Created in 2018 to develop a joint strategy for European engagement, the CAUSERA consortium (Consortium AUvergne Supérieur ERAsmus) brings together three state-funded general and technological upper secondary schools located in remote rural areas of the Auvergne region: Lycée Jean Zay, Lycée Valéry Larbaud and Lycée Albert Londres. Located in low-density areas, these schools, have a number of features in common: they offer professional training programs (industrial and service-sector BTS higher level qualifications) to students who come predominantly from modest social and economic backgrounds and face limited geographical, social and cultural mobility. Driven by a spirit of territorial cooperation and a desire to pool their expertise together, our three institutions have developed a joint European mobility project within the framework of the Erasmus+ program. This consortium-based approach enables us to enhance the quality of mobility programs, share and improve our practice to the best, support students’ learning and optimize the institutions’ human and organizational resources. Inclusion is at the core of our project strategy. Our aim is to make mobility accessible to all students, particularly those facing significant economic, social or geographical barriers, e.g. students on grants or those from remote rural areas. To reduce these inequalities in access, teams from the three institutions work closely together to inform, support, prepare and monitor participants at every stage of their project. This personalised support is a key factor in removing barriers to mobility, ensuring a smooth departure and promoting the success of every experience abroad. Through this project, several complementary objectives are being pursued: • enhance students’ employability by developing professional, personal and intercultural skills that can be directly applied on the labour market; • improve proficiency in foreign languages by offering an immersive first-time experience to young people, who, for most, have never had the opportunity to travel or stay abroad before ; • to foster European citizenship by encouraging contact with other cultures, by developing open-mindedness, tolerance and an understanding of the European Union shared values; • broaden students’ academic and career prospects by encouraging further study, international mobility and career opportunities out of their home country; • in the long term, enlarge the European dimension of our institutions by developing a shared culture of international mobility and strengthen our partnerships in order to make sure our actions form part of a sustainable process of improved quality of higher education.