On March 30, 2021, an online meeting of financial specialists from the partner institutions of HELPSec project was held. The meeting was with the following participants: LtCol. D. Staykov and G. Zhelyazkova from the Department of Finance, Programming and Public Procurement of Rakovski National Defence College, OR-6 Diogo Silva from the Military Academy – Portugal and Ms. Monica Kallström from Swedish National Defence University, as well as the team leaders from the three institutions V. Georgieva, S. Menezes and K. Karlström.
The financial advisor from the Military Academy of Portugal, Sgt Silva shared his experience in planning and reporting finances of another similar project, in which the Portuguese partner is a leading institution, and gave valuable advice for organizing financial activities.
During the meeting, practical questions were asked about the financial documentation. Sgt. Silva answered the questions and sent draft schedules for planning, reporting and monitoring the project activities in general and the financial activities in particular.
At the end of the meeting, the participants thanked the Portuguese partners for sharing their experience.