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Applications Request for funds Narrative reporting Financial reporting Appendices

All the templates and instructions you need in the collaboration with the Olof Palme International Center.

Applications

For all partners

Budget template for direct partners (Excel) This template is to be used for budget application, budget updates/revisions and in case of a new agreement with the Palme Center.

For support to Civil-Society Organisations (CSO)

Updated workplan for January to December 2025

Please submit your Workplan and budget for January to December 2025 as soon as you have received the notification on your allocated budget. You will also receive an updated agreement including the extention period october-december 2025. When this has been signed you can submit your request for funds for october-december 2025. Contact your programme manager if you have any questions.

For support to Party-Affiliated Organisations (PAO)

Contact Sanna Eliasson at sanna.eliasson@palmecenter.se for more information.

In order to make a pre-study for a collaboration project

Contact the Programme Manager working with your region or thematic area for more information and to get an application form.

Request for funds and agreement

Request for funds

Request for funds (Excel) This template is used when you request funds for the first (1) and second (2) tranche. The requested amount should be in accordance with the budget approved by the Palme Center.

Agreement

For further information regarding the cooperation agreement between your organisation and the Swedish partner organisation, contact your Programme Manager.

Narrative reporting

For Civil-Society Organisations (CSO)

Narrative report template (Word) – In this report, you describe changes and results (or lack of them) as well as how the project or operations have contributed to that change. Please use and relate to your programme log frame (below). Describe any changes in your strategies, methods and activities and why you made them.

Appendices: Programme log frames

Log frame, Southern Africa
Log frame, Western Balkan
Log frame, Trade Union
Log frame, MENA
The log frames for Eastern Europe and Asia are not public documents. Contact us if you want access.

For Party-Affiliated Organisations (PAO)

Narrative report template (Word) – Final report for PAO partners 2019-2022. In this report, you describe changes and results as well as how the project or operations have contributed to that change. Describe any changes in your strategies, methods and activities and why you made them.

For partners within bilateral agreements

The narrative report template will be available soon.

Financial reporting

The following templates and instructions are the same for all partners to the Olof Palme International Center, if not stated otherwise.

Midyear reporting

Midyear expenditure report (Excel) This template is a summary of expenses from the beginning of the year up to a certain cut-off deadline, for example from January 1st to June 30th. This needs to be filled out and attached to the second request for funds.
Pre-audit template for auditors (Word)

Yearly reporting

Accumulative budget and expenditure specification for partners.
Accumulative budget and expenditure specification for Swedish partners in PAO projects.
(Excel) This template is a summary of expenses for the whole year. For example from January 1st to December 31st. The document should be submitted together with the audited annual financial report.
The Olof Palmes Internationella Center’s Audit Instructions for Partner and Member organisations (PDF)
Olof Palmes Internationella Center’s Financial Instructions (PDF) Guidelines/instructions on financial reporting.
Procurement guidelines (PDF)
Transfer of assets (Excel)

Special instructions for reporting in No Admin projects (PuA)

Instruction for utilisation and reporting of No Admin projects within the CSO Agreement (PDF) – An outline of what a “No Admin project” entails for your Swedish partner organisation. Who pays which costs in the project, and how should the costs be reported?

Send your reports to...

reporting@palmecenter.se Please write “Report 2023, Project number” in the subject line. In case of confidential projects, please contact your Programme Manager to decide how to send in the reports in a secure manner.