Settlement rules of sustainable means of transport for staff members of the University of Szczecin within the Erasmus+ Key Action 171 – Higher Education Mobility with Third Countries not Associated to the Programme.
- Buses, train, bicycle, and carpooling (a shared travel by car, belonging to one of the passengers, on the same route and with the same goal) are considered by the Erasmus+ programme to be ecological means of transportation. Travel by any other means of transportation does not meet those criteria.
- A staff member can apply for a lump sum for travel costs resulting from using low emissions means of transportation (so-called „green travel”) if the main part of the travel (round-trip) is made with such means. Such persons shall submit to the IRD a declaration of the planned itinerary indicating the means of transportation (Attachment no. 1). The declaration is then forwarded to the vice-rector responsible for international cooperation for approval.
- The use of a private or university car for the international business trip should be approved by the vice-rector responsible for international cooperation (Attachment no. 2). The request must include all the co-passengers travelling to the same place and with the same goal. The request is to be submitted, along with the declaration determined in Attachment no. 1, to the IRD.
- All participants of the KA171 mobilities receive Individual Support for 2 travel days (return route) regardless of the means of transport.
- Furthermore, a participant may apply for additional maximum of 4 days of travel (return route) by filing a request for additional funding (attachment no. 3).
- A number of granted additional travel days (one way) depends on the distance between the seat of the University of Szczecin and the seat of the host institution, calculated with the on-line calculator available at the website of the European Commission (EC): http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/tools/distance_en.htm, according to the following distribution list:
a) Distance: 10 – 1999 km – 1 travel day
b) Distance: 2000 and more – 2 travel days
- Any additional co-financing due to „green travel”, if granted, will be paid along with other Erasmus+ scholarship components.
- The declared means or time of travel is confirmed after return by submitting in the IRD a statement of realizing „green travel” (Attachment no. 4), along with the proofs listed in the statement. If the travel is not confirmed in the above-mentioned manner, the employee will be requested to reimburse the amount resulting from the „green travel” entitlements.
Original documents available
at the International Relations Dept. by request.
