This project aimed to strengthen the participants' linguistic, intercultural and vocational skills. Dublin and Malta were chosen as destinations because the conditions for practising and improving English language skills there are ideal and offer a sensible alternative for our post-Brexit projects. After the difficult situation for the young people during the Corona pandemic (mainly limiting social contacts), the project was designed to promote social interaction and help the trainees cope in an unfamiliar environment. All beneficiaries were to be given the opportunity to develop their vocational skills through placements in specialised internships. In line with AFBB's internationalisation strategy, the development of international competences of education staff was to be promoted. By involving as many teachers as possible in the project activities, the capacity to organise transnational mobility of the sending institution should be further strengthened.
The international character of vocational training is part of the educational concept of the Akademie für berufliche Bildung gGmbH (AFBB) and is embedded in its corporate philosophy. Since 1994, mobilities abroad for the target group of learners have been conducted on a regular basis. We regard the internship abroad as a valuable experience in the professional and personal development of our trainees and thus as an important element of our training. In accordance with the internationalisation strategy of AFBB, parallel to student mobilities, the international competences of the teaching staff have been developed. This present project was aimed to continue this process.