Budget

The EDA General Budget consists of revenue and expenditure for one financial year. Expenditure consists of functioning (personnel and functioning) and operational appropriations. Revenue consists of deductions from staff remuneration, interests earned on the Agency’s bank accounts and contributions from the Member States participating in the Agency.

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The Operational Budget forms part of EDA General Budget and consists of appropriations for procuring external advice, feasibility studies and other purposes for the common benefit of all participating Member States.
 *Operational budget includes € 6 million of earmarked revenue for UAV project
"Although EDA has a relatively small budget (in 2011 € 30.5 million, covering staff, building and studies), capability improvement is carried out through specific projects in which different groupings of Member States participate. The total cost of these has ranged between € 100 million and € 200m per year in the period 2007-2010. EDA is an effective and efficient tool for cooperation: through EDA, Member States can create economies of scale, and thus be able to keep and improve capabilities while at the same time improving standardisation and interoperability. Sometimes, great projects do not mean huge investments. We have already good examples of savings, such as helicopter training or logistics support." Claude-France Arnould, EDA's Chief Executive, April 2011

 
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