Approved Expenses

Expenses incurred after Finnpartnership has registered the properly submitted application form may be covered by the facility. Approved expenses, which have been incurred during the above mentioned preparatory and implementation phases of a project, are for example:

• travel expenses of the recipient’s own employees and external experts to the target country as well as accommodation, daily allowances, and working expenses in the target country
• the recipient’s own employees’ working expenses can incur from short-term stay in the target country. These expenses must be paid and be based on the employee’s employment contract (weekdays Monday through Friday).
• short-term external expert´s expenses (e.g. consulting of legal matters, market research)  can also be supported in Finland or in a third country.

More detailed instructions of acceptable expenses are found in Annex 2, the Discretionary Government Transfer Decision. This document also includes a list of non-eligible expenses, which cannot be supported.