Practical experience and acquiring intercultural competencies for apprentices 2015 The present application is about a project for apprentices in initial training for the vocational training program as Industrial Management Assistants and Management Assistants for Office Communication in the 2nd respectively 3rd year of apprenticeship. In 2015 6 Industrial Management Assistants and 2 Management Assistants for Office Communication will be sent to Porto in Portugal for 4 weeks. The apprentices do their apprenticeship at the sites Munich, Regensburg and Warstein. The Infineon Technologies AG and the Infineon Technologies Shared Service Center, Unipessoal Lda. will be involved within the stay abroad. General goal of the project is the acquiring of intercultural competence, practice and deepening of the English language, deepening of knowledge in the field of accounting through info talks according to the defined training schedule and practical experience through “daily work”. Furthermore the team spirit between the apprentices will be fostered. The apprentices will receive a language course and a preparation workshop as a preparation for their stay abroad. The project is a stay abroad during the apprenticeship. The stay will be handled as a business trip, so the costs for flight, accommodation and insurance etc. will be covered. The stay will be organized for all apprentices by the Manager of Vocational Training Germany in cooperation with colleagues in Porto. As a global and international acting company we have the demand of international trained employees. Through the project our apprentices will gain necessary competencies for future projects in our company, e.g. intercultural understanding or very good language knowledge. With the project we expect in the long term run national and international more popularity and marketing for a very high class apprenticeship, especially through the stay abroad.