Thanks to the project we wanted to provide the participants with an opportunity to: 1. Gain international experience 2. Acquire and develop professional hospitality and language skills and competences necessary to serve guests from different cultural and language backgrounds while working in multicultural teams in high quality hotels and, as a consequence, improve their employability on the European labour market and enhance their personal development 3. Master the use of English, French, German and Spanish both in professional and everyday situations 4. Understand other cultures, which will enable them to become active members of the European community. 5. Become open to new challenges and initiatives The project was also aimed at: 1. Promoting multilingualism, diversity and intercultural awareness 2. Integrating education and employment, which can influence the participants’ future professional career 3. Transfering the participants’ experiences to the local labour market in order to improve the quality of service offered by local hotels 4. Strengthening the feeling of belonging to the European Union
Before we started the procedure for applying for the grant, we had held wide consultations with the teachers of hospitality courses in Zespół Szkół Ekonomicznych and employers in the hospitality sector in order to identify key needs in the area of European mobility and cooperation. Next, we defined the goals of the project which were described in detail in the application form. We also described the key areas of the school’s activity that needed improvement such as strengthening the students, teachers, employers and the project partners. Through the implementation of the project we wanted to revive international contacts and cooperation that were suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Our objective was to create very good conditions to gain knowledge and international work experience, which is extremely important for students of hospitality courses. Work placements in hotels distinguished by a high standard of services, opportunity to work in multicultural teams and participate in everyday life in foreign countries provided the participants of the project with excellent conditions to achieve the goals set in the project.