The Administrative Budget 2025 of the European Research Executive Agency (REA) is structured into three main budgetary titles:
Title 1: Staff Expenditure
- Covers salaries, allowances, social security charges, and other benefits for staff, including seconded officials, temporary staff, contract staff, and national experts.
- Includes costs related to recruitment, training, mission expenses, medical visits, and support services for payroll management and rights definition.
- Also covers expenses for interim support staff and trainees.
Title 2: Infrastructure and Operating Expenditure
- Encompasses costs related to the Agency's working environment, excluding indirect support for operational activities.
- Includes expenses for building maintenance, utilities, office refurbishments, security, insurance, and telecommunication networks.
- Covers costs for furniture, equipment, office supplies, and internal communication services.
Title 3: Programme Support Expenditure
- Directly relates to the management of operational activities delegated to the Agency and administrative expenses for the common evaluation platform and support services.
- Includes external communication, information, and publication expenses, as well as linguistic services for internal and external purposes.
- Covers costs for training staff to improve skills in programme management and operational activities.
- Encompasses expenses for ex-post audits, mission expenses for staff managing programmes, and legal assistance expenses.
- Also includes support services for FP7/Horizon 2020 beneficiaries and EU managing services, such as call planning, participant validation, and payment processing.
Annexes
- Annex I details the establishment plan, including 'ad personam' appointments and the impact of the 2021-2027 programmes on the number of positions of responsibility.
- Annex II provides additional details on the grade structure of seconded officials and the revised staff establishment plans.
The budget reflects the Agency's commitment to supporting its staff, maintaining a high-quality working environment, and effectively managing research and innovation programmes.
