Informations

Funding for international guests

The SLS-IS 2006 in Erfurt is accepted by the Educational Exchange Service of Germany (Pädagogischer Austauschdienst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, PAD) to be part of the programme Socrates Comenius 2.2c, which grants funding for study visits. The course number of the German Database is: DE-TH06-75

For the Socrates Programme of the European Commission please see:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/socrates/socrates_en.html

For the website of the Educational Exchange Service of Germany (PAD), where you can find the German Course Database, please see:
http://www.kmk.org/pad/sokrates2/

The National Exchange Agency of the EU country that you presently live in (Socrates-Agency) will decide upon granting financial support and allocating travel grants for your participation (taking over the conference fee and the costs of accommodation). For a list of all National Exchange Agencies please see:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/socrates/nat-est_en.html

For the Socrates Programme, the member states nominate educational experts such as:

administrators at local, regional and national level,

school inspectors,

education advisers,

general and regional advisers,

teacher trainers,

heads of institutions,

educational experts.

They may also include highly qualified specialists such as:

educational psychologists

language educators (foreign-language teaching)

members of curriculum and text-book commissions (curriculum development and examination offices)

representatives of associations

In principle, SOCRATES is open to:

the Member States of the European Union:
Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom;

the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the European Economic Area (EEA) countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway;

the following applicant countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Turkey.

[FAQ] - For those who are not EU-Members.

Deadline for your Application to your National Exchange Agency:
1 March 2006 (in most of the countries)

Please submit your application (see below) for Socrates Comenius 2.2c funding with regard to national deadlines as soon as possible. Please note that the deadlines for submission in most of the countries are different.

To apply for the Socrates Comenius 2.2c -Funding, please follow the steps below.

1.	Step 1 Please register for IS at our website: http://www.EduLead.com/IS2006/registration.htm Socrates candidates are advised to tick the box ‘Registration for Socrates candidates’ to indicate the intention of applying for funding and to receive the appropriate registration confirmation. This confirmation will be sent to you by e-mail to the address you wrote in the registration form. Please print out this email confirmation and attach it to your funding application form (see step 3).
2.	Step 2 Please print out and use the application form which we have already prepared for you. You find it at our website: You can use the following link according to your country: Austria: http://www.edulead.com/IS2006/Austria_2006.pdf Czech Republic: http://www.edulead.com/IS2006/Czech_Republic_2006.pdf Estonia: http://www.edulead.com/IS2006/Estonia_2006.pdf France: http://www.edulead.com/IS2006/France_2006.pdf Greece: http://www.edulead.com/IS2006/Greece_2006.pdf Lithuania: http://www.edulead.com/IS2006/Lithuania_2006.pdf Luxembourg: http://www.edulead.com/IS2006/ Luxembourg_2006.pdf Norway: http://www.edulead.com/IS2006/Norway_2006.pdf Poland: http://www.edulead.com/IS2006/Poland_2006.pdf Great Britain and all other countries (English version): http://www.edulead.com/IS2006/UnitedKingdom_2006.pdf Those from non-EU countries (but from countries, which are among the 31 countries taking part in Sokrates) can get funding as well in the Socrates Programme. Those from the so-called "Sokrates-countries" who have problems to get funding should get in touch with us. We can provide further information if possible.
3.	Step 3 Please send the application form (see step 2) together with our email confirmation that you have registered (see step 1) to your National Exchange Agency. Please note that the deadlines in most of the countries are different (in most of the countries it is 1 March 2006). Please find the address of your National Exchange Agency here: http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/socrates/nat-est_en.html
4.	Step 4 After you have received the confirmation of your Socrates Comenius 2.2c-funding from your National Exchange Agency, please send us a short note by email immediately to keep us informed. This information is very important in case your National Exchange Agency gets in touch with us. The email address is: sfg@uni-erfurt.de or Info-SLS-IS-2006@EduLead.com. We regret to say that there cannot be made any overall promise that your National Agency will take over all your costs through the Socrates Comenius 2.2c Programme. In case your National Exchange Agency declines financial support, you can cancel your registration without any costs. Please keep us informed. Those from other countries, which do not take part in Sokrates, unfortunately do not have the possibility to get Sokrates funding. But perhaps there are other possibilities to get the conference fee and travel cost paid.