Project is implemented by Business Academy, Hotel School and Secondary Vocational School, Turnov in cooperation with two foreign partners - from Great Britain and Ireland. The project will enable students and graduates of our school to gain work experience in companies and organizations in English speaking countries. Project participants will be pupils of 3rd year of study studying tourism, business school, tourism and engineering and graduates of those fields. Participants will be sent to the practice for 4 weeks. Internships will take place in the UK and Ireland. We will send 25 participants of 3rd years of study (one run UK and one run IE) and 20 recent graduates of schools (one run UK and one run IE). Our students and graduates need for their professional and personal development and improved employability in the labor market to to test their abilities, skills and knowledge from school in practice, to gain practical work experience abroad, to acquire new professional knowledge and experience, to improve in foreign language, to deepen their social competence (behavior towards colleagues, customers, teamwork, etc.) to gain more independence, to experience new cultural environment and to adapt to it and increase their labor mobility. The content of internships will be adapted to the fielf ofstudy of the participants (tourism, business school,, hotel services, engineering). The participants will work primarily in small and medium-sized companies and organizations operating in the fields of tourism, administration, commerce, services, hotel services, engineering and construction. For each participant there will be worked out placement program, which will be tailored to his/her needs. Before leaving for the internship, the preparation of the participants will be involved. It will consist of an English course, cultural preparation, vocational and practical training. The main objective of the project is to improve the quality of practical vocational and language preparation of participants and improve their employability. The sub-objectives of the project include: gaining experience abroad, linking theoretical knowledge and practice, gaining new expertise and skills, familiarization with organization and running of businesses and organizations abroad, acquiring work habits. Participants will improve in the professional and everyday English, develop their personality, independence and flexibility, know life in a foreign country, learn to live here and develop their financial literacy. From the perspective of the sending organization project will develop and strengthen cooperation with foreign partners, increase the attractiveness of study at the school and bring some new ideas to improve the educational process. The project will allow us to test the European instrument ECVET and to assess its usefulness for the needs of the school. The project outcomes are focused on the participants themselves. Due to internships participants acquire new professional, language and social knowledge and skills. Each participant will receive Europass Mobility and certificate from the intermediary partner. Other outputs from the project will be photos, articles on school websites and presentations. The project will improve the quality of vocational and language training of students and will bring better employability of school leavers in the labor market. The project will also be useful the sending organization. We will establish and deepen cooperation with partners abroad, strengthen the prestige and attractiveness of school. We expect increased interest in studying at our school in future. The project responds to the requirements of employers in the region where is a significant proportion of companies comes from engineering and automotive industry, where is a developed service sector in hospitality and travel industry and it is seat of a number of export-oriented companies. Employers look for qualified staff who have professional experience from abroad and appropriate language skills.