To organise a class exchange abroad you need to find one or more partner classes abroad.

• Use your personal or professional network.
• Our platform match&move helps you to find a partner class. On match&move you can either place an advert or contact teachers who have already placed an
  advert.
• Class exchanges can be carried out with partner schools worldwide, with only a few exceptions. Make sure that the partner class you have in mind is located in an eligible
  programme country: 

• Please also check whether your Canton allows you to travel to the country of your partner class.
• Get more information on the topic find an exchange partner. 

Would you like to meet potential project partners on site to get to know each other or jointly develop a project? Get financial support for a preparatory visit. 

Plan the class exchange together with your class and the partner school. Describe the planned activities and provide information on the following points In the funding application:

• Information on all partner schools
• The topic the pupils jointly work on
• The competences the pupils develop in the project.
• Which outings you plan on your on-site visits and what activities you foresee for these
  encounters on site.
• What forms of collaboration you envisage over the course of the whole project.
• How you spread the word about your project within and outside your institution
• When planning your project take into account the funding criteria:

These offers facilitate your planning:

• On match&move you find a collection of ideas on suitable activities during class exchanges and supplementary educational tools.
• It is important to us to also enable persons with disabilities or with physical, mental, or chronic diseases to participate. Therefore, we provide additional funding for persons with special needs, for which you can apply in the funding application. You may also submit a request for funding for special needs at a later stage during the project duration. You can find more information under Inclusion and equal opportunities.
• Consider environmentally friendly means of transport in the planning of your project. Find out more about green mobility.
• We are happy to provide you with individual counselling to clarify questions about planning, submission of the application and project implementation. We can counsel you by the phone, online or on site.

• Submit the funding application online. Meet the Deadlines in March and October.
• Open the application form as early as possible once it is online to get acquainted with the requirements. The application forms are accessible online once the spring or fall call for projects has been launched, usually in December and June. You can save your entries while filling in the application and continue filling at a later stage. If you submit your first application you need to register once.
• Only one application is required for all persons involved in a project.
• Different activities / mobilities (Individual exchange abroad as well as teaching assignments, job shadowing and continuing education abroad) can be combined in one
  application as long as all mobilities are thematically related and can be subsumed under the same main project objectives.

• We will review your application once the deadline has expired.
• You will receive the funding decision at the end of May or the end of December.
• The project starts on 1 June or 1 December. You can select a project duration of 12 or 24 months. You can determine the timing of the on-site project meetings yourself throughout the project duration.
• Within 30 days of receiving the signed contract, we will pay the first portion of the funding: 80% of the approved total amount for projects with a duration of 12 months and 40% for projects with a duration of 24 months. As soon as you have utilised 70% of this initial portion you can claim the next 40%. We will calculate the remaining amount once the final report has been submitted.
• Payments are made exclusively to school education institutions based in Switzerland.

• Prepare your pupils for the exchange, e.g. by providing them with linguistic preparation for
  the encounter and by raising awareness for culture-specific values, customs, and
  modes/codes of conduct. Tips for intercultural preparation.
• Shortly after the project start we organise a kick-off event at which you will receive all the
  information you need to successfully carry out, manage and complete your project. This
  event provides you with the opportunity to get to know your contact persons and other
  project managers.
• You can use the Notification of requirements for people with special needs to apply for
  additional funding for participants with physical or mental disabilities if you have not already done so in the funding application.

• At the end of the project duration, you submit a short final report within 60 days after the
  end date of your contract. Depending on the number of mobilities realised, we will pay the
  remaining amount or make a reclaim.

• Implement the planned communication measures. Be sure to mention that the project was funded by Movetia. We provide you with the logo and text modules.
• Share your project findings and experiences widely via your institution's channels, e.g. newsletter, social media, blog, etc. Thus your institution will be perceived as innovative and open-minded and as an attractive employer. Spreading the word about your project will also stimulate professional exchange among educators inside and outside your institution.
• Contact us to increase your outreach, e.g. by placing a Magazine article on our website.