Recognised Development Expenditure (RDE) - New Accreditation Applicants

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RDE Principles

Recognised Development Expenditure (RDE) is the annual eligible expenditure of an Non‑Government Organisation (NGO), using contributions from the Australian community. Eligible expenditure is for the organisation’s own development assistance, emergency relief or rehabilitation activities overseas and development education in Australia. Eligible contributions include donations of cash, gifts-in-kind and volunteer services. Up to half of the RDE can be from eligible gifts-in-kind and/or eligible volunteer services.

RDE is used as an eligibility requirement for accreditation and is also calculate the annual grant amount for each Full level accredited NGO for the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP) in line with the Funding Policy.

For further information, NGOs should refer to the following source of information when completing this worksheet:

• The RDE Explanatory Notes provide guidance on definitions and what is required against each category, particularly items that should be included or excluded.
• The ACFID Code of Conduct Good Practice Toolkit provides more information on definitions that apply.

Where you do not have a value to report against any of the below categories, please enter the number 0.

The NGO’s audited Annual Financial Statements (AFS) and Annual Report (or web links for each document) must be uploaded with the RDE Worksheet. The RDE Worksheet must be certified by an Authorised Officer and the Chief Executive Officer (or equivalent) prior to submission to DFAT.