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Pokyny pro výukové pobyty a školení

Instructions for Teacher Staff Mobility

In addition to student mobility, Teacher Staff Mobility (TSM) of the SOCRATES programme is one of decentralized activities of the programme, i.e. they are financed via SOCRATES National Agency, not by the European Commission. Selection of teacher-participants follows the criteria set by the SOCRATES National Agency.

In most cases the grant awarded by the SOCRATES National Agency is insufficient to cover the travelling expenses so an additional  financial source is required, or a reduction of costs. The Rector's Committee for Foreign Affairs consisting of faculty SOCRATES coordinators approved the grant distribution:  

Week means 5 working days, or fewer, if the teacher takes at least 5 hours of tuition, including discussions, consultations, etc.

For the TSM you can claim the following expenses: 

  • travel expenses of teachers whose participation in TSM was approved; the rules copy those of other business trips abroad - you can claim just one return trip; in order to act economically and in accordance with the programme principles, the staff member is required to make use of reduced airflight tickets such as SATA, APEX, etc., which are available from Student Agency (tel. 5424242) or GTS International (542221996), or any other travel agency offering the best prices at that time. When travelling in your own car you can claim travel expenses amounting to business class train fare proved by relevant documents (or price declaration); 
  • allowance or pocket money (if meals are provided by the receiving institute) for the period of time spent teaching abroad; this amount is fixed in tariff for travelling abroad specified in the Order of Ministry of Finance No. 444/2001 Coll. and in a valid internal directive for travelling abroad:
  • accommodation during your stay abroad; in order to act economically, it is recommended to take advantage of accommodation at a student dormitory, if offered by the receiving institution, or any other economical way of accommodation;
  • the maximum amount spent on accommodation and allowance must not exceed the values given in the table below;
  • translations of lectures;
  • administration costs (must be proved by relevant documents).

Apart from the allowance, all expenses are required to be proved by relevant documents. 

Duties of participants in TSM: 

  • before the trip :
    • sign a contract on financial contribution with the institutional co-ordinator (J.Hegerová) - its appendix contains Qualifying terms for TSM
    • use the form modified for the SOCRATES programme to order relevant foreign currency
    • submit your Posting Recommendation to the institutional co-ordinator to be signed
  • within 10 days of your return, you need to submit your account of expenses (again use the form specially modified for the SOCRATES programme) and original acccounting documents from your trip;
  • submit your airflight ticket (the part that is kept by the passenger) or bus/ train ticket to the institutional co-ordinator; 
  • submit your travel report in the unified form within the period of time specified by the institutional co-ordinator (form is to be downloaded from the Internet: zahraniční styky -- Program LLP Programme/Erasmus (Socrates-Erasmus)
    This report is required by the SOCRATES National Agency;
  • submit confirmation of lectures at the receiving institution to the institutional co-ordinator (again required by the SOCRATES National Agency).