EASY-ECO Bratislava Training

Venue

The Institute for Public Administration (‘Inštitút pre verejnú správu’, or IVS, in Slovak) is situated just outside the historic centre of Bratislava, close to the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains. The training and the accommodation are all in the same building.

Bookings

Training fee: € 200

You can book:

• Residential attendance (20th – 30th September 2005)
  with 11 nights' en-suite accommodation and full board, including training fee:
  € 550
• Non-residential attendance (21st -30th September)
  including lunch and training fee:
  € 250
• Non-residential attendance (21st – 30th September 2005)
  excluding lunch. Training fee only:
  € 200

We do not recommend that you attend for any less than the full training period. If you have any questions relating to this, please do not hesitate to contact James Grellier (rec@changenet.sk) for details.

EU-Grants: Full grants from the European Commission‘s Sixth Framework Programme are available for participating researchers, especially those with less than ten years experience. These grants cover economy/2nd class travel costs, training fees, accommodation for 11 nights (evening of the 20th September to the morning of the 1st of October 2005) and full board (breakfast, lunch, dinner) at the training. For more information please consult the EU-Grant information on this website.

If you have requested accommodation, this will be provided for 11 nights, including all meals at the conference venue. We highly recommend that you take the ‘Residential attendance’ option and stay at the training venue for both social and practical reasons, as well as easier administration for us, particularly since all costs will be covered by the EU for EU-Grant recipients. However, should you opt for making your own accommodation arrangements, as an eligible EU-Grant recipient, you can get reimbursement of real subsistence expenses (hotel and catering) upon provision of all relevant receipts up to a daily maximum of € 50.

Important note relating to EU-Grants: The amount of the grant available for travel expenses depends on your distance from the venue – details of the maximum amounts you can claim are attached and you are asked to make the most economical travel arrangements possible. If you expend more than the maximum allowable amounts, it will not be possible to reimburse you for the overspend. Note that travel can only be reimbursed upon provision of receipts for your travel tickets; it is not possible to reimburse money for tickets presented without receipts. For this reason, make sure that you ask for a receipt at the time of purchase and that you bring this with you to the training where you will be reimbursed. It will not be sufficient just to submit a flight ticket; the receipt from the travel agency or flight operator is required. The same applies for accommodation organised by the grant recipient (i.e. and not organised at the training venue).

Deposit: Once awarded a place on the Bratislava Training, participants will be requested to pay a deposit of 50 € to confirm their attendance at the event. Successful applicants will be told the status of their application on or by the 10th of July 2005 and the deposit must be paid by bank transfer by the 22nd of July 2005. Banks details of the REC Slovakia will be posted with the confirmation email and sent on the 10th of July 2005.

In order to comply with the Regional Environmental Center financial procedures, each grant recipient will need to complete a claim form (available at registration) and attach all receipts for all allowable expenses. Payments for travel will be made in cash during the event. The completed form should be given to James Grellier who will be present throughout the training.