In Guimarães, Melo says that the “green route” for public procurement in Defense aims to “debureaucratize”

Defense Minister Nuno Melo said today in Guimarães that the “green route” for public procurement in this sector aims to eliminate bureaucratic barriers, adding that transparency and control mechanisms may even be strengthened. On Wednesday, Transparency International (TI) Portugal criticized the “green route” for public procurement in Defense announced the previous day by Nuno Melo, pointing to a “potential weakening of transparency, integrity a…

The Minister of National Defense, Nuno Melo, today warned the member states of the European Union (EU), in Warsaw, of the “urgency to adjust procedures for hiring and acquiring military equipment”, with guarantees of “transparency and control”. According to a note sent to the Lusa agency by the Ministry of National Defense, Nuno Melo attended the informal meeting [...]