Erasmus+ Staff Training Mobility

Erasmus+ Staff Training mobility aims to exchange the experience of participants in universities abroad.

Exchanges can take the form of one-to-one meetings with colleagues to learn from the experience of foreign universities and to discuss issues and problems in different areas of university activity. The purpose of the visit cannot be to participate in conferences and seminars, except for events specifically organised by the foreign universities for their partners (e.g. Staff training week or International student week).     
 
The minimum period of a visit by a staff mobility participant to a foreign partner university for which an Erasmus+ grant may be calculated may be two days (excluding travel days). The maximum Erasmus+ grant that can be awarded by the University is for five days (including travel days).

Applications for Erasmus+ Staff Training mobility take place each academic year at the faculties or other units of the University. The application procedure is organised by the  coordinators of the international affairs of the faculties or the heads of the UL departments. The applications are examined and the list of nominated mobility participants is approved by a committee established at the faculty/department.

For the purpose of the visit, the nominated mobility participant receives an Erasmus+ grant, to cover the costs of travel (by the EC distance calculator rate) and living costs abroad. The grant is paid one month before the start of the mobility, provided that all formalities are completed in time.

Erasmus+ grant rates for lecturer/staff mobility:

Travel aid rates:

The mobility participant has two options for planning their trip after the business trip has been processed:

1. Individually  

2. Involving the travel agency SIA "AVEROJA", with which the University has a contract. The mobility participant should contact SIA "AVEROJA" employees Silja Pētersone (silja.petersone@averoja.lv tel.: +371 67 282 911), Andra Ozols (andra.ozola@averoja.lv tel.: +371 67517442), Līga Zvaigznīte (liga.zvaigznite@averoja.lv tel.: +371 27733125) or Jūlija Grejane (julija.grejane@averoja.lv tel.: +371 27018773) and ask them to send the itinerary options (the business trip order number must be indicated). If one of the options is suitable for the mobility participant, a member of SIA "AVEROJA" staff can book the tickets and prepare the invoice (the mobility participant will be the payer).

Important! If you have any problems with your business trip or during your business trip, you can use the 24-hour information helpline of SIA AVEROJA - +371 28818886. Communication is possible in Latvian, English and Russian languages.

The Erasmus+ Staff Training Mobility participant needs to agree on the specific dates of the visit with the colleagues of the partner university, as well as to draw up a Mobility Agreement (see FORM) on the programme of the visit, signed by the Erasmus+ lecturer, the UL institutional coordinator (Sintija Maculeviča) and the contact person of the foreign partner university.

For the travel of Erasmus+ Staff Training Mobility participant, the business trip of the UL is issued in accordance with the procedure in UL.

1-2 days after the end of the mobility period, the mobility participant will receive an automated email from the EC Beneficiary Module database with a link to complete and submit the EU Survey online. The mobility participant should save the completed individual report in PDF format on their computer after sending it online. Within one week after returning from the visit to the Erasmus+ partner university, the Erasmus+ Staff Training Mobility participant must submit the remaining report documents to the Mobility Division, Department of International Cooperation.