All VFU lecturers who are on a first main contract at VFU are entitled to participate, regardless of their scientific title/degree. They are required to have a high command of the language in which the training will be conducted at the host university.

Staff mobility for training is aimed at the teaching and non-teaching staff and provides the opportunity for professional development of the participants in another higher education institution abroad. This activity promotes the professional development of teaching and non-teaching staff in the form of training seminars, exchange of experience, acquisition of practical skills in the field of organization and implementation of international activity and other areas of administrative work, observation periods in partner institutions or other organizations in abroad.

Faculty/staff may implement staff mobility for the purpose of training in a host organization that must be:

  • in a higher education institution from a programme country holding an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education;

or

  • any public or private organization in a programme country whose activities are related to the labour market or the fields of education, training and youth.

Staff members must undertake the mobility activity in a programme country that is different from the country of the sending organization and their country of residence.

The participation of an employee of VFU in the Programme is a one-time event within one academic year.

The permissible duration of the mobility is from 2 (two) days to 2 (two) months (excluding travel days).

The employee/lecturer can implement the mobility:

  • With financial support from EU funds;
  • With No financial support (“zero grant”) from EU funds;
  • With financial support from EU funds combined with a period of no financial support from EU funds;
  • Support for a participant with special needs.