28 trainees in the dual training system and vocational students were given the opportunity to gain new professional experience and expand their skills and competences in an unfamiliar and new environment. People in the East Frisia region in particular are characterised by a high degree of professional flexibility and mobility. These two competences were promoted and strengthened by the stay abroad of the trainees and vocational students in order to increase their professional perspectives within and outside Germany. In addition, the participants expanded their foreign language skills during their stay and they got to know a new market and everyday life structure. These qualifications acquired abroad are an important prerequisite for the trainees and vocational students to increase their chances in the dual training system, both on the domestic German and on the European labour market. The food industry, the tourism sector but also the commercial vocational sector are important economic sectors that are very much dependent on the fact that in the future there will be greater mobility of all employees than has been the case up to now. At the same time, the ever-increasing internationalisation of the economy requires that staff deal with the cultural background of international business partners in order to understand them better. In this context, the willingness to learn foreign languages also plays a major role in order to establish the best possible communication between all participants. The additional learning need for the participants involved lay in the international and intercultural orientation of the project. With regard to the professional development of the participants, getting to know international and country-specific working conditions and working techniques and gaining an insight into international management can be seen as an excellent additional qualification for the training.
go2europe pursued various goals in the implementation of the project. On the one hand, the quality of in-company and school training in the structurally expandable region of East Frisia was to be improved, the methods, especially the technical and social competences of the trainees and vocational students were to be increased and the discovery of existential resources was to be increased On the other hand, the promotion of the overall development of young people, accompanied by the strengthening of self-esteem and social, cultural and foreign language competences, was to be supported. The increasing globalisation and internationalisation of our society will pose great challenges to people and companies in the future, which will be further intensified by demographic change