Submitting a Claim continued...

Transaction Lists

The Scottish Executive has advised that audit reports from European Commission auditors have indicated that the claim form currently used by all Scottish Programmes does not contain sufficient information to allow the identification of ineligible expenditure.

SEP Ltd has now received notification from the Scottish Executive that, as from 1 June 2006, transaction lists will be required for all ERDF and ESF claims submitted.

In essence this means that each claim must be supported by a list of invoices or transactions (grouped under claim cost headings) that make up that claim.  The format this takes is likely to be up to each project sponsor depending on their own internal financial management systems.  The Scottish Executive has advised that a standard format will not be prescribed.

Detailed guidance is now available.

Final Learning Report

The Scottish Innovative Actions Programme is focussed on risky innovative pilot projects and disseminating and embedding the outcomes and learning from projects in the Scottish Innovation Support System to the benefit of small and medium sized businesses (SMEs).

In addition to major announcements, when a project is finished, a final learning report should be submitted which captures and summarises all of the project outputs.

The learning report can be found here. Completed forms should be submitted to Ken Gordon at SEP Ltd.