„Azubi – Europa“Internship calendary

Croatia / Hungary05.11.2012 – 16.11.2012

by Sarah Reinhardt and Matthias Keilapprentice for business assistant in 2. year

This Project is co-financed by the European Union (ESF) and the Federal State Saxony-Anhalt

Content

• Facts about Croatia• Arrival in Rijeka• Crotian Chamber of Economy• Tourism Office Rijeka• University of Rijeka• Podravka in Koprivnica• Facts about Hungary• Project work• Szamos Marcipán in Esztergom• Hungarian Parliament in Budapest• „Scavenger Hunt“ in Budapest• Mavir• Andrássy Universität Budapest• Mol Group• AHK Hungary• Vocational school for economics „Varga István“• Departure in Budapest

Facts about CroatiaCapital: ZagrebPopulation: 4.480.043Area: 56.542 km²Currency: KunaNeighboring countries: Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Bosnia and

Herzegovina, Serbia

Arrival in Rijeka

Our group consisted of 14 students of the vocational school “Friedrich List”.We flew from Leipzig via Stuttgart to Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. In the afternoon we reached our Destination Rijeka.

Croatian Chamber of Economy

We were informed about the tasks and activities of the chamber and the importance of Enterprise Europe Network. The experts of EEN can help for SME´s to find international business partners, source new technologies and receive EU funding or finance for free of charge.The mission of the chamber is to represent the interests of their members and they are also reponsible for foreign investment and trade.

Tourism Office Rijeka

We got a lot of information about the city Rijeka for our city tour.

Rijeka is the third biggest city in Croatia. It is a habor – most important in Croatia - town and has more than 100 000 inhabitants.

University of Rijeka

The University of Rijeka have 19200 students, 1630 employee and 48 majors.A student can enrol either as a full-time or part-time student. The cost of full-time study in part or completely subsidized from the state budget.Most of the students stay after finishing their studies in the region.

Project workTo be prepared for the appointments and to improve our business English we played role-play. In the second part we analyzed and prepared our presentations about our company tasks.

Podravka is enlisted among the leading food companies in the Middle East Europe Region. It has two core businesses: food & beverages and pharmaceuticals. They export in more than 50 countries (amongst others: Germany, USA , Great Britain)Vegeta (mixed seasonings from vegetables and herbs) is the most popular product in the MEE Countries and leading food brands in the region. The biggest competitor is Dr. Oetker.We had the possibility to visit the saltsticks production in Koprivnica and learned a lot about the marketing activities of the company.

Facts about HungaryCapital: BudapestPopulation: 9.967.000Area: 93.036 km²Currency: ForintNeighboring countries: Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia,

Romania, Ukraine and Slovakia

Project work

We learned amongst others about economy, history and custom and tradition of the visited countries, business English, intercultural communication and practiced some situation with role plays further more we completed our company tasks.On the last day we wrote a test.

Szamos is one of the most famous chocolate manufacturer in Hungary. We saw how chocolate was traditionally produced: Hot liquid chocolate was poured on a cold marble plate. In the process of cooling down the temperature the chocolate needs to be in move.When the right temperature has reached, the chocolate can be formed into little pralines

Hungarian Parliament in BudapestIt is the biggest parliament in Europe. The building includes 10 courtyards, 13 passenger and freight elevators, 27 gates, 29 staircases and 691 rooms. More than half a million ornamental stones were carved for wall decoration. 40 kg of 22-23 Karat gold were used for decoration.

It is considered one of the city´s landmark

and the biggest building in Hungary

We saw the Holy Crown of Hungary.

„Scavenger Hunt“ in Budapest

We were divided in groups and had to find different cultural sights and monuments in the city and took pictures of our group in front of the sights/attractions.

Statue of LibertyHeroes squareThe castle

MÜPA

With Anonymous at Vajdahunyad-castle

Mavir Zrt. Hungarian Transmission System Operator Company Ltd.

• provides for reliable, efficient and secure operation of the Hungarian Power system;• controls and augments the assets of the transmission system, performs any renewal, maintenance and development works;

• ensures the undisturbed operation and further extension of the electricity market and of the balancing group system supporting the market, furthermore ensures access on equal terms for system users;

• synchronizes the operation of the Hungarian Power System with neighboring systems; • MAVIR monitors the expected changes of domestic electricity consumption.

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•International and Hungarian institution for higher education•first german-speaking university out of Germany•Field of study: history, law, politics, economy•Students from 25 different nations•University lecturer and students work close together•You can chose between different language courses

We had the possibility to learn about development and major business units, as well as international importance and role of the marketing of the largest Hungarian company and Mineral oil producer MOLThe group retails about 1600 gas stations in ten countries and refineries in Italy, Croatia, Hungary and Slovakia and has over 31thousands employees.

DUIHK - Hungary

What we have learned about the chamber:• is a voluntary organization of about 900 companies committed to strengthening and

broadening the economic ties between Germany and Hungary.

• DUIHK provides a multitude of platforms for direct company contacts,

• offers a wide range of information and business services and advocates its members' interests towards political decision makers.

• offers a forum for its members to establish business and social contacts and to share individual experiences with others

• supports companies – members and non-members as well – which want to expand in foreign markets with customized services and solutions

Vocational school for economics„Varga István“

We compared the school systems in Hungary and Germany with presentation.

Departure in Budapest

We traveled from Budapest to Berlin by

plane and from Berlin to Halle by ICE.

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