1. Practical Aspects and Running of the Project
Ivan Dyukarev, University of Deusto
Jakarta, March 2018

2. Agenda
Staff Costs
Equipment
Intermediate Report

3. Staff Costs
Staff costs will be paid on the basis of the distribution between the partners, only to the staff of partner institution actually participating in the project activities. The existence of a formal contractual relationship between the employee (staff or natural person) and the beneficiary institutions is required in order to be eligible for the staff costs payment.

4. Staff Costs
Transfers for first staff costs payment will be made after the Third General Meeting.
Payment will be made only by bank transfer. Payment cannot be made in cash for security and traceability reasons. Staff costs can only be paid directly to the bank account of a member of staff or to institution.

5. Staff Costs
The documents that beneficiary have to prepare for the staff costs payment are:
Employment contracts for the staff in question (copies are included in Annex VII),
A duly filled-in Joint Declaration (If the staff member performs tasks corresponding to different categories of staff, a separate Joint Declaration must be signed for each category),
Time-sheet,
Pay slips (staff) or evidence of payment (natural person) for the period in question,
Any material evidence allowing to verify that the declared workload corresponds to actual activities/outputs.

6. Equipment
Equipment is intended exclusively for the Partner Country Higher Education Institutions which are included in the partnership.
The equipment must be recorded in the inventory of the institution where it is installed; this institution is the sole owner of the equipment. All equipment purchased with the Erasmus+ CBHE funds must bear an Erasmus+ sticker provided by the Agency.
Equipment should be instrumental to the objectives of the project and should therefore be purchased at the beginning of the project implementation period.
VAT is not considered as an eligible project cost.
Special certificate stating that VAT cannot be recovered by institution, has to be requested from related authority in each country.

7. Equipment
In case that university education is exempt from VAT, the VAT claimed by vendors and/or providers cannot be compensated/recovered, since the university cannot pass VAT on its activities. In other words, university cannot recover any VAT on its business purchases or expenses including purchase of equipment.
In order to cover the VAT as eligible expenses for the equipment purchase within the TA-SE project, we will need to present the certificates issued by Tax Authority of each Partner Country stating the information mentioned above, namely that university is obliged to pay VAT but cannot recover VAT because the products of the University (education and training) is VAT free.

8. Equipment
If such certificate cannot be provided, we are obliged to deduct the VAT from the total sum of the equipment invoice, even the invoice does not show VAT sum.
Special certificate stating that VAT cannot be recovered by institution, has to be requested from related authority in each country.

9. Equipment
For the purpose of any financial evaluation and/or audit, beneficiaries will have to retain with the project accounts the following supporting documents:
Invoice(s) for all purchased equipment (please note that order forms, pro-forma invoices, quotations or estimates are not considered as proof of expenditure).
Bank statement(s) for all purchased equipment.
Proof that the equipment is recorded in the inventory of the institution. The equipment must be properly registered in the inventory of the institution concerned.

10. Equipment Money can be transferred only to institutional bank account!
Based on the data of invoice, the coordinator will calculate the final sum and transfer it to the respective account of each beneficiary.
Money can be transferred only to institutional bank account!
After the purchase, the equipment must be recorded in the inventory of the institution where it is installed; this institution is the sole owner of the equipment. All equipment purchased with the Erasmus+ CBHE funds must bear an Erasmus+ sticker provided by the Agency.
After the purchase, please send to coordinator:
Bank statement(s) for all purchased equipment.
Proof that the equipment is recorded in the inventory of the institution. The equipment must be properly registered in the inventory of the institution concerned.

11. Progress Report
Progress report on the implementation of the action (half-way through the eligibility period)
The progress report on the implementation of the action will have to be submitted at the latest half way through the eligibility period:
for the projects of a contractual period of 3 years on 14/04/2018.
The approval of the progress report on the implementation of the action refers exclusively to the acknowledgement of the project activities but does not imply the eligibility of the indicated expenses.

12. Thank you!