The Regional Council of Southwest Finland acts as the Managing Authority (MA) of the Programme. The MA is responsible for ensuring the effective implementation of the programme in accordance with the Programme Document and the relevant EU Regulations. The MA is also responsible for establishing the implementation systems, structures and procedures and to monitor its implementation.

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The Certifying Authority (CA) is located at the Regional Council of Southwest Finland and is responsible for approving statements of expenditure and payment claims, to pay the co-financing to the Lead Partner, and to recover from projects incorrectly paid funds.

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The Audit Authority (AA) is located at the Regional Council of Southwest Finland and is responsible for verifying the effective functioning of the management and control systems. The AA is assisted by a Group of Auditors from the countries/Åland participating in the programme. It develops an audit strategy according to which it carries out the inspection of the programme systems and procedures and of a selected sample of projects. Actual audits are sometimes contracted to audit firms.

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