Inclusion in the Erasmus+ program

KA1 mobility projects in higher education provide an opportunity for students with fewer opportunities to receive additional funding for their mobility experiences. The funding details are as follows:

• An additional €250 per month for long-term mobility (with a duration of at least 2 months);
• An additional €100  for short-term mobility lasting 5–14 days;
• An additional €150  for short-term mobility lasting 15–30 days; Funds for travel expenses, for short-term mobility, calculated based on distances defined by the European Commission’s Distance Band Calculator tool;
• Funds for travel expenses for students with disabilities, who go to third countries not associated to the Programme through KA131 projects (travel costs are covered for all students who go on mobility through KA171 projects);
• Additional funds are allocated as actual costs covering 100% of the costs required for participants with physical, mental or health difficulties to facilitate their participation in mobility. This support can also extend to accompanying persons, if necessary. These costs must be reported and justified by the institution/organisation of the project promoter and approved by the  Foundation Tempus.

Concerning these additional funds, in addition to basic organisational support per participant for mobility preparation, KA1 mobility projects in higher education provide additional financial support in the form of additional €125 to the institution for organising mobility for a participant with disabilities who needs additional support.

Within the KA1 mobility projects, institutions in general, vocational and adult education are enabled to send students and employees with disabilities to professional development activities in other European countries.

Institutions are entitled to an additional 125 EUR per participant with fewer opportunities to provide adequate support in organising mobility activities. The specificity of KA1 mobility projects in adult education is that adult participants who have the right to participate in mobility are participants with fewer opportunities – and especially adults with low qualifications* who are enrolled in some of the adult education programmes**.

Participants with disabilities are also provided with funds for the costs necessary to enable their participation in the project, such as health care costs, costs for accompanying persons, etc. These costs are recognised in full (100%) if they are not covered by budget categories intended for travel and individual support; must be reported and justified by the institution/organisation of the project holder and approved by the Foundation Tempus.

* Adults with a low level of qualifications are considered when they have acquired qualifications lower than level 3 according to NQF (lower than secondary education).

** Functional Adult Primary Education;

• Adult secondary education (part-time secondary school students, adults older than 17);
• Additional training and retraining programmes for adults in secondary education;
• Non-formal education programmes in which adults acquire key competences;
• Training programmes in which adults acquire competences and qualifications with publicly recognised organisers of adult education activities;
• Programmes and other activities of non-formal education and training of adults organised by the National Employment Service (NES), other state bodies and institutions, associations and chambers and through which unemployed and employed persons acquire competences necessary for personal and professional development, employment, employment and career advancement as well as career management and decision making on further education and employment.

The Erasmus+ programme covers the costs of travel, accommodation, food and health insurance in the event of youth exchanges for all participants in international mobility. In addition to the basic costs, if the project involves young people and youth workers with disabilities, the following additional funds are available:

• Additional financial support for organising mobility for a person with disabilities in the form of 125 EUR per mobility participant;
• Additional resources in the form of actual costs covering 100% of the costs needed by participants with physical, mental or health difficulties to enable them to participate in mobility, as well as accompanying persons if necessary. Costs must be reported and justified by the institution/organisation of the project holder and approved by the Foundation Tempus.

KA2 cooperation partnership projects also support the inclusion of people with disabilities in the implementation of project activities or participation in some of its parts. Therefore, under these projects, people with disabilities have access to funds for the costs necessary to enable them to participate in a project, such as costs for an accompanying person (including travel and individual support costs if these funds have not already been requested through budget categories for travel and individual support). Costs must be reported and justified by the project promoter/organisation and approved by the Foundation Tempus.

In this regard, an institution/organisation that sends individuals with disabilities to learning, teaching and training activities, is entitled to an additional 100 EUR per participant who needs additional support to provide adequate support in organising these activities.