Personnel Mobility activity can be carried out in 2 ways:

Staff Mobility for Teaching

Staff Mobility for Teaching Assignments (STA)

Personnel Mobility activity

Can be carried out in 2 ways:

Outgoing Staff

Personnel Mobility activity can be carried out in 2 ways:

Staff Mobility for Teaching – Staff Mobility for Teaching Assignments (STA) Staff

Mobility for Staff Training (STT)

Staff Teaching Mobility Staff teaching mobility is a field of activity that allows a staff member who is obliged to teach at an ECHE holding higher education institution in Turkey to teach students at an ECHE holding higher education institution in one of the program countries and to carry out academic/educational activities jointly with the other institution regarding teaching.

Conditions for Participating in Teaching Mobility

The personnel who will apply within the scope of Erasmus+ Staff Teaching Mobility should check whether they have an agreement with Istanbul Galata University and the university where they plan to teach.

If there is no agreement, they cannot benefit from the mobility. Before the application deadline, they must contact the host university and have a preliminary interview about the planned visit and receive an invitation letter. Mobility Agreement for Teaching accepted by both the sending and the host higher education institution (The mobility agreement has been signed by the parties and should include the general purpose/objectives, content and expected results of the program to be realized).

The workplace of the company to be visited must be compatible with the professional and personal development needs of the personnel. The activity period for staff teaching mobility is determined as a minimum of 2 consecutive working days and a maximum of 2 months, excluding travel. In order for the activity to be considered a valid activity, at least 8 lesson hours must be given. In cases where the activity takes place longer than 1 week, the required course hours should increase in proportion to the duration. In staff teaching mobility, in cases where the certificate of participation shows that the beneficiary has been operating for less than 2 days and/or has taught fewer hours than required, the activity will be deemed invalid and no grant payment will be made to the beneficiary.

Staff Training Mobility Personnel training mobility

is the field of activity that enables any staff employed in a higher education institution in Turkey to receive education by increasing knowledge sharing and joint projects production, ensuring academic and cultural convergence in one of the program countries . Within the scope of this activity, it is possible for the person to receive various trainings (such as on-the-job trainings, observation processes) in order to improve the skills they have in their current job. Conference participation cannot be supported within the scope of the activity.

Conditions for Participating in Training Mobility

1. If the personnel who will apply within the scope of Erasmus+ Staff Training Mobility will move to a university other than the contracted universities, there is no need to make an agreement in this context; however, before the application deadline, the staff must contact the host university and have a preliminary interview about the planned visit and receive an invitation letter.

2. Mobility Agreement for Training accepted by both the sending and the host higher education institution (The mobility agreement has been signed by the parties and should include the general purpose/objectives, content and expected results of the program to be realized).

3. The workplace of the company to be visited should be compatible with the professional and personal development needs of the personnel.

4. The activity period for personnel training mobility is determined as a minimum of 2 consecutive working days and a maximum of 2 months, excluding travel. In the event that the beneficiary has been active for less than 2 days in the personnel training mobility, the participation certificate is deemed invalid and no grant payment is made to the beneficiary.

* Status of Personnel without Grant (“0” Grant):

Personnel can participate in the activity without receiving a grant if they wish. In order for the personnel to benefit from the activity without a grant, they must apply and the application must be evaluated together with other applications.

Basic Principles of Evaluation and Selection Process “The selection process is carried out among the personnel who apply, within the framework of the rules and priorities determined by the European Commission and the Center, using the evaluation criteria to be determined by the higher education institution and which can be applied equally to all personnel.

The higher education institution is obliged to ensure that the selection of the personnel who will benefit from the mobility is made impartially, that transparency and justice are observed, and that it can provide all kinds of documents regarding the selection process when necessary.

Conformity Assessment At least one of the two countries to participate in the mobility must be an EU member state. Personnel wishing to benefit from the mobility must have submitted a teaching/training program prepared by considering the minimum requirements in the handbook at the time of application. Personnel wishing to carry out personnel mobility must be full/part-time personnel employed in a higher education institution with EÜB in Turkey and currently working in that institution.

There is no cadre requirement for the personnel employed in the higher education institution, the personnel who have a contract with the higher education institution can benefit from the activities.

Since there is no contract between the personnel employed in the higher education institution through service procurement and the higher education institution, these persons cannot benefit from personnel mobility. It is possible for a staff member, who is a citizen of one of the participating countries temporarily residing in Turkey, to go to the country of his/her citizenship through mobility activity; however, these personnel are given low priority during the evaluation process. Please click for Personnel Evaluation Criteria . (attached, but it must be a decision of the senate or the rectorate)

Required documents

Required documents for personnel who are entitled to carry out Erasmus Staff Mobility: Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility Before Mobility; ·

Application form Mobility Agreement for Teaching Invitation letter Copy of Euro passbook Personnel who will participate in the mobility with a grant must open a Euro account in order to receive their grants.

