The project „Education and work - a good step in the future” will be implemented jointly by Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących i Technicznych and the agency Berlink and IES Consulting and it will last from 01.06.2016 to 01.06.2018. 4 groups of 20 students aged 17-19 can get apprenticeships in technical education in Berlin (Germany) and in Barcelona (Spain). Those will be technical secondary school students recruited in an internal selection process from the following specialisations: IT technician and renewable energy devices and systems technician, motor vehicle technician and advertising technician. The objective of the apprenticeship programme is raising the level of practical education, which significantly influences the graduates' employment, higher vocational and linguistic qualifications as well as enhances their activity and interest in innovation. The students will be able to draw on the experience of foreign specialists and experts, there will be a correlation between the theoretical skills and practice as well as verification of their knowledge. The apprenticeship will allow students to get to know their strengths and weaknesses. During the practice, a pragmatic approach to the undertaken tasks will be shaped. Project participants will be motivated to undertake independent and creative actions as well as for self-improvement.Before each stay, an information campaign on the foreign apprenticeship programme will be held among students. It will be followed by the recruitment process and language and culture classes preparing for the stay. During this period, the students will write a pre-test and sign an agreement. After each apprenticeship stay, the students will complete a questionnaire and a post-test, reports on the stay and the implementation of the apprenticeship programme will be prepared and the students will receive Europass Mobility and another certificates. The results of the project will be published in the press and on the school's and the agencies websites.The project will have a positive influence on the development of our municipality where the unemployment rate is 23%, which means that people with a lower level of education run the risk of long-term unemployment and social exclusion. Future employers of project participants will gain measurable benefits from well-prepared, creative, German-speaking employee. The promotion of the implemented project among middle schools students in our region will encourage them to choose vocational schools, which will significantly contribute to the promotion of the school.By becoming familiar with a foreign market, the students will raise their own qualifications, which may allow for subsequent introduction of innovation on the local job market. Improved language skills and the use of specialist language in practice will also be an important aspect.