Implementation of COST actions - Specific Grant under Framework Partnership Agreement

The EC funds almost the entire programme under a Framework Partnership Agreement (FPAs) with underlying Specific Grant Agreements (SGAs). In the FPA and the SGAs the beneficiary COST Association commits to a mandatory conditionality to spend at least 50% of the budget at the benefit of researchers from countries eligible from the Widening countries and to run 80% of the activities with a significant widening dimension. The primary purpose of this grant is the implementation of the COST networking actions. Other services may be implemented as far as complementary and appropriate. The personnel costs operations incurred by the COST Association as the implementing structure are eligible as direct cost up to a maximum of 20 million Euro as far as they are necessary for the implementation of the COST networking actions and related other support activities. For the same purpose cost for other goods and services and subcontracting are eligible up to a maximum of 2 million Euro. COST networking actions will