ACCOUNTING FOR BFIF-FUNDED AGRICULTURE

UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000785 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EB/CBA DENNIS WINSTEAD, EB/TPP/ABT/BTT JACK BOBO, EUR/NCE VIENNA FOR QUINTIN GRAY AND SARAH HANSON IIP FOR BARBARA DURANT AND JONATHAN SCHAEFFER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO SI SUBJECT: ACCOUNTING FOR BFIF-FUNDED AGRICULTURE COEXISTENCE CONFERENCE REF: LJUBLJANA 0724 ¶1. On 6 October, Embassy Ljubljana used funds from a Business Facilitation Incentive Fund grant to host a seminar on agricultural coexistence in Slovenia. As reported reftel, the event was the first ever of its kind hosted by Post and helped pave the way for open, science- based debate on biotechnology and coexistence. The following is an accounting of funds spent to host the conference. The amounts are given in USD. Conference Room and equipment rental 2,567.51 Overtime for drivers and FSN 341.53 Total: 2,909.04 ¶2. In addition to BFIF funds, Post is grateful for support from FAS, which paid for simultaneous interpretation and the cost of printing invitations and other promotional material. U.S. speaker stipends and travel costs were covered by a grant from IIP. ¶3. The fiscal data for this project is as follows: Fund cite: 1900-501130000-1005-500101-6100-2589-050500 Agency/Bureau: 1900 Appropriation: 501130000 Allotment: 1005 Obligation: 500101 Function: 6100 Object: 2589 Organization: 050500 ¶4. Post once again thanks EB/CBA, IIP, EB/TPP/ABT, and USDA for their funding and programmatic assistance. ROBERTSON NNNN