"The main purpose of this mobility project is to equip our students with qualifications that enable them to succeed in the world of work.This year 21 students have decided to do their practical training, which is compulsory between years 3 and 4 of their upper secondary education, abroad, to not only fulfill this requirement, but to additionally profit from gaining valuable experience in another country. They shall have the possibillity to put the theoretical knowledge they have acquired at school into practice, to train core competences, prove their sense of responsibility, flexibility and the ability to work in a team.Applying foreign languages and improving these skills is another basic requirement.The students are expected to meet the expectations of their employers and to be aware of the responsibility they have as ""ambassadors"" of their home-country.Apart from improving their competences in various fields and gaining work experience in general, the main emphasis is on developing their social competences and soft skills, to become mature and open-minded European citizens,which facilitates working together with people from different countries and cultures on the one hand and contributes to a better and peaceful world on the other."

"The main purpose of this mobility project is to equip our students with qualifications that enable them to succeed in the world of work.This year 16 students have decided to do their practical training, which is compulsory between years 3 and 4 of their upper secondary education, abroad, to not only fulfill this requirement, but to additionally profit from gaining valuable experience in another country. They shall have the possibillity to put the theoretical knowledge they have acquired at school into practice, to train core competences, prove their sense of responsibility, flexibility and the ability to work in a team.Applying foreign languages and improving these skills is another basic requirement.The students are expected to meet the expectations of their employers and to be aware of the responsibility they have as ""ambassadors"" of their home-country.Apart from improving their competences in various fields and gaining work experience in general, the main emphasis is on developing their social competences and soft skills, to become mature and open-minded European citizens,which facilitates working together with people from different countries and cultures on the one hand and contributes to a better and peaceful world on the other."

51students were registered to participate in a 12-month compulsory internship abroad (according to this school's curriculum) – period of this project: 2014 - 2015. As our students are trained in modern languages, we have chosen the following countries for the internship: Italy, Slovenia, , Malta, Ireland, Spain, Germany and Great Britain. Our students were trained in theory (language skills) and in practice beforehand. Additionally, they were supported by the Erasmus+ team (contact via facebook) during the internship. After the internship an evaluation was carried out by the partner hotel. Means of evaluation were be the ECVET – form and the Learning Agreement.Students were encouraged to gain further practical knowledge and skills in hotel industry which had already been provided in theory in order to be well-prepared for their future working life. Therefore our studentswere given the possibility to work in fields like: restaurant, reception, bar, administration, room service, concierge, seminar and conference area.Besides improving their practical skills, our trainees strengthened their social skills and their self-confidence (personal capabilities), which means that responsibility, independency, self-confidence, ability to work on their own, team spirit, ability to listen, friendliness, ability to communicate with their superiors, colleagues and guests. Moreover, our students encountered the differences of various cultures and traditions and their characteristics to develop an open-minded tolerance.Another important aim was to improve language skills. Students were able to use their acquired language skills in order to broaden their communication skills in daily work life. Furthermore, we would like to stress that the sense of belonging to the European Union was created and increased to make the EU be realized as a chance for personal and professional development.Employing foreign students in their hotels, people showed interest in different nationalities and also in the willingness to train and support the young. This was documented by using the following tools: Letter of Intent, Learning Agreement, Personal Transcript, Europass and ECVET. The hotel was not only a working but also learning place.We were primarily looking for hotels in the 4 or 5 stars category to ensure a high standard not only concerning the working but also the learning conditions. In cooperation with the Erasmus+ Team the students worked out tasks of the Learning Agreement and the results were discussed. Teachers visited their students at their hotels to deepen the personal contact and to assure the quality of the internship. For school, this project is evidence of a professionally grounded education, which is finally documented by annual reports, parents' evening, Erasmus+ -Day, personal diary entries of the participants as well as broadcasts in the media (local TV, newspapers, websites).The aspired project goals are assured by a professional quality management team (G. Malle, B. Potz, M. Schwarz) and teachers working in the fields of economy and modern languages.For the first time, ECVET elements were used to emphasize comparison and sustainability of the project. Using these new tools, the cooperation with the hotels was intensified. That's why increased action of the acl becompanying teachers was necessary especially at the beginning.Apart from the EU aspect, long-term impacts on the participant, school site and the Austrian educational system are stressed. Our participants are able to profit from their work experience in the long run, school site will face an enhancement of the public image and finally, it has to be mentioned that these projects are vital for the Austrian educational system to broaden the horizon of the participants in order to appreciate the importance of the EU.

