Mobility for teaching purposes by invited corporate staff (STA2)
Erasmus+ Key Action KA131 - Erasmus+ Programme Generation 2021-2027
A block seminar by a representative from a European research institute? Team teaching with a colleague from a Spanish company? Invite a representative of a French NGO to teach at Paderborn University?
Erasmus+ makes all this possible and sponsors short-term stays for guest lecturers. Guest lecturers contribute to strengthening the European dimension through their stay and complement the teaching programme. You therefore have the opportunity to invite company personnel from Erasmus+ programme countries to teach at Paderborn.
General conditions
- Eligible persons and conditions of participation: When inviting company staff (STA2): Staff (including doctoral candidates) employed in the labour market or in the fields of education, training, youth, research and innovation or by public or private organizations (excluding the Erasmus+ Charter for Higher Education) who have been invited to teach at UPB (from an Erasmus+ programme country)
- Duration of the apprenticeship: 2 to 60 days (without travelling to and from the destination), thereof max. 6 funded days
- no minimum teaching load/no minimum duration
Financial support
- The allocation principle is "first come, first served"
- Erasmus+ funding is limited. In general, the application deadline is at least 6 weeks before the start of the mobility programme. However, for better planning of Erasmus+ funding, we ask that you apply early.
- Full funding (per diem) for up to 6 days of stay (teaching days at UPB) and
- 0-2 travel days for arrival/departure by flight, boat, car
- 0-6 travel days for arrival/departure by sustainable means of transport (green travel): Train, bus, car-sharing and other sustainable means of transport. Example: If the home institution is so far away that the guest lecturers spend 2 days travelling by bus, 4 additional travel days can be requested for the outward and return journey.
- Guest lecturers with disabilities or chronic illnesses as well as guest lecturers who take their child(ren) abroad with them can submit a real cost application for the actual costs incurred.
Project 2023/24: valid for trips between July 1st 2024 - May 31st 2025
Financial support and country groups
The daily allowance is based on the cost of living in the respective destination country.
Valid daily rates for the Erasmus+ call 2023:
| Group | Funding rates | Countries |
| 1 | 180 Euro per day | Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, additionally: United Kingdom |
| 2 | 160 Euro per day | Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Spain and Cyprus |
| 3 | 140 euros per day | Bulgaria, Estonia, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Turkey and Hungary |
The amount of the travel allowance depends on the distance between the place of departure and destination of the mobility. This distance is standardised throughout Europe using this calculation tool.
Green travelling:
If "sustainable" means of transport are used for at least 50% of the journey, an increased travel allowance is paid for the corresponding distance. The following are considered "sustainable" means of transport (as of 11/2021) Train, bus, car-sharing, cycling, walking. Travelling alone by car is not covered.
The following are reimbursed:
| Distance | How much? | How much for green travelling? |
| 0 km - 99 km | 23 EUR | - |
| 100 km - 499 km | 180 EUR | 210 EUR |
| 500 km - 1,999 km | 275 EUR | 320 EUR |
| 2,000 km - 2,999 km | 360 EUR | 410 EUR |
To promote green travelling, there is an Interrail Pass especially for Erasmus+ participants. You can find more information here .
Office hours
Wednesday, 1-2 pm via Zoom
(You will be taken out of the virtual waiting room one by one).
On December 25th 2024 and January 1st 2025 the office hours are canceled.
Erasmus+ at the UPB
- Erasmus+ Code: D PADERBO01
- ECHE number (2021-2027): 101012410, Charter 2021-2027
- Erasmus+ Policy Statement 2021-2027
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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