101 UK Brexit Notes

Connemara Programme October 16 2018 pg. 99  this commitment is only applicable to programmes financed by core ECHO funding  this commitment applies only to programme outputs delivered by UK-based NGOs Requirements for receiving funding assurance:  organisations must provide evidence for their status as a UK-based entity by submitting their registration number and address  organisations must notify DFID on the date on which it applies for the ECHO grant in question and again on the date on which ECHO awards the grant  at that time the organisation must provide a breakdown of expected amount, profile and timeline of spend agreed with ECHO, clearly indicating all chargeable work up to 29 March 2019  organisations must give DFID sight of draft grant agreements prior to signing DFID will reimburse only UK-based organisations that are either:  consortium lead for the programme in question  the sole implementer  sub-contractors forming part of UK-led consortia Any project components sub-contracted to non UK-based sub-contractors forming part of UK-led consortia are ineligible for reimbursement under this commitment Requirements for receiving funding:  organisations must have successfully undergone DFID due diligence and must comply with all standard DFID Accountable Grant clauses  organisations must provide evidence for the funding disbursements already received from ECHO prior to 30 March 2019 and confirmation that all chargeable work under the grant to this date has been paid for by ECHO  the government reserves the right to apply the same delivery, safeguarding and fiduciary requirements and expectations as set out by ECHO, and to terminate or withhold funding if these are not met