1 Persons covered and scope, time and location

1.1 Group insurance for Erasmus Mundus

The purpose of this insurance is to fulfill the minimum required level of the obligatory insurance coverage for eligible candidates who have received a Community grant to study in an Erasmus Mundus Action 1, Action 2 and Action 3 project.

In the context of this insurance candidates to receive the obligatory insurance coverage by the Consortium are:

• EMMC student scholarship holders,

• EMJD doctoral candidates with a stipend

• All Action 2 and Action 3 student grant recipients on all academic levels

• A university may obtain this insurance for Candidates for whom insurance coverage provided by the consortium is NOT obligatory:

• EMMC scholar scholarship holders and EMJD doctoral candidates with an employment contract

The participant in the Erasmus Mundus programme is insured during their stay in the 27 European Union countries,the EEA/EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), the countries that are candidates for membership of the European Union (Croatia, FYROM, Turkey) as well as the countries of the Third Country Partners/associated members identified by the Consortium as study destinations.

The cover includes all worldwide travel required for the participation in the Erasmus Mundus Programme. Reasons for travel may be: departure to the destination where the action will take place, travel between the participating higher education institutions, return trip home following completion of the action or during the academic breaks within the specific eligibility period of the action, preparatory meetings, mid-term evaluation meetings, final evaluation meetings, courses, conferences, seminars, research, cultural and intercultural sessions.

In the event of a return trip home during the period covered by his/her EM scholarship; the participants shall also receive cover for medical costs and urgent dental care. This coverage must be guaranteed for periods up to 4 weeks.

Cover will take effect by the time the grant holder starts their journey to participate in the Programme (maximum two months prior to the start of the specific actions eligibility period for which the grantee is enrolled) and will be valid until two months after the end of the same action, unless there is a prior change to the EM grantee status. For Action 2 the time is maximum one month.

Notes

The end of the action is understood as the last official activity in the context of the action; for Action 1 this is usually the graduation ceremony.

Change in status is considered to be taking up an activity other than that for which the grant has been awarded such as: work, training, holiday.

Kammarkollegiet provides basic documents for personal insurance certificates in the form of a specific insurance card indicating the name of the insured person. The university or college issues the certificate to the person who will be covered by the group insurance as defined in the section 1.1.