Trainings for project management teams in Bulgaria

Three trainings for the management team members of projects funded under the First call of Interreg-IPA Cross-border cooperation Programme Bulgaria – Serbia were held in the period 25-30 November 2016. The workshops took place in the cities of Sofia, Montana and Vidin and were attended by 89 participants.

Lecturers in the trainings were representatives of the Joint secretariat, the Managing authority and the First level control of the Programme. The trainings covered the following topics:

• Technical and financial implementation of the projects;
• Public procurement;
• Verification of expenditures by First level control;
• Information and visibility;
• Electronic system for exchange of documents and information;
• Irregularities and anti-fraud during project implementation.

During the workshops the project management team members had the opportunity to ask questions regarding the project implementation. All questions along with the answers provided will be published for information of all stakeholders.

The quality of the trainings carried out was assessed as highly satisfactory from majority of the participants (69 out of 89) and as rather satisfactory - from the remaining 20 participants.

The presentations from the trainings could be found HERE and photos from the events are published in the gallery below.