Engineering industry has a predominant role in all European industrialized countries, both in terms of numbers, employment, international exchange, added value and strategic value. In Basilicata Region (Southern Italy), engineering and tourist sectors have become important cornerstones of the local economy. Contributing significantly to the growth and maintenance of levels of competitiveness of the entire industrial sector.TRA.IN.E.E.S. project, TRAineeships IN European EnterpriseS, submitted by Basilicata Industrial Federation (Confindustria), wants to offer a solid job and formative experience to young people from Basilicata. The experience will develop on-the-job skills, which will be essential for the job market and for the recognition of professional certifications. 100 internships in tourism and engineering businesses will be launched in Spain, France, Belgium, United Kingdom and Ireland. They will last 120 days (4 months), in order to improve the professional qualifications of newly graduates of Basilicata Region and increasing employment levels with benefits for the region and the country in general.The project has the following objectives:- To encourage the development of a regional system of survey and qualification of the required skills for professionals such as “Assembling operator of machinery and metal products” and “Tourism Marketing Technician”;- To promote the uptake of the ECVET system as European framework programme used for evaluation, monitoring and recognition of professional qualifications, as well as for the updating of the Regional Archive for Professional Profiles in Basilicata Region;- To enhance the use of internships abroad as training experiences for newly graduates in order to increase their employability and the development of an entrepreneurial and proactive energy;- To support the internationalization process of partners involved in the project and their network of contacts, so that they will be able to build up new future businesses relationships.The project will involve different steps:preparation: organization of the documents for sending/receiving organizations; signature of the MoU, agreement on the selection criteria, the recruitment phase after the publication of the call, pedagogical, cultural and language preparation, meeting with project tutors;Implementation: carrying out of the five mobility periods in the five selected countries; each period foresees a preliminary, intermediary and final assessment involving the three tutors and the participant;Follow-up: reporting and assessment activity following the mobility experience; further trainship experience in Italy offered to 25-30% of the participants at risk of becoming NEET.At impact level for the participants to the mobility, the partnership has foreseen the following scenario:- 25-30% of the participants will have the opportunity to play a new internship in companies from Basilicata Region and further enhance their professional baggage;- 20% of participants could decide to stay abroad after receiving a job offer from a business where the internship has been attended, or hoping to find a job;- 20-25% of participants could come back to Italy and find a job that satisfies their professional profile;- 30% of participants could decide to subscribe to a specialization course or attend university.Furthermore, personal initiative, entrepreneurial energy, language, communication and management skills, cultural awareness, professional and personal development strategies are expected to improve at the end of the formative experience.Moreover, the partnership foresees a positive impact in terms of European collaboration, acquisition of new working methodologies for a better formative offer, and the adoption of a new innovative modus operandi in line with European propositions , also becoming a point of reference and excellence for the other entities of the local and regional area in scope of the IeFP.The project TRAINEES aims to involve businesses in Basilicata Region, which wants to internationalize their business by employing qualified professionals. The spreading of information about youth unemployment in Basilicata and the focus on professional education in the leading fields of the local economy are also expected outcomes.