2nd Call for Erasmus+ Applications 2022/2023

Mobility implementation period:  by 30.6.2023

Types of traineeship mobility:

• long-term professional traineeship with min. duration of 2 months (for all levels of study)
• long-term traineeship for enhancing digital skills with min. duration of 2 months (for all levels of study)
• long-term traineeship for recent graduates with min. duration of 2 months, while the traineeship can be professional or aimed at digital skills (for the recent graduates of BA, MA, PhD studies)

Important deadlines:

	The proposed deadlines for the submission of applications at the individual faculties / departments / institutes:	Term of the earliest possible departure:
1st phase	05.10.2022	17.10.2022
2nd phase	13.02.2023	27.02.2023

Further information regarding mobility implementation:

• The rules of the call are governed by the rules of Directive no. 1/2020, which establishes the procedure for the administration of the Erasmus+ programme at the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice and its components (available in Slovak).
• The processing of applications, checking of documents and entered information and evaluation within the faculties is the responsibility of the individual faculties.
• The mobilities of this call may be implemented in the following countries:

PROGRAMME COUNTRIES
EU Member States	Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece , Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden
Programme countries that are not members of the EU	the Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, Turkey

• In case of student mobility for traineeships the receiving organisation can be:
  • any Programme Country public or private organisation active in the labour market or in the fields of education, training, youth, research and innovation. For example, such organisation can be:
    • a public or private, a small, medium or large enterprise (including social enterprises);
    • a public body at local, regional or national level;
    • embassies or consular offices of the sending Programme Country;
    • a social partner or other representative of working life, including chambers of commerce, craft/professional associations and trade unions;
    • a research institute;
    • a foundation;
    • a school/institute/educational centre (at any level, from pre-school to upper secondary education, and including vocational education and adult education);
  • a non-profit organisation, association, NGO;
  • a body providing career guidance, professional counselling and information services;
  • a Programme Country HEI awarded with an ECHE.
• Situations, which are mainly linked to the epidemiological situation and which should require an exception to the rules of this call, are evaluated by the Erasmus Commission of the university (e.g. postponing the original mobility period to a period which no longer falls within the implementation period of this call).
• The university will provide the participant of a long-term traineeship for recent graduates with a grant of a maximum amount covering 2 months of physical mobility abroad.

A. Basic rates of individual support for students for a long-term mobility and top-ups:

Target country	Grant/month – study mobility
Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Luxemburg, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Greece, Netherlands, Malta, Germany, Portugal, Austria, Spain, Italy	670
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Slovenia, Poland, Romania, the Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey	620

The mobility participants with fewer opportunities are entitled to a top-up amount of € 250 / month above the basic grant.

Students can opt for green travel. In this case, they will receive a single contribution of EUR 50 as a top-up to the individual support and, if necessary, a maximum of 4 days of additional individual support to cover travel days  for a return trip.

B. Basic rates of individual support for students for a short-term mobility and top-ups:

Participants of short-term mobilities (5-30 days) are entitled to individual support for physical mobilities, including travel days, regardless of the target country:

Target country	Day 1-14 Grant/day	Day 15-30 Grant/day
All programme countries	70	50

Mobility participants with fewer opportunities are entitled to a top-up amount of € 100 above the basic rate for a physical mobility lasting 5-14 days and of € 150 for a physical mobility lasting 15-30 days.

Support for travel costs is granted to participants with fewer opportunities. The travel grant is covered by a special range of fixed amounts according to the distance bands valid for the whole program:

Distance band	Standard travel	Green travel
From 10 to 99 km:	23 EUR/participant
From 100 to 499 km	180 EUR/participant	210 EUR/participant
From 500 to 1 999 km:	275 EUR/participant	320 EUR /participant
From 2 000 to 2 999 km:	360 EUR/participant	410 EUR /participant
From 3 000 to 3 999 km:	530 EUR/participant	610 EUR /participant
From 4 000 to 7 999 km:	820 EUR/participant
8 000 km or more:	1 500 EUR/participant

Other participants are not entitled to support for travel costs.

Types of support for the students with fewer opportunities – Erasmus+:

Group	Description	Type of support	Proof possibilities
Disability	As a person with a severe health disability (hereinafter referred as a person with a SHD) is considered a person with a functional impairment rate of at least 50% .	Top-up and real costs (if top-up is not enough)	ŤZP card (Disability card)
Health problems	As a person with a health problem is considered a person with a chronic illness or psychiatric illness.	Top-up	Medical report and/or financial contribution decision from ÚPSVaR (labor office) and/or a student with special needs status – Counseling Center report
Economic barriers	• low standard of living, low income (eg. family in social need) • dependence on the social security system (eg. orphan’s pensioner, unemployment benefits)	Top-up	Social scholarship and/or – confirmation of material need from the ÚPSVaR (labor office)
Social barriers	Social adaptation difficulties:                                                                          • a single parent with a child (ie. a single woman or a single man who is permanently taking care for a child under the age of 15), • discrimination barriers	Top-up	Depending on the situation: Statutory declaration
Others	Different types of barriers (eg. ethnic origin, migrants, etc.) – depending on the university’s decision	Top-up	Depending on the situation: Statutory declaration

Student mobilities to the United Kingdom:

• Available only for long-term traineeships
• Students need to implement their mobilities by 31.5.2023
• Grant: 720 EUR/month

For further information please contact your faculty/institute/departmental coordinator.

Contact person at the International Relations Office:

• PhDr. Zuzana Szattlerová
• zuzana.szattlerova@upjs.sk
• 055/2341129