• Registration of the student on the mobility management platform. Students must print out the form provided and attach it to their application form for consideration by their International Mobility Office.
• Students must contact their International Mobility Office. In addition to the standard procedures required for any departure on a gap year, students must contact their International Mobility Office in advance in order to obtain their approval in the designated space on the application form with regard to the country or countries to be visited during the gap year project. Failure to obtain this approval will mean that the project cannot be accepted.
  > Please note: approval by the International Mobility Office can be suspended in the event of a serious change of situation in the host country between the date on which approval was given and the student’s expected departure date.
• Finally, once their gap year project has been accepted and their learning agreements have been signed, students must inform their International Mobility Office by sending them a hard copy of the signed learning agreement by post. The International Mobility Office informs students about procedures that must be completed before and during their stays abroad.

Students are advised to approach their health insurance provider in order to obtain information about the terms and conditions regarding coverage of their medical expenses.

• Students going to countries in the EU, the EEA or to Switzerland: must ask their health insurance provider for form E106/S1 “registration to benefit from health insurance cover” or for a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). After arrival, the form will allow students to register with a health insurance institution in their new location.
• Students going to countries outside the UE/EEA/Switzerland: must inform their health insurance provider about their trip and give their new address abroad. In order to benefit from coverage of medical expenses, the student must register for voluntary insurance (which does not exempt them from paying into the compulsory health insurance in their new country of residence), be it through the Fund for French Citizens Abroad (CFE), a private insurance company or the social security institution in the country of residence.

Students carrying out voluntary work during their gap year are encouraged to contact:

• Their host organization for civic service commitments or non-profit voluntary work.
• The “Erasmus+ youth and sport” agency for European voluntary services.
• UbiFrance for international volunteering in administration or business, and more generally the international volunteering centre.
• Clong-Volontariat for international solidarity volunteering.