The opening ceremony was led by the Secretary of State, His Excellency Dr. Touch Visalsok, Ministry of Education Youth and Sport. The conference attracted more than 80 participants from both project partner universities and other educational institutions. Among the speakers were the representatives of the MoEYS, the World Bank, and 2 EU universities

This BALANCE National Conference was an opportunity to discuss and showcase project results and lessons learned, to promote the exchange of case studies and good practices of modernisation initiatives undertaken in EU and Cambodia, contributing to the harmonisation of Financial Management (FM) practices in Cambodian HEIs  as well as present the final version of the policy White Paper, aiming to propose specific measures for the improvement and harmonisation of financial models and financial management practices in Cambodia.

On the 2nd day of the Conference we had a very productive panel discussion with 11 representatives of partner HEIs, mediated by the MoEYS to share the impact of the Balance Erasmus+ Project at different levels: individual, institutional and national, as well as the ways forward to ensure the sustainability of the results achieved beyond the project lifetime.