Closing of the project “Technical support for the implementation of Ireland's Recovery and Resilience Plan”
The project “Technical support for the implementation of Ireland's Recovery and Resilience Plan” was officially closed on 17.2.2023.
During the project, through desk research, meetings and workshops, the processes and procedures for the monitoring, control, auditing and reporting of Ireland’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) were examined. A series of reports were prepared containing recommendations. Measures, including support to the configuration, testing and roll-out of the RRF Information System (Repository System), workload analysis, and targeted capacity building (through workshops) were implemented to drive functional improvements.
The following support and assessments were delivered:
- Gathering and analysis of fiscal data
- Monitoring Report prepared, with analysis of, and recommendations for improving Ireland's RRF monitoring mechanisms – including development of the 'RRF Rubric;'
- Control Report prepared, with analysis of, and recommendations for improving Ireland's RRF control frameworks – including development of a 'Control Chart;'
- Audit Report prepared, to support an update of the IAB's Audit Strategy;
- Reporting Report prepared, with analysis of, and recommendations for improving Ireland's RRF reporting mechanisms;
- Support provided to the design, configuration and implementation of Ireland's RRF Information System (Repository System), including requirements definition and User Acceptance Testing (UAT);
- Groundwork was carried out in support of a Workload Analysis, to confirm Ireland's administrative capacity for the RRF;
- Training Needs Assessment (TNA) carried out;
- Capacity Building delivered in areas such as monitoring, control, audit of M&T, audit to safeguard the Financial Interests of the Union (FIU), fraud prevention, detection and investigation, including conflict of interest, Do No Significant Harm (DNSH), RRF-related ICT systems (FENIX, ARACHNE, Repository System), and Data Protection.
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