Clarification

Advance 
You can apply for an advance at any time during the project, if needed to meet liquidity requirements. Possible advance payments are calculated based on the size of the budget.  

The application for an advance payment basically only contains one question about how much advance you want! For partial payments and final payments, there is more to fill out. 

Partial payment 
Once the project has worked out expenses for completed activities, it can You can apply for partial payment, one or more times during the project period. All supporting documents from the period for which you are applying for partial payment must be included in the application and you must have paid and recorded all expenses. It is important that the expenses are accounted for separately so that it is clear that the expenses belong to the project and not to your regular activities. The expenses must be clearly linked to the activities in your budget. All eligible expenses incurred in the project must be reported when applying for payment, so keep receipts and invoices in good order. 

When it comes to the Partial Payment Application and the Final Payment Application, it is important that it is correct! Especially when applying for a final payment, as it becomes more difficult to supplement afterwards. We therefore recommend that you save your draft and email the application as a PDF to us so that we can review it and provide feedback before you choose to submit it by pressing the "Review and submit" button. 

Complete the project 
Once you have received the formal decision that the Swedish Board of Agriculture approves your application, you can start working on the implementation of your project. It is very important that you follow the decision to avoid risking deductions from the support! The project must implement planned activities and work to achieve its purpose and goals. Be careful to write down the working hours worked on the project – including the voluntary working hours which should also be reported when the project is complete. Also save documents such as participant lists at conferences and if you offer coffee or lunch in the project. 

Application for final payment  
When the project is completed, a final report must be submitted and an application for final payment must be submitted. This is done via the Swedish Board of Agriculture's e-service. In the application for final payment, you must therefore report on your project in its entirety.  

When it comes to the Partial Payment Application and the Final Payment Application, it is important that it is correct! Especially when applying for a final payment, as it becomes more difficult to supplement afterwards. We therefore recommend that you save your draft and email the application as a PDF to us so that we can review it and provide feedback before you choose to submit it by pressing the "Review and submit" button. 

Project end date 
The end date refers to the date specified as the project's end date when applying, the date is reflected in your formal decision from the Swedish Board of Agriculture. You can implement and end the project before that date, but it must be reported at the latest by then. This means that the application for final payment must be submitted no later than the day the project is to end, but preferably before then. Save your draft and email the application as a PDF to us so that we can review it and provide feedback before you choose to submit it by pressing the "Review and submit" button. In order to be able to receive feedback from us at the Leader office, you must send your draft to us well in advance of the end date.