The existing framework to allocate

The existing framework to allocate funding to public institutions is
based on the 1997 Law for HE funding. This Law does not provide any specific treatment for financing DL students. Hence, there is no special treatment (formulas) for funding DL programmes in traditional HEIs.
UAb is treated as a special case in this Law in which the UAb is viewed as being outside the HE system. Its funding is a lump sum (that is not based on any formula) allocated on a yearly basis after the approval of the public budget to higher education by the Parliament. Although the decision is taken annually by the Government, the public funds allocated to UAb each year has been constant percentage of 1.1% of the overall public funding for the full HE system. In 2008, the annual expenditure of UAb was around 18 million Euros, out of which 63% came from the public sources.