Strong alignment between activities and the budget begins with designing the budget as a reflection of the workplan, each major activity should match clearly labeled cost categories (personnel, logistics, materials, monitoring), enabling reviewers to trace exactly how resources translate into implementation. This alignment is reinforced by quantifying assumptions (e.g., number of trainings, participants, field visits, unit costs), which shows that the budget is not arbitrary but based on realistic operational planning. Lastly, concise budget justifications that explicitly connect costs to expected outputs help reviewers understand the proposal\'s logic, reinforcing feasibility and confidence that resources will directly lead to the desired results.