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Are costs for HQ staff or leading Organisation’s staff in the field eligible or has this cost to be covered within the 7% of administrative costs?

Are there some restrictions?

Lead organisation’s local staff costs and/or local office costs may be eligible as direct as long as:

  • they are necessary for the implementation of the project (and comply with the other requirements of art. 14 of the General Conditions);
  • there is no double-funding of the same costs (between direct and indirect budget headings). In particular, it is advised to explain to the Delegation the organisation’s practice/approach regarding direct/indirect costs. The majority of European grant beneficiaries, in fact, have for instance an indirect cost practice according to which they consider all their costs incurred in the HQ as indirect, except when they can show a direct link to the action with supporting documents (e.g. airplane tickets), and all their costs in the country of operation as direct.

Date: 15/12/2009

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