The objective is to train young unemployed people through internships in entities abroad in order to facilitate their incorporation into the labor market and improve their professional competitiveness.
It also has the objective of establishing connections with other ecosystems at an international level and generating different opportunities for innovation in our city.
How do you value this collaboration with ERNACT that has lasted more than a decade?
The experience has been positive for both parties. Above all, it is worth highlighting the young participants who have valued the welcome of the organisation and its environment. It should be noted that several of the interns who accessed the programme got a job contract in ERNACT after completing their internships.
After the six-months internship, FSS asks for a report in which interns explain what skills they have improved during their stay abroad. What message(s) would you highlight?
In addition to professional growth, always stands out the personal growth. Above all, interns value their ability to adapt to new challenges and they feel proud of themselves when referring to the maturity they acquire both personally and professionally. They also highlight the improvement of the language skills.
What would you say to the young people who have doubts about requesting an internship abroad?
According to many interns that have completed the internship, in terms of personal growth, six months of training abroad are equivalent to four years in your local environment. Although work experience is sometimes a challenge for them, they rate personal experience with a 10 out of 10.
Would you like to add anything else?
Yes, it would be worth mentioning a phrase often repeated by people who have participated with Fomento de San Sebastián in these international mobility programmes: “thank you because you have changed my life” or “it has been the experience of my life.”