The main goal and priority of the school is to increase the quality of vocational education and training through adopting and applying innovative methods and practices in the educational process. The implementation of the project aimed to expand and improve students´ professional competences through practice in an intercultural business environment; to increase the level of language skills through the communication in English in a working environment and to develop a number of social skills of the participants - for successful adaptation in a foreign environment, interpersonal communication, responsibility, tolerance; to enrich the knowledge of the participants about the historical and cultural heritage of Portugal and also about the European cultural values. An important goal was also to update and expand the curricula in subjects of the specialty Electronic Commerce and to motivate the professional development and growth of teachers in the high school. The implementation of the project also provided an opportunity to expand the partner network at the local and international level.
Vocational High School of Light Industry and Tourism in the town of Kazanlak adequately and flexibly aims to meet the needs of businesses in the municipality and the region, in a period of extremely dynamic economic and social changes. Due to the fast development of the sector and the globalization of business we face the new challenges related to increased competition between companies and increased online exchange of information, that is why we need flexible solutions regarding the administration of these processes, knowledge and adaptability to innovation opportunities, including the use of new technologies in office administration. In this regard, the school has a new specialty - Electronic Commerce, in which students study Internet technologies, as well as a number of economic disciplines. The project meets the needs of these students and also the needs of our school, which aims to continue the traditions of learning combined with manufacturing practice in European countries and gaining experience in a European context.