Monitoring for soil protection

Florence, May 16, 2012

Table 1 CRA-ABPCRA/ABP Budget Costs incurred until

31.03.2012Expected costs until

30.06.2012

Personnel 289.800 104.257 115.172 (1)

Travel and subsistence

27.298 2.731

External assistance 53.000 15.560

Equipment 4.950 4.947

Consumables 2.300 70

Other Costs 68.000 - 13.328 (2)

Overheads 11.550 310

Total 456.898 127.875 151.808

1) As for the expected personnel costs until 30.06.2012, it is reasonable to assume that in the period April-June 2012 they will be equal to those incurred in the period January-March 2012 increased by 20%, because the nearer the date of the Mid-term report, the more the workload for the Coordinating Beneficiary.

2) This is the first instalment of the contract for the procurement of satellite images (20% of the total amount), which will be paid off by the end of May.

Table 2 EKPAEKPA Budget Costs incurred until

31.03.2012Expected costs until

30.06.2012

Personnel 212.000 97.785 119.315

Travel and subsistence

2.548 2.100 2.100

External assistance 116.000 - 30.000 (1)

Equipment - - -

Consumables 1.100 426 826

Other costs 73.500 - 13.500 (2)

Overheads 33.700 8.025 8.025

Total 438.848 108.336 173.766

1) Development of SMS (Soil Monitoring Software), which should be almost completed except for the last checks on the adequacy of the delivery to contract specifications.

2) Map server software that should already have been purchased.

Table 3 REG PELREG. PEL. Budget Costs incurred until

31.03.2012 Expected costs until

30.06.2012

Personnel 138.250 18.455 29.843

Travel and subsistence

2.548 - -

External assistance 142.700 - 1.000 (1)

Equipment 2.550 - -

Consumables 4.000 - 500

Other costs - - -

Overheads 7.200 - 7.200

Total 297.248 18.455 38.543

(1) Possible organization of a demonstration event in Greece.

Table 4 REG SICREG. SIC. Budget Costs incurred until

31.03.2012Expected costs until

30.06.2012

Personnel 122.400 67.734 77.107 (1)

Travel and subsistence

5.098 1.571 1.571

External assistance 120.100 1.470 1.470

Equipment - - -

Consumables 2.500 460 460

Other Costs - - -

Overheads 7.100 - -

Total 257.198 71.235 80.608

1) It is reasonable to assume that personnel costs for the period April-June 2012 are more or less the same as those incurred during the period January-March 2012.

Table 5• Before the mid-term report we have to justify as Projects costs an amount of

expenditure that is 150% of the overall EU pre-financing (that is € 433.549,80)

BENEFICIARY Share of the EU first instalment

Costs incurred until 31-03-2012

Expectedcosts until30.06.2012

Costs that shouldbe justified before the mid-term report

CRA/ABP 110.533,20 127.875 151.808 165.799,00 (1)

EKPA 109.500,00 108.336 173.766 164.250,00

REG. PEL. 37.000,00 18.455 38.543 55.500,00 (2)

REG. SIC. 32.000,00 71.235 80.608 48.000,00

Total 289.033,20 325.901 444.725 433.549,80

• The reason for the failure to reach the spending threshold by

CRA/ABP lies in the delay in the launch of the tender for the

acquisition of satellite images. Had the tender been launched in

due time, now we would have been paying the second instalment

(40% of the total amount) instead of paying the first one.

• The reason for the heavy delay in the spending process by the

Region of Peloponnese lies in the extent of re-allocation of

responsibilities within the regional administration following the

launch of the “Kallikrates” Program, adopted by the Greek

Parliament in May 2010 (Greek Law 3852/2010), which brought

about a slowdown in all administrative activities. On March 7,

2012 we received a communication from the Region’s authorities

concerning the new local Project team which has been appointed.

From now on there should be no more obstacles in carrying out all

planned activities.