Event detail

A conference on Full costing: best practice in Europe was held in Prague on 10 November 2009. The event was organized by the Technology Centre ASCR and was attended by more than 110 participants from 11 countries.

 

Invitation to the conference and programme can be found here.

 

The aim of this conference was to present existing full costing models from different European institutions (mainly universities) and thus help other institutions in the development of their own full costing methodologies. Speakers from the Netherlands, Great Britain, Spain, Germany, Austria and Portugal shared their experiences in the development, implementation and running of full costing systems. Also, some of the speakers shared their experiences during the certification of their methodologies (CoM) for indirect costs by the European Commission (EC), for the purpose of the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development (FP7). In addition the European Commission presented its view on the full costing issue.

 

Lenka Lepicova (NCP for financial issues in FP7, Technology Centre ASCR) opened the conference, introduced the issue of “full costing” and presented the main aims of the event. (Presentation can be found here.)

 

Willem Wolters (Head of Wageningen International Helpdesk, Wageningen University) introduced general situation of full costing in the Netherlands and concrete example of the Wageningen University. (Presentation can be found here.)

 

Paul Flach (Controller, Finance department, Leiden University) introduced in details full costing methodology of Leiden University by using excel sheets.

(Controller, Finance department, Leiden University) introduced in details full costing methodology of Leiden University by using excel sheets. (Presentation can be found here. Excel sheets “Model Indirect Costs” here. Excel sheets “Project budget model” here.)

(Controller, Finance department, Leiden University) introduced in details full costing methodology of Leiden University by using excel sheets. (Presentation can be found . Excel sheets “Model Indirect Costs” . Excel sheets “Project budget model” .)

 

Tim Faehnrich (Systems Accountant, Research Services, Finance Division, University College London) presented British approach to full costing called Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) and concrete methodology implemented by the University College London. (Presentation can be found here. More general information concerning TRAC can be found here.)

 

Jose Luis Pena Sadano (Coordinator, Public Funding Management, R&D&Innovation Management, Telefónica) introduced FP7 principles concerning submission of CoM to the EC. (Presentation can be found here.)

 

David Mejuto (Audit Administrator, Implementation of Audit Certification Policy, DG RTD, European Commission) presented the Commission’s rules concerning actual indirect cost methodologies and current situation in FP7. (Presentation can be found here.)