The " Profissionais de Portugal para a Europa” (Professionals from Portugal to Europe) project is part of the activity plan of the sending institution – Escola Profissional de Tomar. Given the guidelines of the school’s educational project, this project is designed with a clear objective - to provide young people in initial vocational training with diverse tools to face the world of work with the confidence that their performance can be optimized. The 30 participants are all young people between 17 and 21 years of age, without gender distinction, nearing completion of a Level IV vocational course in the areas of Graphic Arts, Restoration and Management of Computer Equipment. These young people come from needy households, often dysfunctional ones, inserted in disadvantaged socio-economic areas, where opportunities for work placements are few, result from both social and economic contingencies as well as geographical ones. The planned activities focus specifically on training in a real working environment, in companies of the participants’ working areas. As methodology, a specific plan is followed: set up partnerships with quality institutions, followed by the selection of participants. Their preparation include giving out logistics information, inclusion of families in the process, pedagogic, linguistic and cultural preparation, negotiation training contents and information on the evaluation methods. It is expected , the level of participants , acquisition and diversification of knowledge on modern languages , the discovery of life in autonomy , away from their household and their school of origin and the development of specific skills , know-how and know-to-be within their area of training as well as at a personal / social level . As long term benefits, it is intended to optimize the personal employability and entrepreneurship, and the development of the concept of National and European citizenship.