Forms
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)
CSO – Prolongation Application for January to September 2025
Please submit your Workplan and budget for the prolongation period January to September 2025 as soon as possible, but no later than 1st of February 2025.
Note! If you need an earlier payment of funds, please submit your workplan and budget as soon as possible along with a first request for funds of 25% of the total budget for the 9-month period in 2025 and then a second request for funds of 75% on February 1st along with an updated budget, including any balances you would like to carry over from 2024, and an updated workplan. Another option is to submit a single requisition by February 1st of the total approved amount for the 9-month period in 2025 along with your workplan and budget, including any balances.
If you have any questions please reach out to your programme manager.
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.