First and foremost, the project serves to give our students the opportunity to test themselves in international contexts as well and to promote their own independence. Experience shows that the participants not only return from the target countries with important professional and linguistic knowledge, but have also clearly "grown" personally. The participants learned on different levels: They gained insights into the working world, learned what a typical workday looks like, and acquired job-related knowledge. They learned the target language of the country or English as Lingua France and expanded their communication skills in various situations. They developed their social competence by living together with each other as well as in the host families and companies. They learned to organize their daily lives more independently. This was not the only way in which they experienced self-efficacy and self-competence through "survival in a foreign land".
As a European School, it is important to us to promote the mobility of young people within the EU. The latest political developments in particular show once again how important international cohesion is, and this often begins at the personal level. Through the projects supported by Erasmus, young Europeans gain insights into the realities of life in other countries and are thus increasingly able to understand foreign cultures and put themselves in the shoes of others. Professional contact within companies abroad also means a gain on both a professional and personal level. It has been shown time and again over the years that contacts initiated during an Erasmus mobility are continued later and - although in rare cases - can even lead to permanent professional contacts.