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

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

The class…

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

Do this… Don’t do this…

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

When it pays to pay more—Balancing the research budget againstrisk mitigation

Research budget

$ to mitigate

risk

In Africa, hire a driver & vehicle

Is your project bigger than a breadbox?

William Maema, UW’s Special Assistant Attorney General in

Nairobi, Kenya

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 buildingContact Kate Riley, Global Support Project Manager, for consultation

Currencies: Ours & Theirs

Congratulations on your international award: Now what?

Next class coming later in 2013…