INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLYING FOR A COMENIUS-GRUNDTVIG TRAINING EVENT
Are you eligible to apply for a Comenius (school education) or Grundtvig (adult education) In-Service Training grant?
Check the website of your Lifelong Learning Programme National Agency:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/national_en.html
How to apply for a grant:
1. Contact your own National Agency to obtain information on the grant application procedures and to check the deadline for submitting your application. National Agency contact details can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/national_en.html
2. Once you have selected a training event (and a concrete session), either from this database or from elsewhere, contact the training organiser to check that places are still available. You may need to enclose confirmation of your provisional registration for the training with your grant application. If the organiser requires payment of a pre-registration fee, contact your National Agency since the training providers included in the training database are not allowed to charge pre-registration fees.
3. Send your grant application form to your National Agency following the defined application procedure. Don't forget to insert your National Agency's priorities in your own project of application. Remember to include the course Provider's acceptance certificate along with your printed paper form to be sent to your National Agency.
4. Your National Agency will inform you if you have been awarded a grant, normally 7-10 weeks after the application deadline.
5. You should then immediately contact the training provider to formally register for the course or to confirm your pre-registration. If you have not been awarded a grant but made a pre-registration, it is your responsibility to cancel this.
6. From the moment your National Agency confirms that you have been awarded a grant, you have responsibilities towards the training provider. If you cancel your attendance at the event, you will be responsible for paying any cancellation fees which the training provider may claim. Only in very exceptional cases of force majeure (e.g. serious illness or death of the grant applicant or a family member) may your National Agency pay cancellation fees using grant money.
7. If the training organiser cancels the training at short notice, you may ask him/her for compensation if you have already incurred costs. Neither your National Agency nor the European Commission can be liable. However, in justified cases your National Agency may decide to cover these costs using the grant awarded. If your training event is cancelled, your National Agency may give you the opportunity to select another one (contact your Agency for further details).
8. At the end of the training event, the organisers must hold an evaluation session. Your opinion on the quality of the training is important; training which is considered to be of poor quality can be further investigated by the National Agency.
9. At the end of the training event, the organisers should distribute a course attendance certificate, which is proof of having carried out the training activity.
10. Within 30 calendar days after the end of the activity you must send the Final Report to your Agency. Approval of the Final Report is the basis for formal settlement of the awarded grant. The Final Report form is provided by your National Agency.
Should you need any further information, please contact your National Agency.