 A Comenius Preparatory Visit grant is based on a flat-rate allowance to cover your travel and living costs while on a visit. If you attend a Contact Seminar, where your living costs are covered by a seminar fee, your grant will be based on real costs only.
Your travel costs and living costs will be supported by a flat rate allowance determined by the duration of your visit and the country in which the visit takes place. There are no maximum grant levels for Preparatory Visits. However, the visit cannot last longer than 5 days.
The flat-rate allowance to support your living costs while on the visit is known as the subsistence allowance.
UK subsistence rates for 2012 for Preparatory Visits (euro)
| Destination country |
Daily rate 1st week |
AT (Austria) |
180 |
BE (Belgium) |
170 |
BG (Bulgaria) |
110 |
CH (Switzerland) |
260 |
CY (Cyprus) |
150 |
CZ (Czech Republic) |
150 |
DE (Germany) |
160 |
DK (Denmark) |
230 |
EE (Estonia) |
130 |
EL (Greece) |
160 |
ES (Spain) |
170 |
FI (Finland) |
210 |
FR (France) |
200 |
HR (Croatia) |
160 |
HU (Hungary) |
140 |
IE (Ireland) |
190 |
IS (Iceland) |
180 |
IT (Italy) |
190 |
LI (Liechtenstein) |
260 |
LT (Lithuania) |
130 |
LU (Luxembourg) |
170 |
LV (Latvia) |
130 |
MT (Malta) |
140 |
NL (Netherlands) |
180 |
NO (Norway) |
260 |
PL (Poland) |
130 |
PT (Portugal) |
150 |
RO (Romania) |
120 |
SE (Sweden) |
210 |
SI (Slovenia) |
160 |
SK (Slovakia) |
140 |
TR (Turkey) |
140 |
Acontact seminar grant will cover the following: the actual costs of your door to door travel expenses to the location of the seminar, and a ‘package fee’ set by the hosting agency which will cover accommodation for the duration of the seminar, all meals and any cultural activities set out in seminar agenda.
Different funding rates for Contact Seminar-related Preparatory Visits may apply.
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