Our vocational college "Berufskolleg an der Lindenstraße für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung" in Köln, Germany applies for funding by the programme Erasmus+ to be able to carry out the project "German Apprentices' Training in Europe IX" ("GATE IX") for 20 trainees for the ninth time. GATE IX shall financially enable our very good vocational school students - mangement assistants in office communications, management assistants in dialogue marketing, management assistants in sports and fitness - to do a four-week internship in companies and institutions in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. They are supposed to do tasks appropriate to their training in English only. The students' accommodation are host families and the local hall of residence. Together with our partners in Hatfield our vocational college aims at achieving the following objectives: - Students shall improve their language competence in English as well as their intercultural competence and shall acquire a positive attitude towards mobility and flexibility, which consequently shall provide them with better chances of finding a good post after their traineeship - not just in Germany but also in another European country; - students' independence, their personal development shall be promoted; - the quality of our vocational education shall be improved. The project will be carried out by our school's EU coordinator acting together with the co-ordinator in Hatfield as well as tutors in the companies and institutions at which our students will do their internships. As intended results the above-mentioned aims can be mentioned - added by the following further intended results: - a strengthening of the European idea among our students - a strengthening of our partnership with Hatfield so that similar projects can be carried out in the future - an improved image of "the German as such" among the students' colleagues, host families etc.