Article 5
1. Financial support under this Regulation shall take the form of grants. 2. The instruments to be employed in the course of the operations covered by this Regulation shall include, within the limits established by the budgetary authority during the annual budget procedure, technical assistance, training or other services, supplies and works, along with audits and evaluation and monitoring missions. 3. Community financing may cover investment, with the exception of the purchase of buildings, and recurring costs (including administrative, maintenance and operational costs), taking account of the fact that the project must aim to have the recurring costs taken over by the beneficiaries. 4. A financial contribution from the partners defined in Article 3 shall be sought for each cooperation operation. The contribution requested shall be within the means of the partners concerned and shall depend on the nature of the operation. In specific cases where the partner is a non-governmental organisation or a community-based organisation, a contribution in kind may be made. 5. Opportunities may be sought for cofinancing with other providers of funds, especially with Member States. 6. The necessary measures shall be taken to emphasise the Community character of the aid provided under this Regulation. 7. In order to achieve the objectives of coherence and complementarity referred to in the Treaty, and with the aim of guaranteeing optimum efficiency for these actions as a whole, the Commission will take all necessary coordination measures, notably: (a) the establishment of a system for systematic exchange and analysis of information on the planning of operations to be carried out, the approval of each individual operation the financing of which is under consideration by the Community and the Member States, and the development of the operations already approved; (b) on-the-spot coordination of these operations by means of regular meetings and exchange of information between the representatives of the Commission and Member States in the beneficiary country. 8. The Commission, in conjunction with the Member States, may take any initiatives necessary for ensuring proper coordination with the other providers of funds involved.