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THE AERC 2020–2025 STRATEGIC PLAN

institutions and individuals at 31 per cent; and personnel costs at 15 per cent. Table 5 is a
summary of programme ratios per year.

Table 5: Categories of budget requirements

2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 Total Proportion
Classification US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ %
1. Personnel Costs 2,197,480 2,269,406 2,343,918 2,421,115 2,426,099 11,658,018 15%
2. Consultancies and Fees 1,084,702 1,111,121 1,051,971 902,899 954,443 5,105,136 6%
3. Staff Travel 504,634 614,502 558,810 512,590 464,288 2,654,824 3%
4. Capacity Building, Seminars 5,397,684 6,583,124 6,011,219 5,581,398 5,172,287 28,745,712 37%
and Workshops
5. Office Operational Costs 839,630 1,093,699 1,178,589 979,400 1,003,664 5,094,983 6%
6. Occupancy Costs 269,512 253,985 266,787 280,528 295,277 1,366,088 2%
7. Grants to Organizations 3,749,750 3,571,200 3,620,650 3,459,572 3,439,290 17,840,462 23%
8. Grants to Individuals 1,333,600 1,509,900 1,149,400 1,269,700 714,000 5,976,600 8%
9. Capital Items 82,400 142,680 66,290 8,000 11,487 310,857 0%
Grand Totals 15,459,392 17,149,616 16,247,635 15,415,202 14,480,835 78,752,680 100%

Table 6: Analysis ratios per year

2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 Overall
Programme Costs (including Direct Programme Staff Costs) 0.92 0.91 0.90 0.91 0.91 0.91
Personnel Costs 0.14 0.13 0.14 0.16 0.16 0.15
Grants Costs 0.33 0.30 0.29 0.30 0.29 0.31
Capacity Building, Seminars and Workshops 0.35 0.38 0.37 0.36 0.37 0.37

Financial Requirements per Programme

According to Table 6 and Figure 2, Research Programme requirements constitute 30 per
cent, Training Programmes (CMAP, CMAAE and CPP) constitute 50 per cent, Communication
and Policy Outreach 10 per cent, and General Support Services 10 per cent.

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