On 30 April 2014, the first Training Seminar as part of the ATHENA project has been held at the University of Helsinki, Finland. At the event we were welcomed by the delegates from the partner universities, ministries of higher education and the national rectors’ conferences in Armenia, Moldova, and Ukraine, alongside representatives from the host partner universities, the University of Helsinki and Haaga‐Helia University of Applied Sciences.The aim of the event was building capacity by disseminating examples of good practice in the field of financial management. Practitioners from two host partner universities presented their experiences in this field, with the aim of enabling delegates from Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine to promote good financial management in their own institutions. The main topics at the seminar: funding the university from external and internal allocation mechanisms; organization of financial services at the University of Helsinki; internal budget process and practice; corporate planning services were discussed.
Professor Larysa Zasiekina