The Marco Polo Clear project is applied from the national VET Consortium coordinated by Euroform RFS, which arises from the work implemented in the last ten years by the partners continuously involved in transnational mobility. In 2003, Euroform and Province of Cosenza established the International Mobility Desk (SMI), One-Stop for Mobility, which has become the main contact point in the entire province for young people seeking job-experiences abroad. The proposal is grounded in the current weakness of the job market in the Cosenza province, as well as its geographical position which accentuates the isolation from the rest of Europe - factors which demonstrate the necessity of transnational mobility experiences. Another element to be mentioned is the regional Law no. 477/9 recently entered into force and which comes together in implementation of the State-Regions Agreement of June 2003 in order to discipline the regional system of education and vocational training (IeFP). Under these circumstances Euroform and sending Organizations have initiated a co-operation in order to intercept the needs of young wishing, after the graduation from the compulsory education, to acquire a three-year vocational qualification including the completion of training pathways through transnational mobility. Training needs have been identified according to the training offers of the sending partners and the requirements of local labor market which primarily is in request of workers specialized in the areas of environment/energy and IT. The main purpose of the project is to enrich, through work placements abroad, the baggage of participants' professional competences in targeted sectors which would allow them to cover one of the individuated roles: technician of renewable energies, web developers and mobile programmers. Overall scope (long-term) of the project is to reduce the rate of school dropout and insert participants steadily into the labor market, and thus contributing to foster the development of local economy and productivity reducing the unemployment rates in the province of Cosenza. Direct beneficiaries of the project are 160 youngsters who actually are involved in training activities in one of the sending Institutes or those who finished their training activities recently (1 year). More specifically, the target group can be bounded by: Short Mobility (3 weeks) - 80 participants and 8 accompanying people. Participants will be indentified between IV and V year learners of sending Educational Institutes. 60 of those students will be ones from socially difficult realities (drop-out risk), and other 20 students who have achieved the best results. Long Mobility (3 months) - 80 participants: 40 learners from training courses of Renewable Energy Technician, Software Development Technician JAVA-SQL-PHP and Mobile Applications Development Technician held at Euroform in the years 2014/2015. 40 recent graduates from the sending Institutes and/or apprentices who have finished (no longer than 1 year) the dual training pathway in Euroform. Among these the priority will be given to those who cannot permanently integrate in local production processes and have adequate technical-cultural background, still not complete, and strong motivation to integrate the labor market. The project will last 24 months and foresees the following plan: WP 1 PLANNING AND PROMOTION (September/December 2014) WP 2 PROJECT MANAGEMENT (September 2014/August 2016) WP 3 SELECTION, PREPARATION AND MOBILITY ACTIONS (January 2015/ May 2016) WP 4 EVALUATION, COMPETENCES' VALIDATION AND DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS (July 2015/August 2016) Destination countries: Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Ireland and Lithuania. Expected results: 1. implement 160 successful transnational internships respecting deadlines and fixed costs 2. improve Competences (professional and soft skills) of participants; Validate and Certificate 3. contribute to personal development and to social adaptability of participants 4. meet the demand of the labor market for requested trained professional figures 5. implement agreed work plans, allowing hosting companies to increase their productivity, innovation, and improve their international position. Long term benefits: a) reduce school drop-out rate b) foster employability of participants c) reduce youth unemployment rates in the province of Cosenza d) improve performance and innovation of local SMEs.