Who can be an Executing Agency?
Executing Agencies can be UN Agencies, intergovernmental or regional institutions or larger, more-established international NGOs/CSOs. Should an applicant decide to work with an Executing Agency the applicant must seek the consent of the Executing Agency prior to submitting their application, and must indicate in the application the contact details of the person who has given this consent. • How much does an Executing Agency charge? The Executing Agency will normally be entitled to charge up to 7% of the Total Project Costs for its overhead cost in overseeing the project, unless otherwise advised by UNDEF. This fee must cover all financial, contractual, reporting, evaluation and other agreed services to the project. • Is an applicant entitled to use UNDEF funding to pay for programme support? The CSO or other applicant in both management arrangement modalities will be allowed to charge the project budget with its direct costs for programme support (e.g. salaries, travel, rent, office s
