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Possible change in the fee system for certain countries. TERENA GA – Rhodes June 10 - 11 200 4. The problem. TERENA fee system is based on the GNI of a country. Countries with smaller GNI pay smaller fee. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Marko Bonac
Possible change in the fee system for certain countries
TERENA GA – Rhodes June 10-11 2004
Marko Bonac
The problem
• TERENA fee system is based on the GNI of a country.
• Countries with smaller GNI pay smaller fee.• As the relation is not linear, countries with small
GNI pay relatively more (compared with their GNI)• The problem is acute for small countries with low
per-capita income (the fee for TERENA could be larger than the yearly cost for their staff)
• As the consequence TERENA could lose some of its members and not attract some possible ones
Marko Bonac
A small adaptation would be usefull
• A small adaptation in the fee structure is proposed for low income and small countries.
• Definitions:– A country is low income country if it is not in high
income group (GNI per capita) in WB statistics– A country is small if it is in the smallest TERENA
category (one vote,one unit contribution)
• For the current TERENA members Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Macedonia fall in this group.
Marko Bonac
The proposal
The proposal would be to• reduce the membership fee with 25 %
for those countries which fall in the upper middle group (WB) (these are Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania)
• reduce the membership fee with 75 % for those countries which fall in the groups bellow that (WB) (this is Macedonia)
Marko Bonac
Consequences for TERENA budget
Probably neutral
• The maximum cost could be 1,5 units (thus currently EUR 7,050)
• Potential benefit would be – Some countries will continue to be members
(and continue to pay (smaller) fee)– Some new countries could join and pay the fee
(Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania etc)
Marko Bonac
Should a formal proposal be prepared for the next GA ?
• If GA approves the suggestion the TEC can develop a formal proposal for the next GA meeting, so the amended rules can become effective from the 1.1.2005