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Europa wir kommen (Europe - we are coming)
Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2017 PROJECT  FINISHED 

“EWK - Europe, we are coming ” is the title of the project of the HLW Perg 2016.22 students are curious to see Europe. They don´t want to be restricted in their thinking and conquer Europe as ambassadors of the HLW Perg. The project initiative Erasmusplus supports the mobility within the European Union.In the summer 2016, 21 students of the HLW Perg are going to complete their internship for at least twelve weeks in Spain, Malta, France, Turkey and Germany in the period from June 1st until September 25th.1 student will start her internship for 4 month and 13 days after her final exams. 18 students chose France, Spain and Malta and Turkey as their target countries to improve their language skills in English, Spanish and French. 2 students of the 18 students will do their internship in the Turkey, because their parents were born in Turkey, but they were born in Austria and they want to strenghten their mother-tongue skills in Turkish.4 students chose Germany for their internship. Their primary motive is the mobility within and for Europe.For 21 students the third school year ends on May 31st, 2016 and the following school year starts on October 3rd, 2016. In the curriculum of the five years of education at the HLW it is written, that a compulsory internship with a minimum duration of twelve weeks between the third and fourth school year is part of the schooling. The internship may be completed in an economic and administration business, but preferably in hotel and gastronomy businesses. According to § 34a of the Vocational Training Act, many professional and training qualifications are connected to the schooling after finishing the final exams. The proof of a three-month internship in the sectors hotel business and gastronomy and the associated organizational departments (kitchen, restaurant, bar, public relations, reception and catering) enable job-related advantages and clear the way for independency.Targets and expected results of an internship abroad:• Living and working in another country for 12-13 weeks or for a longer time.• Application and extension of the eight key competences and of the knowledges and skills acquired in school• Improvement of opportunities on the national, European and international labor market.The district of Perg is characterized by the settlement of many international economic businesses, such as Habau, Engel, Hödlmayr, …• Promotion of mobility and flexibility• Strengthening life skills, personality and independency• Development in self-determination and personal responsibility• Increased acceptance of challenges such as working and living in an intercultural environment• Improvement of language skills and communication in English, Spanish and French• New friendships• Expansion of personal horizon and getting to know other organization and cultures, business organizations and work flows
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