The project operates within the framework established by the work placement Consortium Erasmus+ León, coordinated by the Fundación General de la Universidad de León y de la Empresa (FGULEM). The Project has brought together the University of León and ten Vocational Training Centres (Centros de Formación Profesional de Grado Superior), with the objective of encouraging vocational training for its students in European companies within their academic field. The Consortium, which represents a population of over 20,000 students, has created a common working structure, allowing flexibility, reduction of red tape, efficient resource management, to cover the needs of its members with regard to the field of vocational training at a European level.Twenty-five placements, 13 of students and 25 of recent graduates, have been organised – fewer than the number requested, owing to various difficulties that arose in the management of the project. The first of these was a result of the short time the project has been in existence, in that for the first half of its 24-month life the project overlapped with the previous version. In addition to this, an unplanned interruption to the project’s activity occurred at the end of June 2016, when the technician in charge of the project had to be replaced while on leave. Finally, the decline in the economic support that the participants receive has made it difficult to find candidates who fulfill the requirements and who are able to accept difficult economic conditions.The main activities that have been carried out are:•The programme’s dissemination through a dedicated webpage, the coordinating Consortium’s social networks, member organisations' international communication networks, posters, and a weekly promotional broadcast on the Cope León station, giving information about the programme and the offers available throughout the project.•The search and selection of receiving organisations: FGULEM counts on a wide experience of the management of international programmes, on the basis of which it maintains good relations with a wide range of European organisations with which it has previously collaborated. In addition to this, a new network of business contacts has also been set up.•Recruitment of candidates on the part of the Consortium’s members.•Preparation of placements.•Management of placements.•Integrated continuous support on a range of questions affecting students: travel, accommodation, living conditions, etc.•Accreditation of placements.•Technical and economic implementation.Despite not having reached quantitative targets, we feel that we have indeed reached qualitative ones, and that the project has had a highly positive impact on both its participants as well as on the receiving organisations and the members of the Consortium. We are convinced that this experience will represent a great difference in the students’ professional itineraries, since in addition to the professional skills acquired during the placement programme, they have been able to develop their linguistic skills, along with their capacity to deal with new situations. The success of two of the participants, who were offered contracts of employment in their placement organisations, should be underlined.The receiving organisations, for their part, have enhanced their activity through having been able to count on the support of trained students with international experience and knowledge of languages.For the members of the Consortium, the Project has had a very positive impact through fulfilling its mission of fostering students’ employability and international development.