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Shared Cost Allocation & Budget Follow-Up for NGOs

A practical training designed to help NGO finance and project professionals understand how to identify, allocate, account for and monitor shared costs across multiple projects.

The training covers:

• Direct vs. shared and indirect costs
• Selecting appropriate and defensible allocation keys
• Practical cost allocation calculations
• Reflecting allocations in project budgets
• Budget Follow-Up: Budget, Actual, Variance and Forecast
• Changes in allocation over time
• Common donor and audit issues
• Documentation and audit trail requirements

Through practical examples and exercises, participants learn how to move from cost allocation to accounting, Budget Follow-Up and financial forecasting, ensuring that allocations are reasonable, consistent, documented and verifiable.

Format: 3-hour practical training + 1-hour final exercise

Approach: Theory + practical examples and exercises

Target audience: Finance Officers, Finance Managers, Project Managers and NGO project staff

Learn how to make shared costs transparent, defensible and useful for better financial decision-making.