Please clarify what changes can be made to budget at Stage B compared to the budget in the approved Concept notes. It is noted in p 7.3. of the Call that “adjustments to the budget for individual work packages or deliverables are permitted as long as the overall budget remains unchanged”, however at Stage A no work packages have been requested in the template of the Concept Notes. More specifically:
a. Can additional budget lines be added to the budget, i.e. for project preparation at stage B?
b. Can the proportion and distribution between the different cost categories, if it still meets the Call requirements and ceilings (i.e. investment, services, equipment, etc.), as well as the budget amount of the approved Concept Note?
c. Can inflation be taken into account in budget preparation via putting a reserve amount for inflation after analyzing the offers received?
d. Can beneficiaries change some budget lines from real costs to flat rate or vice versa between stages A and B?