"The ""Escuela de Hostelería Álvaro Cunqueiro"" (Galicia/Spain) fosters this project with the goal of offering a first work experience in an EU country to its recent graduates. The European mobility is a great opportunity for young people that have just finished their studies and are about to look for a job. The mobility can provide them with technical and organisational skills as well as language and intercultural competences. The projects is aimed at 20 recent graduates with the following profiles: • Cooking• Basic operations of cooking, including bakery • Basic operations for bars and restaurants• Bar and coffee services• Reception, events, communication and marketing• Basic operations for room servicesThe host countries are Malta, Italy, United Kingdom and Portugal and the length of each work placement are 2 months. The project will take place from December 2016 until November 2018 with a length of 24 months.The objectives and expected results of the project are as follows:• Improving professional skills and competences in the catering and tourist industry, having as a result a higher employability and improved career prospects• Improving language skills, having as a result a greater ability to understand and communicate with foreign customers• Increasing motivation to take part in future education or training, having as a result an increase in the number of participants that decide to continue their studies/training or more motivation to do it in the near future• Developing transversal and intercultural competences as well as an European awareness, having as a result a greater intercultural and European understanding • Fostering entrepreneurial spirit, having as a result an increase in the number of participants that become self-employed• Enhancing mobility, having as a result more interest in working/studying in an EU country at present or in the near futureThe mobility expects to have impacts on:• Labour market, by reducing the unemployment of participants when they return• Mobility, by increasing their participation in another European programme• Qualification, by increasing the number of participants who decide to take part in education/training after the mobility and improving language skills• Values, by enhancing their intercultural and European awarenessTo sum up, the project aims at getting young Galician students from the catering and tourist sector an opportunity to work in international companies, which will improve their career prospects. The mobility drives the European values and enhances intercultural awareness and, furthermore, strengthen the Galician economic and social fabric due to the transfer of innovation and good practices."

The project OnGoing to Europe -Master Minds Mobility -Part II aims to continue the development of the previous project of necessity provision of innovation, modernization and internationalization of the candidate organization, ACB – Associação Comercial de Braga, through the cooperation with transnational partnerships for acquiring, improving and consolidating skills, knowledge and aptitudes of the management and organization of the teaching staff and the candidates trainees, by integrating new practices and knowledge, attitudes and techniques, in an international vision, in the organisation and in the national and international work market. The global economy demands for aptitudes suited to all levels and sectors, the access to information, updating and global communication, reveals itself crucial for a complete insertion in the work market. Society in an exponential changing process demands the creation of versatile economic agents, gifted with cross and essential skills, able to perform uncertain professional performance in an unstable work market, being the resort to VET training the bridge between the formal training and the work market. The project is addressed to 47 trainees/3 graduates of the technical courses of Restaurant, Cook and Pastry, Bar/Restaurant and Car Mechatronic, of the 4th Level of the Learning Courses ( ordinance 149/2008) and for 6 teaching staff members for training - practice and observation/jobshadowing, all of them for companies in Germany, Slovenia, Malta, Greece and Italy. We expect, with these opportunities, contribute for the lowering of earlier school dropout numbers, promote studies graduation equal opportunities and social inclusion, through practical multinational internships and introduce innovative methods and methodologies in organizational management of national and international projects. In the mobilities, the participants will execute practical work plans for the development and consolidation of knowledge in their study area, aptitudes, languages and cultural skills: Cook/Pastery:Create and set up cook and desert dishes, recognize the diversity in gastronomy and foreign traditional recipes; Restaurant/Bar: Plan, set up and execute the table/bar service, drinks/welcoming of the client/billing/market research; Car Mechatronic: Analyse cars mechanical, electrical and electronic systems, maintenance and anomaly diagnosis, repairs and substitution of components in multiplex systems, using cutting edge technological skills. The teaching staff in acquiring innovative methods and methodologies for use in the classrooms facing the diversity also for future UE mobilities. The trainee candidates are social-economically disadvantaged, from poor rural and suburban areas, some are institutionalized others with learning difficulties, with unemployed or emigrant parents. We expect a strong impact and positive and lasting results, both in the participants, organization and staholders: TRAINEES Better learning performance; better career perspectives and employability; initiative and business spirit; self-capacitation and self-esteem, sensibilization for interculturality, active participation in society; improvement of the linguistic skills; a bigger conscience of the European project e EU values; access to the transparent tool of skill validation Teaching staff – improvement of the skills in the professional profiles, work quality and activities in favour of the trainees, skills regarding foreign languages; a bigger understanding and the ability to approach the needs of the unfavoured, diversity and interculturality, support and promotion of trainee mobilities, personal development and evolution in career and linguistic skills. Organization A bigger visibility of the profile and standing out amongst its pears, through the acknowledgment of their participation by the local companies and authorities; building up and strengthen partnerships between them, allowing a growing number of professional and formative internships and a bigger employability of the graduates of the organization, bigger support and orientation for entrepreneurship and funding and sponsorship for managing national and international projects; increase in the participation in European projects and the search in the formative demand; bigger attractiveness by the EFP to select youngsters in school age and parents, by the quality directed for the future and beyond the borders of international quality. STAKEHOLDERS, Stdents, teachers, employers The sustainability in thepresent and ifuture of the project, is ensured through the disclosure, dissemination and availability of the results of the project, through suited channels by the partner organizations, participants and other stakeholders, to get an impact and influency in political measures at national and international levels. Durability of its use by stakeholders around the world by the access to the Erasmus+ Platform of Results, EPALE and E-Twinning.