On behalf of the 31 state vocational schools and the 8 nursing schools, Arbeit und Leben Hamburg with its mobility agency in Hamburg successfully took over the intermediary function between the individual training companies, the vocational schools and the partners abroad and ,with the vocational support of these actors, carried out the international mobility for the trainees and the educational staff. In this project, it was planned to send 430 apprentices as well as 120 experts from the vocational training staff. Due to the Corona pandemic, the implementation of the mobilities between March 2020 and July 2021 was associated with travel restrictions and uncertainties for all involved. No departures took place in the first half of 2021. The project was extended by one year until May 2022.
The aim of the project "Hamburg goes Europe 2019" was to expand European internship programs and strengthen professional exchange within Europe in order to contribute to the harmonization of vocational training throughout the EU. The aim was to improve the professional, linguistic and intercultural skills of the participants. In concrete terms, the project was intended to promote the willingness of trainees of all professions to be mobile and to provide impulses for the Europeanization of Hamburg's initial and vocational training.