The EURO+STEPHENSON Project involves 15 apprentices who are currently taking on BAC Professionnel (Vocational A-levels), BTS (Higher National Diploma) in Commerce, Tourism or Hospitality or MCAR (BTEC level 3 – Front Office Operations). They are expected to pass their exam in June 2016. They still need to consolidate their language and professional skills to take on further studies in better conditions. They will then satisfy the pre-requisites of HND and Bachelor’s degree. This includes organizational, language and analytical skills, as well as hard skills). This will also enable them to sign a work contract.During this ten month long project – including a six month work placement either in the UK, Spain or Germany – apprentices will be given a vocational training status. During the following year they will have the opportunity to enroll in a superior course (from Vocational A-levels to either BTEC level 3 – Front Office Operations or Higher National Diploma; or from Higher National Diploma to Bachelor’s degree). They will be tutored for two months before they leave and two other months after their return home. Before the six month training period, a two month long preparation will be held with cross-cultural, social, cultural and language courses on an e-learning platform, and an initial assessment will be undertaken before departure. An administrative follow-up guide is also on the agenda.Following the apprentices’ return, a second period of preparation will be held for the apprentices. They are expected to fill out the MOBILITY EUROPASS, write out a professional report and give an oral presentation in two languages. A language assessment will then be scheduled.Placements aim at reinforcing language, professional and personal skills to give apprentices more self-confidence. They also make them aware of training and work market internationalization. Placements will indeed value skills that they have gained during their course and will allow them to open themselves to another culture, with improved language skills. This will therefore have an impact on their career path and widen their cultural and language knowledge of another European country through the acquisition of new professional skills.A six month long mobility is an additional asset for apprentices, giving them the opportunity to gain real hands on experience. A placement in a European company will bring added value to the beneficiaries’ background and show up on their resume, whether it be to take on further studies or to be hired. These placements will certainly have a positive impact on their career path through personal development, autonomy, self-confidence and cross-cultural adaptability to different work situations in their future professional life.In regards to CFA Stephenson, international mobility will have a positive impact on training quality, teaching practices, employability, local, regional and international influence (partnerships, collaboration on teaching techniques, ECVET criteria, incoming and outgoing mobilities, hosting of foreign apprentices and students), etc.Assessments and certifications of language and professional skills through the EUROPASS and the validation of a work report on a dual training programme will contribute to the next level of qualification of apprentices who previously went through a difficult context.A first period of tutoring before departure was designed to get participants prepared to the following activities: - cross-cultural communication- language preparation (OLS platform and CFA tutoring)- administrative tasksjob hunting and identification of potential accommodationA second period of tutoring on return will be dedicated to the following: - filling out of the EUROPASS MOBILITY- preparation and finalisation of a report (40 pages, 1/3 of which in the language of the hosting country), together with a related oral presentationADVANTAGES: - better employability on the European/worldwide work market- development of international projects and training sessions- implementation of ECVET- quality and innovation in teaching procedures.