In this project, the University of Liechtenstein will cooperate with Riga Technical University in terms of mobility. Mobilities will be organized both for students and academic staff in the field of Architecture. University of Liechtenstein will be able to enroll students and academic staff from Latvia and also give the chance to representatives of University of Liechtenstein to participate in the academic life of RTU, therefore encouraging collaboration opportunities between the education institutions as well as promoting Liechtenstein University study programmes in Latvia. Student mobilities are expected to last 5 months each (both incoming and outgoing), mobilities for academic staff shall last 2 weeks each.
EEA and NFI projects are created from the resources of 3 countries- Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein. The main goal of these projects is to support less developed European countries by contributing finances to social dimension and educational questions. Total amount of money granted for these projects reaches almost to 2 billion euros (800 million EUR from NFI, 988.5 million EUR from EEA financing), and project are expected to be carried out until the end of 2017. This particular project “Student and Academic Staff Mobility within the EEA Grant Scholarship Activity (Architecture)” will be held until the end of August 2016.
Project coordinator from the side of the University of Liechtenstein is Head of International Office Ms. Trudi Ackermann.
More information about the project, programmes and the finance instrument itself can be found in State Education Development Agency of Republic of Latvia.