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Auditing Security and Defence
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Event jointly organized by the European Court of Auditors (ECA)
and the International Board of Auditors for NATO (IBAN)

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14-15 May 2019
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Alfonso de la Fuente Garrigosa, Head of the Private Office of the Secretary-General of ECA Mr. Ruiz García

Benjamin E. Jakob, Attaché of the Private Office of Mr Russo, Member of ECA

Jana Przibylla, Private Office of the Secretary-General of ECA

E-mail: ECA-Audit-defence@eca.europa.eu

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Venue: ECA conference room K2.01 (ground floor of building K2, entrance Rue Erasme)

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Day 1: Tuesday 14th May 2019

13:00 – 13:30	*Registration*	Workshop Moderation by *Gailė Dagilienė,* ECA Director
13:30 – 13:40	Opening	*Juhan Parts* ECA Member, Chamber III - External Action, Security & Justice
13:40 – 13:55	Setting the Scene: “Auditing security and defence - Risks, approaches and tools"	*Hervé-Adrien Metzger* IBAN Chairman
13:55 – 14:25	Keynote Speech: “EU defence governance: accountability, funding, financial audit & control".	*Ana Gomes* Member of the European Parliament
14:25 – 15:00	Keynote Speech: “European armament procurement - How does it work? The role of OCCAR"	*Arturo Alfonso Meriño* Director General, Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR)
15:00 - 15:20	Case Study: “Auditing CSDP civilian missions – The case of EUCAP Sahel (Mali, Niger)"	*Kim Hublé* Auditor, ECA Chamber III
15:20 – 15:45	*Coffee Break*
15:45 – 16:10	Case Study: “Accounting of operations, financed under the ATHENA mechanism"	*Kaloian Gorolomov* Accountant ATHENA mechanism
16:10 – 16:35	Keynote Speech: “Main Problems in auditing ATHENA common costs"	Angelo Quaglini Member of the Audit Board of ATHENA
16:35 – 17:00	Keynote Speech: “European Defence and Security – The role of the European Defence Agency”	*Emilio Fajardo* Director of the Industry, Synergies and Enablers, European Defence Agency
17:00 - 17:15	Panel Opening: “The implementation of the EDIDP programme”	*Alain Alexis* EU Commission Head of Unit I4, Defence 1, DG GROW
17:15 – 18:00	Panel discussion with Keynote Speakers: “The European defence and security landscape - main challenges"	Moderator: *Bettina Jakobsen* Dean of ECA Chamber III, former IBAN Auditor Guest Panellist: Pavlina Markovska Internal Auditor, European Defence Agency *General (ret) Michail Kostarakos, former Chairman EUMC*
18:00 – 19:00	*Networking Reception*

Day 2: Wednesday 15th May 2019

09:00 - 09:30	Opening Keynote Speech: “EU Common Security and Defence Policy - Situation, trends and potential challenges”	*Pedro Serrano* Deputy Secretary-General European External Action Service (EEAS)
09:30 – 10:00	Setting the scene: “The role of the EU in security and defence – legal and institutional framework"	*Prof. Steven Blockmans* Centre for European Policy Studies CEPS Head of EU Foreign Policy Unit
10:00 – 10:45	Case Study & Discussion: “Auditing armament projects and processes"	Joël Le Bec Chef du Contrôle Général des Armées French Ministry of Defence Nicolas Chapon Contrôleur Général des Armées
10:45 – 11:00	*Coffee Break*
11:00 – 11:15	Keynote: “Auditing in NATO context”	Dr. Hans Leijtens IBAN Chairman-Elect
11:15 - 12:00	Case Study & Discussion: “Delivery of Military Capabilities in NATO – A three audits study”	*Marie-Josée Bouffard,* *Gilbert Kim* IBAN Auditors
12:00 – 12:30	Keynote Speech: “European defence capabilities: Strength and weaknesses"	*General (ret) Michail Kostarakos* former Chairman EUMC
12:30 – 13:00	*Standing Reception*	*Klaus-Heiner Lehne* ECA President
13:00 – 14:00	*Lunch Break*
14:00 – 14:45	Case Study & Discussion: “Auditing procurement of major armament projects. The case of OCCAR.”	Guillaume Bigot Head of Finance Division, OCCAR Konrad Heuer Legal Advisor, OCCAR Maria Annunziata Rucireta Chair of Board of Auditors, OCCAR
14:45 – 15:30	Case Study & discussion: “Auditing armament projects – the industry perspective"	*Klaus Neumann* Head of Accounting Rheinmetall AG
15:30 – 15:45	*Coffee Break*
15:45 – 16:45	Panel discussion with speakers and presenters: “Auditing performance and assessing results in defence and security?"	Moderator: *Danièle Lamarque* ECA Member, Chair Audit Quality Control Committee
16:45 – 17:00	Lessons Learned and Workshop Highlights	*Hervè-Adrien Metzger* IBAN Chairman
17:00 – 18:00	*Closing Reception*

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