What can be included in the application  

  • Fees for alumni to attend a physical or online training, seminar, course, conference, workshop, a study visit or similar carried out by a local or international supplier.  
  • Payment (honorarium/fee) and travel (not accommodation) for a workshop host (within country), trainer, guest speaker etc. NOTE! All suppliers must be able to electronically invoice SI in accordance with the information stated under requirements. No other forms of payments to the supplier can be arranged.  
  • Renting of venue and catering (fika or lunch) to carry out the workshop/training/seminar etc. NOTE! Venue suppliers must be bookable via the FCM travel agency which SI has an agreement with. When you have a venue contact [email protected] to see if your venue is bookable by FCM. If a venue can be rented/borrowed from the Swedish Embassy that is the preferred option.  
  • Swedish/international suppliers (workshop hosts, trainers, guest speakers, training institutions etc.) are also eligible for online events. SI will not pay for international airfare tickets for a Swedish supplier or for alumni to attend physical courses in Sweden. 

What cannot be included  

  • For administrative reasons travels and accommodation for alumni to attend initiatives cannot be included in the application. 

Requirements of the supplier 

  • Your identified supplier must be part of a registered company and be able to e-invoice SI through Visma Proceedo. Not other forms of payments are possible. The applicant guarantees that the supplier is able to invoice SI via the system.
  • Read about what is required here: Sending electronic invoices to the Swedish Institute – Svenska institutet (si.se). and here: link to manual.
  • The suppliers of granted applicants will receive an inviation to register to use the system.  
  • Your identified supplier cannot be an alumni or be a company/organisation started or owned by an alumni 
  • SI cannot make individual payments to personal bank accounts, only through the e-invoice. Applicants are responsible to make sure that the supplier can invoice SI according to the above, otherwise the supplier cannot be paid. 
  • One invoice must be sent covering all of the alumni in the group, not individual payments per alumni.
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