PROPOSED MOBILITY PROGRAMME

The proposed mobility programme includes the indicative start and end months of the agreed traineeship that the student will carry out abroad.

The Learning Agreement must comprise the number of working hours per week and a detailed programme of the traineeship period, including, tasks/deliverables and associated timing to be carried out by the trainee.

In addition, the proposed mobility programme must foresee the knowledge, skills (intellectual and practical) and competences to be acquired by the trainee at the end of the traineeship (learning outcomes).

A monitoring plan will describe how and when the trainee will be monitored during the traineeship by both the sending institution and the receiving organisation/enterprise. It must specify the number of supervision hours and whether a third party is also involved, such as a higher education institution in the receiving country. If it is the case, the monitoring plan will also specify the contact details of the person in charge responsible for the supervision of the trainee in that institution.

Finally, the proposed mobility programme must include an evaluation plan describing the assessment criteria to be used to evaluate the traineeship period. Examples of assessment criteria: academic skills/expertise, analytical skills, initiative, adaptability, communication skills, teamwork skills, decision-making skills, ICT skills, innovative and creative skills, strategic-organisational skills, foreign language skills.

A recommended level of language competence in the main language of work should be agreed with the receiving organisation/enterprise to ensure a proper integration of the trainee in the organisation/enterprise. The trainee will then commit to reach this level of language competence by the start of the study period. The level of the trainee will be assessed after his/her selection with the Erasmus+ online assessment tool when available (the results will be sent to the sending institution) or else by any other means to be decided by the sending institution. In case the trainee would not already have this level when signing the Learning Agreement, he/she commits to reach it with the support to be provided by the sending institution (either with courses that can be funded by the organisational support grant or with the Erasmus+ online tutored courses).

The sending institution commits to recognise the learning outcomes of the traineeship upon satisfactory completion of the mobility programme. There are different provisions for traineeships embedded in the curriculum (obligatory traineeships) and for voluntary traineeships.

In the case of traineeships embedded in the curriculum, the sending institution commits to record the traineeship in the trainee's transcript of Records and Diploma Supplement. The sending institution has to specify the number of ECTS credits that will be granted and the modalities for setting the grade. These elements are optional for voluntary traineeships and, recording the grade in the trainee's Europass Mobility Document, is optional for both kinds of traineeships. However, in the case of voluntary traineeships carried out by recent graduates, recording the traineeship in the trainee's Europass Mobility Document is highly recommended.

The trainee must be covered at least by an accident insurance (at least for damages caused to the trainee at the workplace) and by a liability insurance at work (for damages caused by the trainee at the workplace). The receiving organisation/enterprise will commit to grant the trainee a minimum insurance coverage, unless he or she is insured by the sending institution or himself.

The receiving organisation/enterprise will ensure that appropriate equipment and support are available to the trainee and it will specify whether the trainee will receive a financial support and/or a contribution in kind for the traineeship, which are compatible and the Erasmus+ grant.

Finally, upon completion of the traineeship, the organisation/enterprise undertakes to issue a Traineeship Certificate corresponding to the section After the Mobility. This document should be provided within a maximum of 5 weeks after the traineeship to the trainee and to the sending institution.

All parties must sign the section before the mobility; however, it is not compulsory to circulate papers with original signatures, scanned copies of signatures or digital signatures may be accepted, depending on the national legislation.