EU and KT projects Financial Management Section

Mission

The DG-RPC-EUT is in charge of the financial and budget management of external funding sources at CERN, such as EU-funded projects and Technology Transfer

Activities

Our mission includes the following activities:
  • Budget establishment -when CERN is Coordinator- and coordination of budgeting of the whole consortium - close cooperation with the management and proposal writing team
  • Verification of the Grant agreements and budgets
  • Establishment of budget code structures
  • Budget monitoring – budget vs. actual costs, forecasting of future expenditure to estimate available resources
  • Preparation of the audited cost claims and project reports for the European Commission
  • Coordination of several EU projects including the following tasks (when applicable):
Financial advice to partners
Communication channel between the partners and the Commission
Consolidation of financial reports
Distribution of the funding between partners
Monitoring of the consortium budget and spending
Monitoring of the effort provided against budget for the consortium
Presentations to the partners on financial status of the projects