Photocopy of the passaport Visa photocopy Based on your invitation letter received from the institution that will carry out your mobility, the Erasmus+ Office Coordinator prepares a consular letter (a document confirming their participation in Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility, if the staff will receive a grant, the amount of the grant, and the university information they will attend). As soon as he receives the consular letter, he should contact the consulate of the country to which he will go, make an appointment and apply for a visa. After receiving the visa, a photocopy of the visa page should be submitted to the

Erasmus+ Office Coordinator.

Erasmus+ Office Coordinator does not have any authority over the consulates during the visa application of the students. *Staff with a Green Passport can benefit from visa-free mobility.

Grant Agreement 

The Grant Agreement is signed by the Personnel and Istanbul Galata University before the mobility. The contract indicates the mobility period and the total amount of individual and travel grants that the staff will receive. After mobility; Certificate of participation It includes the start and end dates of the mobility. Documents showing the travel dates ( boarding cards, passport entry-exit pages) Online EU Survey The EU Questionnaire for the mobility period will be sent to your e-mail address on the end date of your activity in your Certificate of Participation. Erasmus Training Mobility Before Mobility; ·

Application form Training Program ( Mobility Agreement for Training) Invitation letter Copy of Euro passbook Personnel who will participate in the mobility with a grant must open a Euro account in order to receive their grants. 

Photocopy of the passport Visa photocopy Based on your invitation letter received from the institution that will carry out your mobility, the Erasmus+ Office Coordinatorship prepares a consular letter (a document confirming their participation in Erasmus+ Training Mobility, if the staff will receive a grant, the amount of the grant, and the university information they will attend). 

As soon as he receives the consular letter, he should contact the consulate of the country to which he will go, make an appointment and apply for a visa. 

After receiving the visa, a photocopy of the visa page should be submitted to the Erasmus+ Office Coordinator. Erasmus+ Office Coordinator does not have any authority over the consulates during the visa application of the students. *Staff with a Green Passport can benefit from visa-free mobility. 

The Grant Agreement is signed by the Personnel and Istanbul Galata University before the mobility. 

The contract indicates the mobility period and the total amount of individual and travel grants that the staff will receive. After Mobility; Certificate of participation It includes the start and end dates of the mobility. 

Documents showing the travel dates (flight cards, passport entry-exit pages) Online EU Survey The EU Questionnaire for the mobility period will be sent to your e-mail address on the end date of your activity in your Certificate of Participation. 

Grant General Information No grant payment is made to the beneficiary in cases where the activity does not take place or it is not clearly seen in the curriculum and/or certificate of participation that the academic beneficiary has taught at least 8 hours and/or the administrative and technical personnel have been active for at least 8 hours. 

The calculation of the grant that the personnel of the higher education institution benefiting from the Education and Teaching Mobility deserve is made by the personnel’s own higher education institution, within the framework of the grant calculation rules determined by the Center (National Agency). 

The grant given to the personnel benefiting from the Education and Teaching Mobility is a contribution; It is not intended to cover all the expenses related to the period spent abroad. 

The grant payment is made in two instalments. 70% of the Erasmus grant is deposited into the Euro account specified by the beneficiary in the contract signed with the personnel who will benefit from the Training and Lecture Mobility after they return and the remaining 30% of the Erasmus grant is completed and the documents are delivered after the mobility. 

Grant payment is made for the days of travel (provided that it is supported by travel documents and not more than 2 days). 

Personnel benefiting from Training and Teaching Mobility are paid daily/weekly subsistence and travel expenses according to the travel distance, within the framework of the rules determined by the Center. 

The amount of travel expenses to be paid is calculated using the “Distance Calculator”. The distance calculator is available at the link below: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/tools/distance_en.htm Through the distance calculator, the km value between two points from the place where the personnel is settled to the place of activity should be determined and the travel grant should be calculated using the table below. 

The number of kilometers calculated in the distance calculator is the round trip figure in return for the grant in the table below, and the amount in question is not multiplied by two. Obtained “km” value Grant amount (Euro) Green Travel Grant Amount (Euro) 10-99 KM Between 23 € – 100 – 499 KM Between 180 € 210 500 – 1999 KM Between 275 € 320 2000- 2999 KM Between 360 € 410 3000 – 3999 KM Between 530 € 610 4000 – 7999 KM Between 820 € – 8000 KM and above 1500 € – The daily amount to be given to the personnel who will benefit from personnel mobility is calculated by considering the amounts specified in the table below, according to the country of destination and the period of travel. 

Country Group Host Countries in Mobility Daily grant amounts (Euros) 

1. Group Countries Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway 162 

2. Group Countries Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Cyprus, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Greece 144 

3. Group Countries Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, North Macedonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia 126 *If the documents proving participation in the mobility are not delivered (participation certificate), the mobility is deemed invalid and the grant is not paid to the personnel, the grant paid at the beginning is collected. In addition, grant deductions are made for activities that are less than planned or inappropriate.