Financial support

Specification of the division of costs

There is a difference in the financial support for Dutch and national candidates: the specification for both can be found below. The budget formats (and other forms) can be found here.

Dutch Young Experts
The financial support for the deployment of a Dutch Young Expert is maximised at €40.000 per year and 50% of the total costs of the placement. Each year, €10.000 is allocated for training and coaching, organised by the YEP Programme Bureau. The remaining €30.000 can be allocated by the Dutch organisation for costs incurred in the international secondment, such as:

• tickets, visa
• accommodation expenses such as housing, furnishings, host country allowance
• health Insurance (should include repatriation)
• local transport

The Dutch organisation is responsible for the following costs and services:

• salary costs, including social insurances, tax, etc.
• yearly contribution of €1.500 for implementation of the YEP Programme Bureau
• time for supervision of the Young Expert

Financial support for the deployment of a national Young Expert is maximised at €12.000 per year and 50% of the total cost of the placement. Each year, €2.000 is allocated for training and coaching, organised by the YEP Programme Bureau. The remaining €10.000 can be allocated by the Dutch organisation for costs incurred in the placement, such as:

• salary
• local expenses

The Dutch organisation is responsible for the following costs and services:

• tickets and visa for training in the Netherlands
• internal guidance and training, if necessary
• introduction programme to the organisation and the Netherlands during the first week of the training programme (hotel and programme should be taken care of by the organisation) 

Co-financing

Since the YEP Programmes are subsidised, it is not possible to finance the remaining costs via subsidies as well. The expenses not covered by the programmes should therefore be financed by the applicant organisation, by other sources of the applicant organisation.

Piling of subsidies occurs when an organisation receives a subsidy twice, for one expenditure. For example, an organisation is not allowed to make use of the YEP programme and subsequently finance YEP costs from a budget that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (or another Dutch Ministry) finances. However, YEP Tailor-made offers organisations the opportunity to purchase YEP's unique training and coaching programme, without making use of the financial support.