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Can we include in the budget the costs of the stays of stakeholder representatives during one of the project meetings to be held in the ČR Republic? Under which category of the budget should we include them? Are they travel costs (even though they are not travel of the Czech team members) or "other direct costs"?

In the case of these costs, they are services ("other direct costs") at the value of the fare per diems. It is recommended to describe these costs in the pre-proposal or full proposal. If the project proceeds to Round 2, we will also require a written justification of the project costs in the updated Application Form,...

Do activities such as data management, monitoring, statistics fall under the category of services and supplies, or will the preferred form of provision be by the bidder or co-bidder?

The activities described fall into this category. Outsourcing this type of services is not entirely desirable in projects - these activities can best be performed by the recipient, as the recipient has the easiest access to the data and can usually optimally evaluate the significance of the individual research data. Only when...

Eligibility of extraordinary remuneration - is it permissible that a team member is remunerated for project activities only in the form of extraordinary remuneration, or is it necessary that the employee has a dedicated time within the employment contract (or an agreement) and extraordinary remuneration is only eligible as a supplement?

The correct option is that the employee has extra remuneration as an additional form of remuneration within the employment contract/agreement for the project. Personal costs are described in more detail in the Methodology, which is available for download on the website ofČR AZV .