Erasmus+ KA103 Staff Mobility for Teaching Assignments Application Results and Rules /

2019-2020 Academic Year (with EU Members and Programme Countries)

 

Main List (Granted) and Waiting List

The main list and waiting list for Erasmus+ KA103 Staff Mobility for Teaching Assignments application results can be found in this link.

Applicants’ terms of offices were received from the Department of Personnel on 25.11.2019. While calculating the previous mobilities and the regarding scores, the participations until 25.11.2019  were taken into account.

If a participant withdraws from the main list, the applicants in the waiting list will be informed in accordance with their overall score.

Selection Criteria:

Applicants may visit the below website in order to learn more about the application criteria used in the Erasmus+ KA103 STA applications:

https://ico.metu.edu.tr/teaching-mobility-3

Required Procedures for Awarded Applicants:

Participants who would like to withdraw from the program should inform ICO until 15.01.2020.  For those participants who inform ICO after the deadline, there will be 10 point deduction for their future application’s overall score.

10 points will be decreased from the granted participants for their next Erasmus applications (with European or non-European countries). Even though the participants do not conduct their mobility yet;10 points will be decreased because of being selected and granted in this call.

The receiving organisation must be a Programme Country HEI awarded with an ECHE. Before the mobility takes place, both the academic department in METU and partner HEI must sign an interinstitutional agreement. You may visit the below website in order to find the list of current Erasmus+ agreements within the framework of Erasmus+ KA103 STA:

https://ico.metu.edu.tr/teaching-mobility-3

If applicants would like to visit a non-partner HEI, they may talk with the related institution in order to initiate Erasmus+ interinstitutional agreement which may be found in the above website (“Erasmus Agreement Draft”). The Erasmus+ interinstitutional agreement must be finalized before mobility takes place.

Duration of the Activities:

The teaching activity can take place between 2 days and 5 days excluding travel time. In all cases, a teaching activity has to comprise a minimum of 8 hours of teaching per week (or any shorter period of stay). If the teaching activity/teaching hours last less than 2 days/8 hours (minimum requirement), the activity is considered as void and the grant payment is not made for the related activity.

Officially, Erasmus+ KA103 Staff Mobility for Teaching Assignments activity for 2019-2021 project term takes place between the dates: 01.06.2019-31.05.2021.

 Required Documents

 Before the Mobility

• Official Invitation Letter (signed and stampted by the receiving institution)
• Erasmus+ HE Staff Mobility agreement – teaching form (confirmed by all required parties)
• Euro Account at Vakıfbank METU Branch
• Erasmus+HE Staff Mobility Grant Agreement  (filled and signed with the help of ICO advisor)

After the Mobility

• Certificate of Attendance (original document confirmed by the receiving institution)
• Boarding Pass
• ·         EU Survey (to be sent by ICO advisor)

Erasmus+ Grants

Daily Grant Amounts 

	Countries	Daily Grant
1st Group	UK, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, Iceland, Lichenstein, Luxembourg, Norway	153 Euro
2nd Group	Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Cyprus, Holland, Spain, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Greece	136 Euro
3rd Group	Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Letonia, Macedonia, Slovakia, Estonia, Hungary, Crotia, Lithuania, Slovenia	119 Euro

 

6.2. Travel Amount by Distance

 The travel amount is calculated by using the below “Distance Calculator”:

 http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/tools/distance_en.htm

 The distance calculator is used to determine the distance between the location where the staff is resident and the city of activity.

 

Obtained “km” Value	Grant Amount
100-499 km	180	€
500-1999 km	275	€
2000-2999 km	360	€
3000-3999 km	530	€
4000-7999 km	820	€
8000 km	1.100	€

 

For disabled participants, it is possible to receive additional grants to meet their specific needs. In order for the disabled staff to be given additional grants, the beneficiary higher education institution is required to request additional grants from the Turkish National Agency. The applications for additional grants should be made during the term of the contract, but in any case up to 60 days before the contract end date. The Turkish National Agency will evaluate each application specifically and determine whether the additional grant can be granted, and if so, the appropriate grant amount. In order to learn more about the application forms, you may visit the following website: https://goo.gl/srJwkS

 Erasmus Staff Mobility without Grant (Zero-Grant)

 It is possible to participate in Erasmus staff mobility programme without grant. Those staff who would like to participate in the programme without grant need to make application and their applications need to be evaluated as the others. Those participants with zero grant have to fulfill rights and obligations of the program.

 Objection to Selection Results

Academic staff who would like to object to the selection results made according to the above criteria must apply to ICO with a written petition within one week from the date of the announcement. The written applications will be evaluated by the University Exchange Programs Commission.

 If you have any questions about the Program, you can contact the International Cooperations Office:

sbetul@metu.edu.tr

Results of English Proficiency Exam for Erasmus+ Non-European Exchange Program and Overseas Exchange Program, which was held on 7 December 2019, can be found in this link.

At this point there is nothing that applicants should do. Selection results will be announced at beginning of the January.

Please bear in mind that the above list shows the results of those students who chose the option of “I want to take the EPEEP (which will consist of Grammar, Reading, Listening & Writing parts)” in the online application form. The results of those students who chose the option of “I want my latest EPEEP/EPE results to be taken into consideration” could be seen in the online system.

The program application of those students who chose the first option, but did not participate the exam without a valid excuse has been cancelled.

Please be aware that students are allowed to take the EPEEP only once every academic year and those who have already taken the EPEEP in the same academic year for another exchange program will not be able to take the exam again. Thus, students who took this exam will not be able to take the English Proficiency Exam (29 February 2020) for Erasmus+ European Mobility Program applications.

English Proficiency Exam for Erasmus+ Non-European Exchange Program and Overseas Exchange Program will be held on 7 December, 2019 between 10:30 and 12:00. The exam will take place at Department of Basic English, Building E, Amphi 1 (HZ1).  

Those who will take the exam are kindly invited to be ready at 10:00 at the Department of Basic English.

The exam is compulsory for Erasmus+ Non-European Exchange Program and Overseas Exchange Program applicants. However, students who requested that their scores of a previous English Proficiency Exam for Erasmus program be taken into account will not be able to take the exam.