The project ‘Learning and working without frontiers. Vocational training for students of School Complex No 1’complies with the expectations of European, Polish and regional job market. This market needs a highly qualified, open-minded and tolerant worker with knowledge of foreign languages. This worker should be able to deal with specific conditions at multicultural European societies. The project will involve: Mikolaj Kopernik SchoolComplex No 1 in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski as a sending organisation, CONSUE PORTUGAL and Sistema Turismo as host organisations and 32 students of economics, hospitality industry and nourishing technology and catering services, who will be accompanied by 4 teachers. The participants will have a 4-week placement in hotels, restaurants and companies in Portugal and Italy. It will result in increasing the quality of vocational training.The students will be more thoroughly prepared to work in their profession. The placement will enrich their work experience, improve language skills and increase their chances on the labour market.The internship will also have a positive effect on the recruitment process in our school.The participants will get to know the requirements and work conditions in a foreign country, they will be open and creative at work and they will be able to cooperate in multicultural conditions.. The project aims at increasing vocational mobility of its participants and boosting their opportunities on the labour market, therefore, decreasing the unemployment rate. The trainees will be motivated to learn foreign languages and to overcome language barrier due to the fact that they will have to communicate in English, Portuguese and Italian. Our project will add to students’ personal development, the journey abroad and four weeks of independent functioning at work and at a place of accommodation, learning living conditions in a foreign country, work in multicultural surroundings, making new friends and contacts may all pay off in the future. All the above points will increase self-confidence, life experience and vocational mobility. Our project allows the students to develop European identity, tolerance and open-mindedness. The placement programme prepared by ZS No1, Consue Portugal and Sistema Turismo will enable the students to acquire knowledge and skills necessary to compete on the labour market, such as the ability to organize the promotion campaign of a hotel and restaurant, efficient communication in English, Portuguese and Italian, serving foreign guests, preparation of special events and catering services. The partners from Portugal and Italy will familiarize with tourist offer of our Świętokrzyskie Region. The experience which participants will acquire in Portugal and Italy can increase the quality of catering and accommodation services in our region. Certificates which students will receive during the training can be an asset while looking for a job in the future. The training may be helpful in their self-employment for example in the field of farm tourism. Swietokrzyskie region is one of the poorest and least developed parts of Poland with very high rate of unemployment. It is attractive in terms of nature and culture but poor as regards tourist infrastructure. Future development of the region depends on acquiring high-qualified staff in the field of hotel and restaurant services and marketing.Giving young people from this region opportunity to gain new competences and become more self-confident will open new work possibilities for them both in their home country and abroad.