Thanks to the participation the school enrich the education offer, the foreign internships and extra-curricular activities. The school will find out more about the principles of partnership with foreign companies, expand the knowledge and skills of organizing and managing mobility projects. Participation will enable school better background of students to the market labor. Students will develop their linguistic, social and professional competences, and will overcome the language barrier. Teachers will develop their linguistic and pedagogical competences. Students will be able to function in the new environment and to start work in hotel, catering and tourist enterprises. The project will contribute to the elimination of Polish-German prejudices and stereotypes. Hotel employees will understand the Polish mentality better, which may affect personal or professional contacts after students leave school. Erasmus + apprenticeship projects are part of the school's operational strategy. Through the Europeanization of the institution, the implementation of the mobility concept and increasing the level of vocational education, we will support the assumptions of the Erasmus + program and the Europe 2020 strategy.
The project "Internship abroad - a step to success!" was initiated by Powiatowy Zespół Nr 4Szkół Ekonomiczno - Gastronomicznych in Oświęcim it’s a continuation of the Erasmus + project from the year 2017. The school has been operating for 60 years and, in conformity with the rules of "lifelong learning", has been constantly improving and developing to help students start in their adult professional life and provide them with the possibility of comprehensive development. First of all the main goals of the project were to enable its participants to gain international experience and also to develop their professional, linguistic and social competences. Thanks to the project we wanted to contribute the European and cultural awareness of students. The goal for the school was the further development of international cooperation and the development of automatisms allowing for optimal preparation and management of projects in the future. Realization of the project improved linguistic and professional teaching methods. European programs enabling mobility for students and teachers strengthen the positive relations between the school's current foreign partners.