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Conference on "Prevention - Detection - Investigation - Protection of the EU budget with a view to data management in the digital age."
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), and the National Transparency Authority (NTA), as the Greek Coordination Office for the Fight against Fraud (AFCOS), co-organised a two-day conference on "Prevention - Detection - Investigation - Protection of the EU Budget in the digital age." which took place in Athens from 5 to 7 November 2024
The aim of the conference was to strengthen cooperation in the fight against fraud at EU level
Greetings were given by:
OLAF's Deputy Director General, Mr Andreas Schwarz, and the Deputy Director of OLAF, Ms Alexandra Rogkakou.
Mr. Andreas Schwarz in his statement noted that very large amounts of European Union funding are at stake and that digitisation can be an asset and not a hindrance in the arsenal of the fight against fraud against EU funds
Alexandra Rogakou, for her part, stressed the importance of using a unified approach to fight fraud in the EU, stating that the National Transparency Authority as the Greek Coordination Office for the Fight against Fraud (AFCOS) is committed to the principles of integrity, transparency and accountability, defending the financial interests of the EU.
He also noted that by using technology, we can secure public resources more effectively and respond quickly and efficiently to new challenges.
At the closing of the Conference, which was addressed by Mr. Andrew Schwarz and the Head of the Directorate General for Integrity and Accountability, EAD, where the AFCOS Department is located, Ms. Maria Konstantinidou, the conclusions of the Conference were reported and the importance of using advanced digital tools and cooperation of all EU Member States/Member States to tackle increasingly sophisticated, cross-border fraud schemes was underlined.
Finally, the Head of the AFCOS Department, Mr. Demosthenes Avarkiotis, in his brief intervention presented the way in which a National Anti-Fraud Strategy can be developed in the digital era.
The conference was attended by more than 130 representatives of anti-fraud services/authorities of the EU Member States, while from Greece, representatives of the independent public prosecution office of the EU, the Directorate General of the Financial Crime Unit, the Financial Control Commission, the Recovery and Resilience Facility Coordination Agency, the Greek Payment Authority of Common Agricultural Policy and the General Secretariat for National Strategic Reference Framework participated.