Intergovernmental Agreements – Selection Process

Financial Conditions

The costs of food and accommodation are covered within the agreement normally by the host country.

Payment of travel expenses at the CZS MU:

Teachers and scientific staff who were normally nominated for the placement and accepted by the foreign side ask the CZS to arrange the refunding of travel expenses provided that the ministry of education offers this for the given placement. Only international transport to the placement location and back or respectively to the capital city of the receiving country and back, if that is how international transport is defined in the given international agreement, is paid.
The person sent has an obligation to use economic means of transport.
Local transport is not refunded.
The deadline for submission of an application for refunding to CZS: no later than by 25 October in the calendar year in which the tickets were or will be bought.
If the foreign placement takes place during November and December, it is necessary, it is necessary to request the refunding no later than by 25 October and to provide the CZS with copies of tickets and receipts for payment of the air tickets. If it is not possible to buy the tickets in advance, the price must be estimated.
After accounting for the journey the employee sends from the economic department of the faculty to the CZS an internal invoice within 15 days of completing the business trip.

Those interested submit the application directly to the office of the Academic Information Agency (AIA) of the Centre for International Cooperation in Education of the Ministry of Education. You can find further information here (only in Czech language).
If you are accepted on a placement, you must without delay send on the acceptance e-mail or a scan of the letter of acceptance to the CZS coordinator.
After this the economic department of your faculty or the economic unit will be sent a confirmation e-mail and you will be able to set up a travel order.

On the basis of your message the CZS sends an e-mail confirmation to the economic department of the faculty and the academic employee concerned receives a copy.
The employee sets up the travel order. The placement costs are paid by the foreign side (according to the international agreement).
Choose the most economic means of transport and in cooperation with the faculty/economic unit you buy the tickets.

The employee accounts for the trip within 10 working days after its completion and hands over the tickets and if air transport is used also the boarding passes. The Ministry of Education does not refund local transport.
The economic department of the faculty sends the CZS an internal invoice, accompanied by the following documents
- a copy of the accounted travel order and accompanying documents
- the exchange rate according to which the travel expenses were accounted for.
The employee completes a final report and sends it to the AIA (only in Czech language).