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Budget Busters― Identifying hidden costs for international projects

Budget Busters― Identifying hidden costs for international projects. Kate Riley, Ph.D ., Project Manager for the Global Support Project & Shelly Tonge-Seymour, MPA, Associate Division Director, Global Services, Dept of Global Health/ I-TECH. The class….

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Budget Busters― Identifying hidden costs for international projects

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  1. Budget Busters― Identifying hidden costs for international projects Kate Riley, Ph.D., Project Manager for the Global Support Project& Shelly Tonge-Seymour, MPA, Associate Division Director, Global Services, Dept of Global Health/I-TECH

  2. The class… • Focused on developing budgets for projects in resource-constrained countries. Examples are drawn from I-TECH’s work in sub-Saharan Africa. • 3 hours; mix of small group work with a case study & presentations • Who should attend? • Staff who develop budgets; administrators who want to know more about issues • Practical—participants leave with tools to help them develop budgets

  3. We’re not in Kansas any more—Impact of foreign factors on your budget

  4. Top 3 recommendations for working with a PI to develop a budget

  5. When it pays to pay more—Balancing the research budget againstrisk mitigation $ to mitigate risk Research budget

  6. In Africa, hire a driver & vehicle

  7. Is your project bigger than a breadbox? • Your project may need in-country legal advice if the plan is to: • Maintain a long-term presence (multi-year) in the country • Hire local citizens for extended periods of time • Open a business bank account • Lease or buy a building William Maema, UW’s Special Assistant Attorney General in Nairobi, Kenya Contact Kate Riley, Global Support Project Manager, for consultation

  8. Currencies: Ours & Theirs

  9. Next class coming later in 2013… Congratulations on your international award: Now what?

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