The main purpose of the project is mastering vocational qualifications by students of trade and logistics in the context of planning and organizing processes in a business, in order to prepare them to function within the constantly changing job market. Through organizing the work placement abroad our school is trying to accommodate challenges carried by the changes in socio-economical surrounding. Our actions aim at reinforcing students' development according to their needs and abilities. Vocational training, for both trade and logistics professions, is carried out in school workshops, and work placements in real work conditions last only for four weeks throughout the entire education course. Doing the work placement within international companies under the eye of qualified instructors and among students' peers will enable students to gain experience and competence hard to be acquired domestically. Improving the vocational language skills in trade and logistics area, as well as developing personal and social competency sought by employers, will affect positively students' confidence and encourage them to find jobs not only within the local job market. Number and profile of the participants: There are twelve 17 and 18-year-old students from the second and third-grade of a technical college, trained to be technicians in trade and logistics, planned to take part in the project. The students study full time and acquire their skills in simulation classes and during four-week work placements in companies. After accomplishing exams of qualifications students graduate from the technical college as technicians gaining diplomas in trade or logistics. The participants of the project are studying two foreign languages: English and German. The project is planned to last 2 years. The first mobility (6 students of Vocational Education School Complex- ZSZ nr 1) is planned to take place in May 2015. The next mobility for the other group will take place at the same time in 2016. Aims of the project: - mastering vocational qualifications and gaining experience by students of logistics and trade in order to reinforce their active functioning in the changing work market, - improving students' vocational language skills in the area of trade and logistics enabling them carry out business tasks, - developing personal and social competencies such as creativity, assiduity in accomplishing tasks, group work, self-reliance, dealing with stress and self- confidence, - cultivating multicultural competencies: openness and tolerance of cultural differences as well as acquainting students with the history and culture of Bavaria and Munich. Description of activities: Students will accomplish a three-week internship at the German factories in Munich. Before the internship qualified participants will take part in cultural and linguistic preparation. The participants also take part in cultural program in Germany. A the end of the internship the students are to make a multimedia presentation and a webpage on a social networking site describing the course and outcomes of the internship. The participants will receive Europass - Mobility and a certificate of participation. Dissemination, promotion and evaluation of the project have been planned as well. Effects: The internship in Germany will allow students to gain many practical skills: organization and monitoring of logistics processes in the distribution, the use of computer programs, preparation commercial documents and performing office tasks . The tangible result of implementation of the activities will be a multimedia presentation and a webpage on a social networking site made by the project participants. The participants in the project will improve their abilities to use the vocational language in the logistics industry and trade. Knowledge of basic vocabulary in this field will allow them to perform specific tasks. By breaking the language barrier they will acquire the ability to communicate in different situations, not only professional, but also of everyday life. The internship will also increase their motivation to learn the German language. The students will be aware of the importance of language skills while abroad. They will strengthened their personal and social skills: self-reliance, team work, diligence in performing tasks. The participants will have to face many new situations. They will find themselves in unfamiliar environment, learning how to cope with stress at the same time. New experience and prestige of participation in the project will increase their self-confidence and capabilities. Understanding the history and culture of the region, contact with German peers will develop an attitude of openness and sensitivity to other cultures. European mobility projects implemented by schools, matched to the needs of participants are modernizing vocational training and improving its quality .