Regional Action Plan to support the governance of Responsible Research & Innovation in the Southern & Eastern Regional Operational Programme 2014 - 2020
checks will by carried out by SFI and/or by other bodies on their behalf on the claims submitted and on the management and control systems in the HEIs. These checks will include procedures to verify the delivery of the research projects co-financed and the reality of expenditure claimed and compliance with applicable national and Community rules on, in particular, the eligibility of expenditure for support and public procurement. SFI will also be responsible for ensuring in respect of co-financed Intervention/projects, that only eligible expenditure actually incurred is submitted to the Managing Authority. SFI is responsible for the certification of all expenditure incurred by the HEIs. SFI will be responsible for submitting eligible expenditure in the format required by the Certifying Authority to the Regional Assembly (Managing Authority) in order for payments claims to be prepared for submission to the Certifying Authority. Project level data will be updated, as and when requested and specified, by the EU Structural Funds I.T. System. SFI will compile monitoring/progress reports as requested by the Regional Assembly and cooperate with OP level evaluations as required. These reports will provide data on the integration of the Horizontal Principles following a screening exercise to be undertaken by SFI.
The contribution of the Irish exchequer and the European Structural and Investment Funds 2014-2020 will be acknowledged in all promotional material, annual reports, research laboratories and websites relevant to the co-funded awards, by use of appropriate logo and text references. SFI will ensure that the HEIs as beneficiaries comply with publicity requirements.
Responsibilities of Beneficiary Body
The HEIs will be responsible for implementation of the intervention at local level. As the final beneficiaries in the cascade of reporting, they will be responsible for ensuring that only actual eligible expenditure incurred, and expenditure which comes under the terms of the research project(s) as approved, is certified. They will be required to ensure a clear audit trail exists in relation to EU co- funded expenditure and that all claims are supported by receipted invoices or, where this cannot be done, by accounting documents of equivalent probative value. Finally, they are responsible for ensuring that all Annex III data is recorded on an appropriate system as required by Article 125, 2, (d
Integration of Horizontal Principles.
SFI is committed to removing and mitigating any existing or perceived factors that may limit the participation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers, and to redressing the gender imbalance amongst SFI award holders, of which 19% are female (Source: SFI
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