Financial and other resources supporting activities recognized as part of the ALive program are secured through ALive partners, including bilateral donors, research and knowledge dissemination organizations, and international institutions.

 Contributions to ALive are:

- in cash preferably through a multi-donor Trust Fund;
- in cash through  parallel financing; or
- in kind.

Donors contribute a minimum amount per year, in cash or in a form and at a level acceptable to the Executive Committee. Contributions are committed by donors preferably on a multi-year basis, with actual transfers being made and recorded annually. 

Contributions to the ALive “core” fund are made in cash—preferably to a multi-donor trust fund--in freely convertible currencies, and are untied to the purchase of goods or services from specific suppliers.  In-kind contributions (such as expert time, other services, equipment or material) and parallel financing must be recognized and accepted by the Executive Committee on a recommendation of the Program Manager recognizing the alignment of the activities covered by the parallel financing with the objectives of the Program and the willingness of the organization implementing the activities to provide the Secretariat with information relevant to ALive objectives.  In kind contributions are made on the same conditions as parallel financing and can be accepted by the Executive Committee only after ensuring that such contributions would not result in any conflict of interest, or in the perception of a conflict of interest on the part of the donor.  The Executive Committee determines the value of in-kind contributions based on evidence presented by the donor and endorsed by the Program Manager.  All ALive donors are recognized in the ALive Annual Report and in other appropriate public information material according to the nature and level of their contributions.

Except in the case of parallel financing of activities, donors contributing cash to the Program enter into a trust fund arrangement with the organization hosting the Secretariat, or with another international organization considered an essential partner of the Program.  Information on contributions and financial arrangements with donors are made available to the Program Manager in order for the contributions to be recognized as legitimate contributions to the Program.  Cash Donor contributions are to a multi-donor “core” trust fund.  Exceptionally,  if donor contributions could not be accommodated through the multi-donor trust fund the establishment of specific trust funds supporting one of the Themes of the Program will be envisaged.  Contributions to the core fund could be used to cover expenses incurred by the Secretariat and the governance of the Program or, after consultation with the Executive Committee, earmarked by the Program Manager to fund other Themes.  Specific trust funds to funds Themes of the Program are negotiated separately with interested donors and must include provision to cover the administration and supervision of such Themes.  The objectives of such trust funds can not be in contradiction with the objectives of ALive as an open partnership serving developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.  Trust funds established with an organization for the funding of ALive are subject to the general rules applied by that particular organization for administering trust funds.

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•  Budget guidelines

ALive’s provisional budget is prepared and implemented in compliance with the accounting principles of the organization hosting the Secretariat and forms part of a financial plan submitted to the annual meeting of the Executive Committee.  Indicative budgets and implementation schedules for Themes of the Program are prepared for a three-year period and revised annually under the direction of the Program Manager assisted by the lead organization for implementing each Theme.  Budget must reflects the full costs of carrying out activities, including salaries, benefits, consultants' fees, travel and other costs.

The Program Manager establishes the financial envelope in which ALive expects to operate during a current fiscal year and identify the sources of funds or other resources expected to cover identified costs.  As part of the financial monitoring of the Program, the Program Manager analyzes expenditures, estimates the pace at which funds received can be spent for activity implementation, and gauges the likelihood, form and magnitude of future donor funding.

ALive’s fiscal year coincides with the fiscal year of the organization hosting the Secretariat (July 1st to June 30, in the case of the World Bank / IBRD) unless determined otherwise by the Executive Committee.

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