The aims of this project were: - Improving employee and management skills This should be achieved in particular through participation in further training measures at home and abroad, job shadowing and close cooperation with European partners. In particular, interculturality, management skills, self-competence and foreign language skills should be taught. - Strengthening intercultural skills through a change of learning location An important goal was for the learners to further develop their understanding of European cultures, acquire intercultural and language skills and expand their professional skills. - Cooperation with extracurricular partners - Networking Cooperation with extracurricular partners at home and abroad should be strengthened and expanded. - Further development of teaching and training content Anchoring European topics in the school's own curricula should be implemented, and content improvements should be made for this. In the technical field, there is a great need to adequately prepare learners for industrialization 4.0. In the business sector, the supplementary qualification European Business Management should be offered.
Summary of the project: The internationalization of vocational education and training is a high priority in Lower Saxony. It is anchored as an important goal in the strategic orientation framework for vocational education and training in the state of Lower Saxony. Internationalization at school can only succeed if it is implemented at all levels of the school. Today, international skills and experience abroad are increasingly important both for the economy and for every individual. Business and schools need qualified specialists who have international experience, foreign language skills and intercultural competence. International experience is an excellent opportunity to acquire these skills. Europeanization in everyday school life, also in connection with sustainability and digitalization, was a central theme of the project. Changing of learning locations was to be implemented, staff and student mobility expanded, dual training and full-time school education strengthened, partnerships deepened, new teaching ideas/methods collected, the European team expanded, the internationalization strategy continuously developed, and the "European School in Lower Saxony" quality seal strengthened.