The mobility projekt "Support of trainees leading to European Competences in Foreign Apprenticeship system " of vocational schools of the district of Osnabrück Brinkstraße has consistently developed . Thus, according to its mission statement , the school has internationalized and networked on. It was always the primary goal to provide , together with the training partners of the school 3-6 weeks placements within Europe. In May 2014, the second contract part of the Leonardo certificate will now be completed . Thus, the BBS Brinkstraße has complied with the plans to 100 %. From June 2011 to May 2014 a total of 130 trainees ( 2x65 ) have been sent to other European countries. During the same period about 50 foreign students were enrolled in the companies of the Osnabrück area . The foreign exchange students of the BBS now come from almost all professions of the school (electrical engineering, metal engineering, mechatronics , opticians , automotive engineering, natural sciences, information technology , materials technology) as well as from the school-based vocational training in the IT sector. The BBS Brinkstraße tried to give to any willing trainee of the dual or school training an offer for an exchange with its partners in Hungary, Denmark , Norway, England (2 partners ), Spain (2 partners ), the Netherlands (2 locations) and Turkey. Other partnerships in Sweden , Finland and Ireland are planned to be realized with the aim of exchanges from 2015 on. For the BBS Brinkstraße and their nearly 65 participating companies in the Osnabrück region exchanges got high priority. The interest is growing still and new companies have joined the program in 2013. With Denmark 12 students and with Norway 2-4 students per year are placed ; Hungary up to 6 students are assigned; Spain takes about 12 students , and the Netherlands 14-16 students. In 2013 first contacts with new partners in England with Derby ( OS twinned city) and King's Lynn were deepened with teacher and student exchanges. It has been agreed that 10-14 trainees will be sent. An internship of students from Derby College will take place in March 2014. The quota with Turkey will not exceed 2-4 students due to the operational structures . With another partner in Spain in 2014 exchanges are planed within the year. In 2014/2015 the area of teacher exchanges formerly applied via Leonardo da Vinci VETPRO projects or preparatory visits will be included in the application. A new partnership in Sweden should be developed through a long-term placement of a colleague of the BBS Brinkstraße. The teacher exchanges in each period a maximum of 7 days to new colleagues are integrated to learn the partner institutions and promote the internationalization strategy of the BBS Brinkstraße. The acceptance of the staff of the BBS Brinkstraße for exchanges is steadily increasing. Now each department has contact person for the student selection. The BBS promotes the idea of European internships in the classroom, on the homepage and on posters in the school. A flyer for the students which can be downloaded from the BBS homepage ( www.bbs -os- brinkstr.de ) supports the promotion process. The new homepage has integrated the point "International", where information about the exchanges can quickly be found by the students and their companies. The concept for a student internship is clearly agreed by all partner countries / schools. The application documents (consisting of three parts: (a ) Registration with the consent of the home companies, ( b ) letter of application and ( c ) European CV ) will be sent via mail by the coordinator of the BBS Brinkstraße to the partner schools. All exchange students receive prior to exchange a language and cultural preparation course of 16 hours proveded mainly by "Native Speaker". By the submission of competence descriptions and a PowerPoint presentation in which the exchange students have to write down the experiences and impressions that students complete an internship after their return . The annual Europe Day completes an exchange every year with the awarding of a Europass. For processing the formalities of Europass and the Mobility Tool the secretary of the BBS Brinkstraße is included. A blog shows the experiences of the students in the countries to evaluate the exchange and to give useful information to the next students (http://bbs-os-brinkstr.de.dd25230.kasserver.com/).