Their Mission,
Their mission in the EU integration process within the scope of national and international regulations;
to be an institutionalized and dynamic, open structure to cooperation making use of the funds given to their responsibility with respect to the principles of transparency, equal treatment, impartiality, consistency and reliability, in order to contribute to the economic, social and cultural development of Turkey.
Their Vision,
Their vision as being the Implementing Agency in the management of EU funded projects, together with their dynamic and professional personnel;
to be a respectable, recognized, innovative, active and leading institution providing value for money for both Turkish and EU tax payers.
What the CFCU does?
The CFCU, as the Implementing Agency, is responsible for the overall budgeting, tendering, contracting, payments, accounting and financial reporting aspects of all procurement of services, supplies, works and grants in the context of EU funded programmes. Under the responsibility of a “Programme Authorising Officer (PAO)”, the CFCU ensures that the EU rules, regulations and procedures pertaining to the procurement are adhered to and that a proper reporting system is functioning. Senior Program Officers (SPO) in the line ministries assist the PAO in technical implementation of the projects.
The CFCU is situated between EU and Turkish administrations as an autonomous body under the responsibility of a PAO who is also the Head of the CFCU. The CFCU is administratively linked to the Ministry of Treasury and Finance which is responsible for the financial management of EU funded programmes.
Functional Aspects
- Overall budgeting, tendering, contracting, payments, accounting and financial reporting of all procurement in the context of the EU funded programmes,
- Advising the SPOs on EU procurement and financial implementation procedures,
- Having an active part together with the beneficiary institution and the contractor in successful implementation of the EU funded projects,
- Managing all contractual operations in the in the project implementation period,
- Ensuring actual use of EU funds by carrying out tendering and contracting processes of the projects within the certain time frames,
- Developing a specialized advisory training capacity and maintain the necessary documentation for this purpose.
Their Corporate Values
The CFCU accepted the impartiality, equality, honesty, confidentiality, accountability, consistency, reliability, transparency and career ethic principles as norm in its operations, and relations with the third parties with the understanding of high quality and professionalism.
