Testimonials on the Internship
I carried out my internship at the Technological Educational Institution of Western Greece which is a result of a recent merger of the former Technological Educational Institution of Mesologgi and of the former Technological Educational Institution of Patras.
During my traineeship I had the opportunity to participate in a Life Long Learning Project which is an International project with the main purpose to tackle Early School Leaving cross Europe. In close cooperation with my tutor and his guidance, I helped in drafting specific guidelines concerning the key actors of the educational procedure.
The strongest contribution of mine in the project’s activities though, was the translation of all these guidelines from English into the Greek language. I must say that, that was my first experience with an international project in real time and, admittedly, it was a very constructive step towards my future professional destination. Despite the fact that the TEI of Western Greece is a newly born organization and a variety of administrative problems reveal almost every day, this organization shows remarkable activity within the environment of the international cooperation and participates both as a partner and as a coordinator. In parallel with my main activities, I had the opportunity to cooperate with the President of the Institution who is the main source of ideas. The TEI is very active in the area of alternative sources of energy and more specifically in Renewable Energy Resources. Thus I had the opportunity to learn a lot of details about this area, to exchange opinions and ideas with the President and his team as well as to assist in drafting new ideas and proposals.
June, 2014
by Stamatios B. (Greece)
In addition to the theoretical course in Florence each student had to do an internship in an organization working in the field of European projects. This was very useful, because the students get a real experience of how these projects are ran in real life and business; how ideas are developed into successful project proposals, funded by the EU. The internship also offers the students employment possibilities in some cases. Many of my colleagues stayed in their internship organizations now working for them full-time, many of them also received job offers, others established stable contacts in foreign countries, which could be used for future partnerships (which was also my case).
What was also great about the course is that you get to meet people from so many different countries, cultures and backgrounds, with which you can build long-lasting friendships and future business connections. In our edition we had people from 15 different countries.
September 2016
by Yordan D. (Bulgaria)
The company headquarter is in Graz, positioned nearby the Karl-Franzesn University and all publictransport is heading in that direction. Evolaris is modern, well organised company. All the employees are young or middle-aged and so friendly and helpful. They are all the time on your full disposal during the internship. For all the information one may need about implementation of the activities predicted for the project, I could ask the employees working in those activities
and receive adequate answers. Also, after work, we used to spend time together doing some sports or going for a drink.
The company has one person being in charge for the international projects – Noreen Berger.
Apart of the project on European level, they also work on the national projects and binational projects, so the interns are also being part of it. Noreen was so helpful and tried to dedicate as much time she had to work with us (me and my other collegue from Pixel), to share her experience, to introduce us in the on-going projects, project meetings.
Evolaris is definitelly very good company for interns, especially young people, interested to learn more about international project planning and management in the field of technology including mobile applications, smart production and moving toward the future based on technology.
August 2016
by Zlata S. (Bosnia and Herzegovina)