EEA Grants

The European Economic Area (EEA) and Norway Grants represent the contribution of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway to reducing economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area and to strengthening bilateral relations with the 15 beneficiary countries in Eastern and Southern Europe and the Baltic states.

These financial mechanisms are based on the European Economic Area Agreement which reunites the EU member states and Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway as equal partners in the internal market.

The staff mobilities are possible through mobility projects implemented between any higher education institutions in the European Economic Area (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, namely Donor States, DS) and in Beneficiary Countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia).

This action allows the following types of HEIs staff mobility:

• teaching missions - duration between 2 days and 2 weeks (excluding travel time) for teaching staff from POLITEHNICA Bucharest in a Donor States (DS) university and reciprocally (minimum 8 teaching hours per week or per any shorter period of stay are compulsory). Also staff from a DS enterprise could teach in an Romanian HEI. The minimum 2 activity days must be consecutive.
• training mobility - with the aim to participate in seminars, workshops, training courses, study visits, job shadowing, for teaching and non-teaching academic staff from the POLITEHNICA Bucharest in an institution from a DS. The duration is between 2 days and 2 weeks (excluding travel time).

The project mobility (excluding subsistence and travel for participants) includes preparation (pedagogical, intercultural), monitoring and support of participants during mobility (outgoing/incoming), validation/recognition of learning outcomes.

Staff with special needs can request a specific additional grant, after being selected for a mobility period. Financial support (including costs with a potential accompanying person) must be motivated in a official notification sent by the Project Promoter to the PO.

The grant will consist of: subsistence component + travel component.

Eligible costs

Transport (unit cost for staff mobility): according to the distance band calculated with the distance calculator available at: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus plus/resources/distance-calculator_en