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  • Source of verification

    A place and manner of final verification of indicators (See) to prove how a result (See) was achieved, namely, how a certain activity (See) (for which money was granted) was  really implemented, which makes the project (See) seemingly more realistic – because it is linked to something that exists (i.e. XZ archive in the XY building) – but at the same time relatively more expensive (if someone were to really check the above-mentioned indicators in the above-mentioned manner and at the mentioned place  so that every donor rather chooses the more favourable option: to believe one’s word (See: report) that the money was spent as planned. The source of verification always implies additional activities [namely, additional investments which, as a rule, are not calculated into the project budget of the application (See)] which would lead to its verification (See).

from Ubleha for Idiots – An Absolutely non useful Guide for Civil Society Building and Project management for Locals and Internationals in BiH and Beyond by Nebojša Šavija-Valha and Ranko Milanovic-Blank, ALBUM No. 20, 2004, Sarajevo, translated by Marina Vasilj.