CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2023/2024

Outgoing Staff Mobility for Teaching and Training within the Erasmus+ Programme from (university, state) to International School for Social and Business Studies, Celje, Slovenia, EU,

Application deadline is 31st January, 2024

1. PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

Erasmus+ is a European program in the field of education, training, youth and sport for the period 2021-2027. The mentioned areas have been recognized as key forces within the framework of the Europe 2020 strategy to overcome the socio-economic crisis affecting European countries by promoting growth, creating jobs and strengthening social justice and inclusion.

The general objective of the program is to support the educational, professional and personal development of people in the fields of education, training, youth and sport in Europe and beyond through lifelong learning and thereby contribute to sustainable growth, quality jobs and social cohesion, the promotion of innovation and the strengthening of European identity and active citizenship.

The priorities of the Erasmus+ program are inclusion and diversity, digital transformation, participation in democratic life, the environment and the fight against climate change. The European priorities in the national context are: social inclusion and active European citizenship with special emphasis on the active participation of young people…

International School for Social and Business Studies (ISSBS), Slovenia, is carrying out an Erasmus+ mobility project that includes the following incoming mobilities from partner higher education institution (name of the university/faculty):

1. Staff Mobility for Teaching

This activity allows HEI teaching staff or staff from enterprises to teach at a partner HEI abroad. Staff mobility for teaching can be in any subject area/academic discipline.

• Staff Mobility for Training

This activity supports the professional development of HEI teaching and non-teaching staff in the form of training events abroad (excluding conferences) and job shadowing/observation periods/training at a partner HEI, or at another relevant organization abroad.

• DURATION OF ACTIVITIES

Following the Programme guide, the staff mobility activities can take place from 5 days (from and to Partner Countries) to 2 months, excluding travel time. In all cases, a teaching activity has to comprise a minimum of 8 hours of teaching per week (or any shorter period of stay). If the mobility lasts longer than one week, the minimum number of teaching hours for an incomplete week should be proportional to the duration of that week.

Mobilities within this call should take place between 1 August 2023 and no later than 31 July 2026.

• ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible, applicants must fulfill the following general requirements:

• To be teaching or administrative staff employed by a partner university (name of the university/faculty).
• To be able to carry out the mobility within the project duration (see the previous section).
• To have at least B2 level proficiency in the English language in order to successfully conduct teaching or training activities.
• Mobility participants should not receive co-financing from any other employer or project for the same mobility activities.

• SELECTION CRITERIA

Applicants will be selected on the basis of the following criteria (in parentheses the scoreboard):

• Applicant motivation and foreseen sustainability effects of the mobility (in the application) (0-5)
• Previous participation in European mobility programs. Preference is given to applicants who have not yet participated in the European (0 – previous participation or 3 – first-time participation)
• Relevance to institutional relations between the home and host partner institutions (internationalization strategy) (0 – small relevance, 1 – medium relevance, 2 – high relevance).

• AVAILABLE PLACES AND GRANTS

** Grant amounts grants for travel and individual support represent maximum amounts of co-financing of individual mobility. The ISSBS will cover the actual expenses of travel and accommodation within the mobility and within grant limitations. Mobile participants will not receive any fee from the mobility project for their lectures or work during their mobility.

• APPLICATION

In order to apply, the applicants are required to submit the following documents:

• Application form (available at the following link)
• Professional CV in English
• Language competence certificate (if applicable)

Applicants should submit their applications to the (name of the university/faculty) to e-mail address: ewdebrah@used.edu.gh Application deadline is . 20^th January, 2024

The coordinator at the (name of the university/faculty) makes a list of accepted applications and informs all applicants about the results of the selection.

• AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTATION

Documents and materials relevant to this call are available at the (name of the university/faculty) website and on the link below:

• Application form for Erasmus staff mobility

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

All information regarding this call will be available on the ISSBS website. The ISSBS will be in charge of the general coordination and management of the project. The first contact point for applicants and beneficiaries is the coordinator at (name of the university/faculty).

Inquiries during the application process can be addressed via e‐mail or by phone to:

Contact person at (name of the university/faculty):

Name and Last name: Prof. Edward Wiafe Denrah

tel: +233-200600799

E-mail: ewdebrah@uesd.edu.gh

Contact person at International School for Social and Business Studies:

Barbara Jurgec, mag. manag.

Tel.: +386 3 425 8420

E-mail: barbara.jurgec@issbs.si

Date of publication of the call: 3^rd January, 2024