 Comenius Regio grants consist of a lump sum allowance for mobilities PLUS a grant based on real costs for additional expenses. The grant amount for additional project costs is limited to a maximum of €25,000.
The lump sum funding in a Regio Partnership is determined by the number of mobilities the participating region plans to carry out during the two year project cycle.
A mobility is one return visit by one person to a partner institution abroad.
The table below sets out the lump sum grants for UK Regio partners in 2009. The funding covers both years of the partnership. The funding is for the UK region, rather than for the partnership as a whole.
| Regio Partnerships |
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| Minimum number of mobilities |
4 |
8 |
12 |
24 |
| Lump sum grant (euro) |
4,000 |
8,000 |
10,000 |
20,000 |
The Comenius Regio application form divides other project expenditure into three main categories:
- Subcontracting: costs entailed by procurement contracts for the purposes of carrying out specific work for the project. This includes work such as translation, interpretation, printing etc. Costs are based on a verifiable estimate. Project management and general administration of the project CANNOT be subcontracted.
- Equipment: purchase, rent or lease of equipment if justified and necessary for the project, depreciated in according with tax and accounting rules. Installation, maintenance and insurance costs are also considered eligible.
- Other project costs on the basis of real costs: costs not covered by other cost categories like dissemination of information (eg one-off press releases or publicity shots), the purchase of copyrights and other Intellectual Property Rights, purchase of information materials (books, studies and electronic data), rental costs, purchase of consumables (reams of paper for printing of publications, blank DVD’s etc), travel costs for experts or speakers at conferences.
More detailed information on cost categories as well as the eligibility of costs can be found in chapter 4F of the LLP Guide (Part 1:General Provisions) or download examples of how to complete sections D & E.
Please note that for grants with a total value of more than €25,000 (lump sum and additional costs combined) it will be necessary to supply evidence of the co-financing of the additional project expenditure. Although staff costs are not eligible for funding in Comenius Regio Partnerships; they are considered as a contribution in kind (staff costs are counted as a means of co-financing). Where the total grant amount per partner region exceeds €25,000, the staff costs and/ or other forms of co-financing will have to be declared at application stage (approximately) and definitively in the final report (based on the number of working days). The co-financing should amount to at least 25 % of the additional (non-mobility) costs.
Example A region undertaking at least 24 mobilities (a lump sum of €20,000) and with additional project expenditure of €12,000 has a total grant of €32,000. This region will need to supply evidence of co-financing amounting to at least €3,000 (25% of the additional project expenditure).
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