To complete a traineeship in Switzerland, you need a company in the respective language region.

• Use your personal or professional environment for this.
• Or visit one of our vocational education and training events.

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If several Swiss institutions are pursuing the same goal, they can apply for funding for mobilities as a consortium. Find out whether a consortium project brings additional benefit to your project.

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• You define the goals of the project and how you want to achieve them at an early stage and clarify the responsibilities with your partner institution. Ideally, you should plan several work placements for your pupils in one project. 
• You plan the work placements for your participants. To do this, you estimate the number of participants at your institution, determine how you will prepare and support the participants for the upcoming placements and consolidate the learning outcomes. 

You ensure that the planned project fulfils our award criteria:

• 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.
• We will be happy to provide you with individual counselling to clarify questions about planning, submission and implementation. The consultation can take place over the phone, online or on site.

• Submit the project online at least 30 days before the start date. 
• The funding application is submitted by one of the partner institutions for the entire project.
• An institution may receive contributions for several participants. 
• The project duration (contract period between the project organiser and Movetia) lasts a maximum of 12 months.
• In the project application, you describe the planned activities and provide information on points such as
  • Details of all partner institutions
  • Brief project description with objectives and measures
  • Overview of planned mobility activities
  • Information on the preparation, on-site support and follow-up of the mobility activities
  • Plan for internal and external communication of the project results. 
• Open the application as early as possible to familiarise yourself with the requirements. You can save the application temporarily and process it later. If you are submitting an application for the first time, you will need to register once. 

• We will review the funding application within 30 days of submission.
• If the decision is favourable, we issue the funding contract and pay out 80 % of the funding.
• Payment is made within 30 days after receiving the signed contract. 
• Funding ampunts are paid exclusively to schools, internship companies and cantonal educational institutions based in Switzerland and not directly to participants. 

• As the sending institution, you  select the participants and organise the internship position, accommodation and, if necessary, the language course with them. You involve the participants in the planning if necessary. 
• Prepare the participants for their exchange experience. For example, you can use our workshop on intercultural preparation. 
• You are responsible for paying out financial support for the pupils' travel and accommodation.
• You also support the participants during and after the work placement.
• Do you need more time to realise the project? You can extend the project up to two times by a maximum of 6 months. This means that a maximum extension of 12 months to a maximum contract term of 24 months is possible. If other aspects relevant to the contract change, e.g. budgets or the name of the person responsible, please inform us by e-mail before the end of the project.
• You can use the notification of need for additional financial support for people with special needs to apply for additional funding if you have not already done so in the funding application. 
• In our login area, you can document the planned and completed exchanges on an ongoing basis. This overview of the exchanges actually carried out is part of the final report and the central record.
• We conduct a monitoring meeting with the project leaders during the project term. At this meeting, you can clarify questions and receive feedback, tools and suggestions for further project implementation.

• As the sending institution, you must submit the final report online no later than 60 days after the end of the contract term.
• The final report primarily asks for information on the following points:
  • Overview of the exchanges carried out 
  • Achievement of the objectives of the project and the funding programme
  • Need for support
  • Overview of information and communication activities in the project
• Apart from the overview of the exchanges (documented in the login area) and, if applicable, a confirmation of participation in the language course. No further evidence or supporting documents must be submitted in the final report. 
• However, in the event of a financial audit by us, it must be possible to provide evidence that the exchanges have been carried out (including evidence of the costs of the exchanges).
• We evaluate the final report and pay out any remaining amounts or make repayment claims. This takes place within 30 days of submission of the final report.

• The experiences that you and the participants make during the exchange are also of interest to other vocational education and training stakeholders. Make them visible and report on them in your institution and in your network.
• Share the content widely via your institution's channels, e.g. newsletter, social media, blog, etc. In this way, you present your institution as innovative, open-minded and an attractive employer. You will also stimulate professional exchange in the education sector. 
• Contact us to increase your reach, e.g. through a magazine article on our website.