Context/background of project: Child and Youth Services, hotel / restaurant industry and food trade need intercultural and international trained professionals. There is a need for professionals, institutions / business, training schools / educational staff to do international exchanges to improve their professional skills. The project contributes to the promotion of professional, transnational mobility and a European education policy, with a view to develop a European identity of young people. There is a need for further education modules and curricular developments of professional trainings and recognized qualifications, as well as local, regional and international networks.Objectives of project: participants: Extension of linguistic, intercultural, professional competencies through getting to know culture, theory and practice of professional activities in other countries; Promotion of European identity and occupational mobility; proving new strategies for action in unfamiliar environment; reflection on their own culturally specific educational goals and practices; extension of the horizon; strengthening of professionalism through mobility and access to European education-, training- and career prospects. Objectives partners: mutual enrichment through exchange of contents/methods of professional activities and training concepts.Number and profile of participants: 20 trainees of post-secondary college with direction nursery nurses/youth care workers + universitary entrance qualification, 20 trainees of hotel / restaurant industry and food trade.Description of activities: Work placements abroad with partners in BE, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, IT, RO, TR, UK. These are mandatory work-placements, an integral part of the full-time training. In the dual system of training, they are optional, but integral part of training according to the Vocational Training Act. The education staff has the ability to train itself by teaching and learning with the partners, i.e., teach in vocational schools of partners, interact with colleagues or observe in institution in the meaning of jobshadowing.Methodology to be used in carrying out the project: The work placements will be executed in blocks of 4 weeks for the participants - nursery nurses/youth care workers of secondary college in the 2nd year of training. The participants - hotel / restaurant industry and food trade can do a work placement abroad at the end of the 1st apprenticeship year until the beginning of the 3rd apprenticeship year for 3 or 4 weeks. The preparation of participants (trainees) begins after confirmation of the grant with the beginning of the school year in lessons and in supplementary courses, the evaluation with all stakeholders will be after execution. The cooperation of all partners will take place in regular exchanges and meetings at various levels, especially in the network of Contact-2103.Description of the results and impact envisaged: The above objectives will be achieved for the trainees. All partners strive for further development of modules for common European-oriented education and improvement of educational concepts for cultural diversity. Through cooperation, the innovative concepts for education and training of professional groups involved at European level started in the previous Leonardo and Erasmus+-projects should be advanced further.Potential longer term benefits: For the trainees is expected, that they will improve their chances on the national and European labor market, expand their professional, personal and social skills and develop a European identity.