ALICE2 Financial Report
May – October 2012
Conference: ALICE2 Partners Meeting
Date: November 15, 16, 2012
Place: Cuenca, Ecuador
ALICE2 Budget Changes
• On January, 31st, a proposal for budget
changes was sent to EC EuropeAid (Unit G2),
that would adapt ALICE2 Budget to current
real needs matching with the adequate
budget strategy under current circumstances,
resulting both from past Budget
implementation pace and from current
general context.
ALICE2 Budget Changes
• Budget changes include use of contingencies,
mainly justified by additional costs from
lengthy tender processes for IRU purchases +
€ currency changes developments.
• Proposal approved by EC, and in force through
addendum n°3 to ALICE2 Agreement, signed
10 May 2012.
Approved ALICE2 Budget
100% = € 18 million
Budget Distribution
%
2%
0%
0%
20%
72%
Human Resources
1%
5%
Travel
Equipment &
Supplies
Local Office
Other costs
Previous Total Budget Project
ALICE2 Sept 2011
100% = € 18 million
Budget Distribution
%
4%
1% 2%
0%
Human Resources
21%
Travel
8%
64%
Equipment &
Supplies
Local Office
Other costs
ALICE2 Interim ______
Report May
_____
– October
__
12
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• Eighth and last Interim Financial Report before Final
Report about to be sent to the EC, reporting the ALICE2
Project expenditure incurred between May 2012 and
October2012, amounting to a total expenditure for the
period of 1.5 MEUR
• Expenditures verification to be carried out and
consequently Report of factual findings to be issued by
UNITY auditors, by end November 2012

Interim Report for the period will have to be approved
by the EC EuropeAid (Unit G2), so that Reimbursement
of EC contribution can be released.
ALICE2 Interim Report May – October 12

This time, although total expenditure amouns to 1.5 MEUR,
Reimbursement by the EC only of maximum 144.285 EUR
of EC contribution can be released:

Total Maximum EC contribution to ALICE2 amounts to
12 MEUR

EC already Paid a total of 10.66 MEUR, including 2.47
MEUR corresponding to last previous period reported
(nov 2011 to april 2012)

Until the end of the implementation period of ALICE2,
EC retains 10% of its contribution, 1.2 MEUR, that will
only be released upon approval of Final Report of the
Project, to be issued after definitive end of the
implementation period of the Project (31 January 2013)
Total Expenses Project
ALICE2, October 2012
100% = € 17.62 million
Cumulated Costs
Incurred until
October 2012
2%
0%
%
0%
Human Resources
2%
19%
73%
5%
Travel
Equipment &
Supplies
Local Office
Other costs
Financial Reports
100% = € 18 Million
Aug10 to Jan11
€ 2,53 Million
14,0%
Feb 10 to Jul 10
€ 2,02 Million
11,19%
Alice2
€ 18 Million
Aug 09 to Jan 10
€ 1,87 Million
10,4%
Dec 08 to Jul 09
€ 1,78 Million
9,9%
Last Period
€ 0,4 Million May12 to Oct12
2,2%
€ 1,5 Million
8,43%
Feb11 to Jul11
€ 2,51 Million
13,93%
Ago11 to Oct11
€ 1,65 Million
9,18%
Nov11 to Apr12
€ 3,74 Million
20,76%
Financial Reports Until 31/10/2012
Expenses by budget heading
(TOTAL: € 16,1 Million)
Project Total v/s Total Spent
120%
100%
100,0%
90,3%
99,1%
Total
spent
97,8%
Remaining
2,2%
Percentage
94,7%
80%
89,2%
60%
40%
20%
0%
0,0%
0,0%
Financial Report until 30/04/2012
Human Resources
29,8
Travel
33,9
Cumulated Costs Oct 12
76,5
Cumulated Costs Apr 12
Cumulated
Costs Jul 11
49,4
Cumulated
91,5
Costs Jan 11
65,5
Cumulated
Costs Jul 10
90,3
36,2
32,8
29,1
0,0
0,0
0,0
0
Administrative Costs
100,0
49,8
27,8 39,1
0,0
%
Budget 100%
0,0
0,0
0,0
0
Other Costs, services
Provision for
Contingency
83,0
56,9
39,7
22,7 31,6
Equipment and
Supplies
Local office
43,7
20,0
40,0
60,0
80,0
100,0
Notes On ALICE2 Budget Spending
May – Oct 12
• Budget Headings/items:
• 3. Equipment & Supplies:
• For connectivity: capacities, continuation of new
lines contracted as a result of Negotiation
processes on various lots from Connectivity II
Tender, and progressive suppression of lines
replaced by IRUs
• Purchase of Telecom optical equipment for CA
(EIV Tendering), completed, more invoices
reported in present report, 48 K€, still 140 K€
missing out of total 250 K€.
Notes On ALICE2 Budget Spending
May – Oct 12
• Most important part of costs included
correspond to various payments of IRUs:
– to UFINET, for Central America
– Last Internexa payment (of 3), between Lima and
Guayaquil
• Disbursed and/or due and reported in this
report.