A 4th year student of Cultural Management, Laimutė Triukaitė, has spent her Autumn semester as an intern in “The Italian-Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce” in the city of Rome, Italy. The soon-to-be specialist of cultural management admits that leaving Lithuania for Erasmus+ internship meant for her major changes in the way she regards her life and professional career. “Now I realize that this choice I made last year was one of the best in my life. Being in Rome I had the exceptional opportunity to see how Italy takes care of its cultural system. Moreover, during my preparatory term, I had the opportunity to witness how various business events, meetings, conferences and luxurious international events are organized. Finally, it was so interesting to find out the exceptional aspects of the Italian work culture”, explains Laimutė.
The internship in “The Italian-Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce” has proven to Laimutė that the place is perfect for students who show interest in the Italian culture, business, politics, text translation or writing. She admitted that this organization has helped her to form the base for her future career. Laimutė has also gained some useful practical experience when living and working in Rome: she travelled throughout Italy, came to know the Italian culture, traditions and interesting people, could practice her Italian as well as English speaking skills. What is more, during the internship she has discovered more aspects in the field of culture that she would like to go deeper into, e.g. advertising and design. For this reason, when still in Rome, L. Triukaitė signed up for Photoshop courses which, she thinks, will definitely contribute to her future professional work in the sphere of culture.
“I am so happy and grateful for this incredible opportunity and it is important to stress that we all have this opportunity. Yet, sometimes, for some reason, we build walls, find obstacles, lock the doors for ourselves. I wish you all to overcome those obstacles, to knock down all the walls, to unlock all the doors because if we want to achieve something in this life, we surely need to step out of our comfort zone”, Laimutė says.
* For more information on “The Italian-Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce” and its work in Lithuania and Italy, see http://www.ilcc.lt/