Within the work placement,74 pupils specializing in mechanics were sent to Portugal in February and March 2016 for vocational training. The first group consisted of 55 students and the second of 19 people. The main aim of the placement was the professional development of pupils and their orientation among the work methods of foreign companies active in the fields conntected with their education. The placement did enable a comparison between Polish and foreign companies, it taught them how to work in an international team and helped them to get to know new mechanical solutions. Pupils were also able to learn and improve their command of foreign professional language and to experience foreign work culture. The project improved the European mobility as far as the work placement was concerned,it built a communicaton platform between Polish and foreign educational institutions and contributed to the development of work placements. The placement in modern Portuguese companies helped the pupils acquire new skills connetded to their future professionnal career, they got to know another organization of work and a foreign work environment. They improved their professional English. The placement in Portugal brought a completely new value to the development of pupils, helped them to adapt their education to the needs of local, national and European labour markets. Pupils improved abroad their qualifications in the domains such as: construction of machines, technology and materials science, steering and regulation systems, machine and devices assembly, machine operation, ogranization and supervision the the production process, economic activity, professional English. The participants were able, thanks to the placement, make more reasonable decisions concerning their future, their self-confidence will grow. The project influenced the local labour market, making it possible for the employer to employ qualified employees in the future. The unemployment rate in the region will drop as well. Finally, from the European point of view, the participants became more conscious Europeans, even more ready to contribute to the construction of a common, affluent and tolerant Europe.