1. Azubi – Europa
Internship Calendary
Bulgaria – Hungary
15th – 26th of october 2012
by Julia Miersch
Trainee as eventmanager
at„Lutherstadt Wittenberg Marketing GmbH“
This Project is cofinanced from the European Union (ESF) and the Federal State Saxony-Anhalt

2. Structure
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The project azubi-europa
The participants
Bulgaria (general information, differences)
Varna Airport
Oiltanking
Telepol & Alcomet
Sightseeing
Hungary (general information)
Kalandpálya Csillebérc
Tourist information
Sightseeing
The Hungarian Parliament Buildung
Scavenger Hunt
MOL
Rail Cargo Hungaria
BbS Petrik Lajos
Lite Wellness
Project work
Freetime
Sources

3. The project azubi-europa
The project azubi-europa is organised and
coordinated by the company isw
(Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche
Beratung mbH) and cofunded by the
European Social Fund (ESF) and the
Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt.

4. The participants
Kathleen Furkert, Michael Lenz, Andreas Patzer, Sabine Starke, Lucas Hickethier,
Daniel Langbein, Sarah Franke, Felix Märtin, Julia Miersch

5. Our first week:
Bulgaria
key facts:
Capital:
Official language:
form of government:
Area:
Population:
Official script:
Currency:
Sofia
Bulgarian
republic
110.994 sq km
7,6 million
Cyrillic
Leva

6. Some important facts about Bulgaria:
Membership:
EU since 2007
Important industries:
chemical industry
food-processing industry
metallurgy
- important trading partner: Germany, Russia, Turkey
- over 500 German companies in Bulgaria

7. Varna Airport
- One Runway 2500 m
- 24 hour operations, no slot constraints
- 10 739 ATM’s in 2012
- 1 221 468 passengers in 2012
- more than 100 destinations in 57 countries
- Catchment area of 2,8 Mln passengers
a tour by
Dimitar Kostadinov
A fascinating look behind the scenes of an airport and its security

8. Oiltanking has in Varna -the largest and busiest port in
Bulgaria- has short distances to other markets like
Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and good road and rail
connections in every directions. It has a jetty capacity of
25,000 dwt and can transport sulphur acid through
tanker, railcar and pipeline. It was interesting to learn
about customer acquisition and retention of a
multinational company on the Bulgarian market.
…impressive insights!

9. Getting to know the biggest aluminium
producer company on a balkan peninsula and
a company for security systems and technics
ended with a guided tour and a breathtaking
view in Shumen.

10. Sightseeing
in Varna
Ivan Vazov – National Theater
The cathedral –
the orthodox symbol
The Roman Baths

11. Our second week:
Hungary
Key facts:
Capital:
Official language:
form of government:
Area:
Population:
Currency:
Budapest
Hungarian
republic
93.036 sq km
10,1 million
Forint

12. Some important facts about Hungary:
Membership:
EU since 2004
Important industries: pharmaceuticals
food-processing industry
automotive
- important trading partner: Germany, Austria, Italy
- Main industry locations: Győr, Miskolc, Budapest

13. Kalandpálya
CSILLEBERC
Adventure-event
and team-building
I gained lots of new experiences about the marketing of the theme
park. In a course we got to know our strengths and weeknesses
which created self-confidence and made us trust in others.

14. While talking to an employee of the
tourist information we received lots of
information on current events in
Budapest and surroundings.
Occupational background information on
local eventmanagement and city
marketing completed our visit.

15. Sightseeing in
Budapest

16. The Hungarian
Parliament Building
Experience the Hungarian history …
… magnificent and breathtaking!

17. Scavenger Hunt
Independent orientation in teams
Little Princess
Central Market Hall
Heroe s Square

18. Getting to know one of the largest
and worldwide operating company of
Hungary.
MOL is an integrated oil and gas group in Hungary

19. BILK - as Hungary's leading novelty, the intermodal terminal has
since 2003 successfully been fulfilling non-accompanied
(container, swap-body,
semi-trailer) cargo needs
managing the intermodal freight
transport units and operating as a crossroad for East-West intermodal freight
forwarding in the CEE region
Container as far as the eye can reach!

20. BbS Petrik Lajos
Presentation of the Hungarian and
German vocational education and
training and group discussion about the
differences of both systems, especially
the dual system in Germany.
Taking part in an english lesson
Comparing the everyday life of
both nations.

21. Lite Wellness
Guided tour through an established Hungarian fitness studio and learning
about its marketing department.

22. project work
During the project work we learned about the
countries, their economy and culture, intercultural
communication preparing us for the final test.
Also we learned some useful words Hungarian
and Bulgarian for the every day life.

23. freetime

24. Sources
-my own notes
-www.varna-airport.bg
-www.oiltanking.com
-www.telepol.com
-www.kalandpalya.com
-www.tourinform.hu
-www.nkogy.hu
-www.mol.hu
-www.railcargo.hu
-www.petrik.hu
- www.litewellness.hu
-www.azubi-europa.de
-www.wikipedia.de

25. Thank you for your attention!