The project “InternshipConnect”:

• Project Coordinator: La Mission Locale Picardie Maritime (France)
• Project implementation period: September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2027
• Project No: 2025-1-FR01-KA220-VET-000351411

InternshipConnect is a transnational cooperation project designed to strengthen pathways into employment by improving how internships are prepared, supported, and managed. The core objective is to develop a structured support model that enhances participants’ employability skills, improves the quality and security of professional immersions, and fosters stronger collaboration among key stakeholders within local and European labour ecosystems.

The project addresses a critical transition phase between education/training and employment. By introducing innovative bridging mechanisms and coordinated support structures, InternshipConnect seeks to make internships more effective, inclusive, and sustainable as stepping stones into long-term employment.

The project is structured around four interconnected work packages:

1. Work Package One: Project Management
2. Work Package Two: Creation of a Pilot and Innovative Bridging Device, Facilitating and Securing Professional Immersions
3. Work Package Three: Installation of Experimental Support Hubs in Territorial and Transnational Ecosystems
4. Work Package Four: Communication, Dissemination and Capitalisation

The project brings together a diverse consortium representing employment services, consultancy, vocational training, chambers of commerce, and higher education institutions:

• La Mission Locale Picardie Maritime (France) – Project Coordinator
• Le Cube Consultants (France)
• Ballymun Job Centre (Ireland)
• Območna obrtno-podjetniška zbornica Kranj (Slovenia)
• AMC (Portugal)
• Italian Hospitality School SRL (Italy)
• HOTEL SCHOOL Hotel Management College (Latvia)

The project No. 2025-1-FR01-KA220-VET-000351411 is co-financed by the European Union.