EUROPEAID/135917/DD/ACT/GE: TWINNING PROJECT - CAPACITY BUILDING OF THE INVESTIGATION SERVICE OF THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE OF GEORGIA

Description                                                    Max. Grant Amount is: EUR 1.230.000

The purpose of this project is to strengthen the administrative capacity of the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia in line with the European Union and international standards in the following fields:
   - Improvement of the legal framework connected to Tax Crime, in particular subordinate Articles and regulations of tax evasion, such
     as  VAT fraud;
   - Capacity development in human resource management, modern methodology of investigation, statistical and analytical work, training
     of trainers;
   - Development of different guidelines (rules and procedures) to improve the efficiency of the general management and operation of the
      IS;
   - Improvement of information processing, risk identification and management system (precise identification of companies, enterprises
     including risk factors or criminal points such as tax evasion, money laundering and fictitious financial transactions in order to initiate
     the right investigation);
   - Reinforcement of Intellectual Property Rights investigation, technologies and operation mechanisms.

This Twinning project should yield following overall results:
    Result 1: Draft of the revised legal framework and new instructions for the Investigation Service are in place.
    Result 2: Human Resources Division has implemented new methods of effective management of the staff of Investigation Service.
    Result 3: New rules and procedures are introduced to combat tax fraud and tax fraud related crimes in accordance with the EU
                   standards.
    Result 4: The Investigation Service has developed and improved rules and procedures in the area of risk analysis and management.
    Result 5: Rules and procedures of fighting against IPR related crimes are established based on the EU best practice.
  
Eligibility

Only Public Administrations and Mandated bodies as per Twinning Manual of European Union MS may apply through European Union MSs’ National Contact Points.
Twinning proposal and details to be provided Twinning proposals must be submitted to the EU Member States National Contact Points for Twinning following the instructions of the Twinning Manual which must be strictly observed (including the use of the template).
National Contact Points for Twinning will then select one Twinning proposal and submit it to the Contracting Authority within the deadline for applications.
For each application, one copy should be sent by the email address of the National Contact Point.

Budget

Overall amount available for this Call for Proposals is: EUR 1.230.000.


Deadline: 15 September 2014

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