Green Travel - environmentally friendly mobility

Green Travel - environmentally friendly mobility 

The horizontal priority of sustainability focuses on raising Erasmus+ participants' awareness of the issues of sustainability, climate change and environmental protection and, in particular, the ecological footprint that participants generate through their mobility. By providing financial support for sustainable means of transport, the aim is to increase the number of mobilities using more environmentally friendly means of transport and reduce the ecological footprint of the Erasmus+ program.

In the 2024 project, all participants who travel sustainably can be supported with additional travel days during their travel time. In order to offer students who undertake long-term mobility within Europe stronger financial incentives to use sustainable means of transport, universities can extend the mobility period by up to six days. This allows students to cover accommodation costs incurred for the travel time before and after the mobility.

All participants who are entitled to a travel allowance in accordance with the program guidelines and the regulations of the NA DAAD are eligible:

• University staff
• Students and graduates on short-term mobility
• Students and graduates of the KA171 and KA131 International funding lines who complete a mobility in an Erasmus partner country
• Students and graduates of the KA171 funding line who come to Germany from partner countries

Funding for the so-called "Green Top-Up" (one-off travel allowance of 50 euros for sustainable travel) will no longer be available from the 2024 project onwards.

From the 2025 project, all Erasmus+ participants (students and university staff) will be entitled to payment of travel allowances based on distance, regardless of the duration of their stay. The amount of the travel costs depends on whether participants use environmentally friendly means of transport or not:

Funding of the travel allowance is mandatory.