The costs of Preparation & Coordination (€ 691,546) were under the budget by 34%. This under spending primarily concerns the direct costs as a result of activating the software of the Management Information System (MIS), which means that the costs will be debited in three years.
Each year, War Child organises a Management & Methodology week, a week in which Country directors come to the Netherlands to exchange knowledge and methods of project activities. The accompanying costs have been classified under Costs of Project Activities (and not under Preparation & Coordination, as in 2006). In 2006, the focus was more on the location of the activity (the Netherlands), whereas in 2007 the contents of the activity (project activity) were modifying. This shift in focus explains part of the under spending in the category Preparation & Coordination. For 2008, we expect an increase in costs of Preparation & Coordination, primarily because of an increase in debit costs of the MIS and an investment in capacity fortification from Amsterdam for the benefit of partners in the programme countries.
