Directorate-General for Communication, content and technology networks of the European Commission)
CLEAN SKY JOINT UNDERTAKING (Research and development program that brings together the largest companies in the aeronautical sector)
INNOVATIVE Medicines JOINT UNDERTAKING (Research and Development Programme of the European Commission for Innovation in the pharmacological sector)
Fuel cells and hydrogen JOINT UNDERTAKING (European Commission research and Development programme specializing in fuel cell and hydrogen innovation).

The projects reviewed so far are framed in the programmes, sponsored by the bodies previously indicated by the European Commission.

TEMPUS PROGRAMME 
TEMPUS is the European Union’s programme which supports the modernisation of higher education in the European Union, and some neighbouring countries. TEMPUS promotes institutional cooperation that involves the European Union and Partner Countries and focuses on the reform and modernisation of higher education systems in the Partner Countries of Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Western Balkans and the Mediterranean region.
LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME 
Education and training opportunities for all
The European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme enable people, at any stage of their life, to take part in stimulating learning experiences, as well as developing education and training across Europe.
ERASMUS PROGRAMME 
Studying in Europe and more
Celebrated its25th anniversary in 2012, Erasmus is the most successful student exchange programme in the world. Each year, more than 230 000 students study abroad thanks to the Erasmus programme. It also offers the opportunity for student placements in enterprises, university staff teaching and training, and it funds cooperation projects between higher education institutions across Europe.
COMENIUS PROGRAMME: Europe in the classroom
The COMENIUS Programme focuses on all levels of school education, from pre-school and primary to secondary schools. It is relevant for everyone involved in school education: mainly pupils and teachers but also local authorities, representatives of parents’ associations, non-government organisations, teacher training institutes and universities.
NEW CREATIVE EUROPE PROGRAMME
It replaces the MEDIA programme. It supports the EU film and audiovisual industries financially in the development, distribution and promotion of their work.
For 2014, three new financial instruments for supporting film literacy, international co-productions and video games will be launched.