Part-financed by the European Union Cost sharing Baltic Sea Region Programme Joint Technical Secretariat Information Seminar Riga, 9 November 2010
2Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November 2010 Content Definition Procedure and documents: 1.Cost sharing agreement 2.Project data form 3.Implementing partner 4.Settlement 5.Reporting
3Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November 2010 Definition Dividing part of total expenditure between > 2 project partners Transparent and equitable method Joint activities benefiting several project partners Actors: –Implementing partner (ImP) –Paying partner (PayP) –Lead partner (LP) + First level controllers
4Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November 2010 Procedure and documents 1.Cost sharing agreement 2.Project data form 3.Implementing partner 4.Settlement 5.Reporting
5Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November Cost sharing agreement Implementing partner Paying partner 1 Paying partner 2 Paying partner n Lead partner Information Cost sharing agreement
6Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November 2010 Procedure 1.Cost sharing agreement 2.Project data form 3.Optional: Advance payment 4.Realisation of activities 5.Payment and accounting 6.Settlement 7.Reporting
7Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November Project data form Partner shares to be included in partner budgets Indication of cost sharing for BLs 2 and 4
8Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November 2010 Procedure 1.Cost sharing agreement 2.Project data form 3.Implementing partner 4.Settlement 5.Reporting
9Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November Implementing partner: carrying out activities Contracting all external suppliers, and/or carrying out own work Ensuring compliance with eligibility rules Implementing partner e.g. Project Manager Employment contract e.g. External researcher Service contract etc.
10Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November Implementing partner: expenditure Implementing partner e.g. External researcher (a) Invoice (b) Payment Accounting
11Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November Implementing partner: reporting Cost sharing overviews for LP and paying partners Validation of expenditure by first level controller
13Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November 2010 Procedure 1.Cost sharing agreement 2.Project data form 3.Implementing partner 4.Settlement 5.Reporting
14Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November Settlement of shared costs Different ways of payment of costs by Paying partners a.Direct payment b.Deduction from grant re-imbursement c.Advance payment
15Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November 2010 a) Implementing partner submits cost sharing invoice & overview a) that are validated by first level controller b) Paying partner pays its share 4a. Direct payment Implementing partner (b) Payment Paying partner (a) Invoice & overview FLC validation
16Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November b. Deduction from grant re-imbursement (I) a)Implementing partner submits financial note & overview that are validated by first level controller Implementing partner Paying partner (a) Fin. note & overview FLC validation
17Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November b. Deduction from grant re-imbursement (II) b) Lead partner –Receipt of grant from programme –Transfer to Paying partner its grant minus cost share –Transfer to Implementing partner its grant plus cost share (b) Grant + cost share Lead partner Implementing partner Paying partner (b) Grant - cost share Programme Grant
18Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November c. Advance payment a) Implementing partner submits advance payment invoice b) Paying partner makes advance payment Implementing partner Paying partner (a) Invoice (b) Payment
19Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November 2010 Procedure 1.Cost sharing agreement 2.Project data form 3.Implementing partner 4.Settlement 5.Reporting
20Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November Reporting procedure a) Implementing partner submits cost sharing overview to LP b) Partners submit partner reports: WITHOUT cost shares! c) Progress report: LP adds cost shares to each partner’s expenditure Risk of double-reporting!
21Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November Project reporting and grant payment Lead Partner Programme (c) Project progress report including all cost shares (d) Grant Implementing partner Paying partner
22Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November 2010 Special issues VAT only shared if implementing partner cannot recover VAT No specification of VAT in the invoice/financial note for the paying partners! Impossible to share 100% of the project costs Norwegian and Belarussian partners’ costs to be shared by ERDF partners fall under the 10% rule (ERDF spent outside the EU) Cost sharing ≠ contracting between project partners
23Information Seminar, Riga, 9 November 2010 Recommendations based on JTS experiences Implementing partner should send documents in due time 1.to its first level controller 2.to paying partners Need enough time to check documents before submission of progress report. Lead partner shall be informed about cost sharing Double-check to avoid double-reporting of cost shares
Part-financed by the European Union Cost sharing Joel Kook Finance Officer Phone: Information Seminar Riga, 9 November 2010