PAO definition
Examples of PAO in a sentence
The competent PAO for the programme under which the grant scheme is financed has to retain his/her contractual and financial responsibility for the implementation of the schemes.
With this reservation, the management can be decentralised from the PAO to the appropriate bodies at sectoral or regional level.
The NAO and the Project Authorising Officer (PAO) will ensure that the programmes are implemented in line with the procedures laid down in the instructions of the Commission.
In particular, the PAO has to formally approve the call for proposals, application forms, evaluation criteria, as well as the selection process and results.
The PAO also has to sign the grant contracts with the beneficiaries and to ensure adequate monitoring and financial control under his/her authority and responsibility.