In accordance with the international strategy of Ahlman Vocational Institute the objective of this project is to increase international activities at Ahlman. There haven´t been any projects like this at Ahlman before. The objective of this project is developing particularly the internationall skills because these skills are on the list of the 10 most important working life skills in future. Ahlman strives for developing international skills and operating in international work environments in home country as well as abroad. International skills are written down in the local strategy of Birkaland, too. In that local strategy internationall skills are regarded as one of the main objectives. The other objectives are: increasing the attractiveness of the different study branches, development of individual study paths, promoting well-being, creating opportunities for developing oneself, increasing entrepreneurship and operating according to the rules of sustainable development. From both the teachers´and the students´point of view there are important targets, such as: improving language skills, developing professional skills, working in international teams and especially from the students´point of view improving the possibilities of working abroad. Project Schedules and Description: This project concerns Vocational Qualification in Hotel Restaurant Branch (chefs and waiters/waitresses) and Vocational Qualification in Agricultural Branch (Animal attendants). During this project will both student (20) and teacher (9) mobilities to France be carried out. This international project works on a basis of reciprocity and therefore French students and their teachers will come to Finland followingly: 2 x 5 animal attendant students with their teachers 2 x 10 (max.) hotel and restaurant branch students with their teachers Before the student mobilities begin, 3 – 4 French teachers will come to Finland in June 2015. The mobility of the students includes studies at the schools and on-the-job learning. The teachers activity will be training/teaching assignments abroad. The Schedule of the Activities: Autumn 2015: One teacher of catering branch, one teacher of waiters and one teacher of animal attendants and the coordinator of the project will go to the partner schools for a week for training/teaching assignments abroad. They will also discuss the project arrangements at the same time. Spring 2016: 5 waiter students will go to Lycee Jean Monnet for 4 weeks. Of this time they will study 2 weeks at school and 2 weeks in the on-the-job learning places. The studies are connected alternatively to the following study units: À la carte Serving or Selling and Serving Beveriges or Customer Service and Sales. One teacher will be with the group the first week and one teacher will be with the group the last week. March/April 2016: 5 animal attendant students will go to Lycee des Combrailles for 4 weeks. The students study 2 weeks at school and two weeks in the companies of their own branch. The studies are connected to the following study units: Animal Species Related Production or Animal Care and Taking Care of Animal Wellfare. One teacher will be with the students in France for one week. January 2017: 5 chef students will go to Lycee Jean Monnet for 4 weeks. Of this time the students study 2 weeks at school and two weeks in the work places. The studies are connected to the study unit Preparing À la Carte Foods. The teacher of the chefs will spend the whole 4 weeks time with the students at the school and in the on-the-job places. February 2017: 5 animal attendant students will go to Lycee des Combrailles for 4 weeks. The students study 2 weeks at school and two weeks in the companies of their own branch. The studies are connected to the following study units: Animal Species Related Production or Animal Care and Taking Care of Animal Wellfare. One teacher will be with the students in France for one week. With the help of this project can all the targets mentioned above be reached. This will be a start for international activities which can be expanded to other study branches as well, such as Tourism and Gardening branches. It is also possible to expand these international activities to Adult Education and get the Labour market more involved in them. It is also easier to plan international activities in future after having the possibility of making this kind of project cooperation for the first time. In future there will be possibilities for cooperation with Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) Pro Academy because there the studies are also carried out by using educational methods of team academy and entrepreneurship.