Internal meetings focusing on internal company matters — department meeting to review company results; team-building sessions or internal workshops

Internal business meetings actively working on a client project — internal workshop preparing a proposal or solution for a specific client; planning meeting for implementation of a system at a client site

Meetings with a client involving hands-on working activities — consulting, auditing, advisory services, project planning regarding implementation of works or services, site measurements, preparatory project assessments

Meetings with a client not involving hands-on working activities — supplier visits for information gathering, customer relationship maintenance visits

Client-facing service delivery — implementation of IT systems or software, implementation of organisational or restructuring projects

Meetings with potential clients (no concrete offer or proposal) — introductory coffee meeting with a potential customer, general discussion about possible future collaboration

Meetings with potential clients (proposal/presentations/pre-sales) — customer acquisition, proposals and presentations, pre-sales activity

Negotiating contracts or signing agreements — formal discussion to negotiate pricing and define commercial terms, signing a partnership or supplier agreement

Attending a conference — participating in an industry conference as an attendee, joining panel discussions and networking sessions

Structured multi-day paid workshop — paid leadership training over three days, certified technical workshop delivered by an external provider

Attending a fair as a visitor — visiting a trade fair to discover market trends, walking through exhibition stands and meeting exhibitors

Exhibiting at a fair (company stand) — company stand

Attending a company offsite — annual team retreat with strategy sessions, regional management offsite and team-building activities

Speaking at a conference — unpaid — giving a guest presentation at an industry event, participating as an unpaid speaker on a panel

Speaking at a conference — paid by inviting company — salary or compensation paid by the inviting company; travel expenses do not count as compensation

Attending internal/external training — not compensated by host-country organization — internal training or external course where your employer covers expenses and you receive no fee or salary from any organization in the destination country

Attending internal/external training — paid by inviting company — salary or compensation paid by the inviting company; travel expenses do not count as compensation

Delivering training — not compensated by host-country organization — you train colleagues or partners abroad and your employer covers expenses

Delivering training — compensated by host-country organization — you receive a fee or salary from an organization in the destination country for delivering the training

Academic/observational participation — shadowing colleagues to learn internal processes, observing university research activities without hands-on work

Assembly, maintenance, and installation — installation of systems, machinery or technical infrastructure; warranty work

Technical supervision — no hands-on work — inspection on site, technical oversight, quality control, project coordination, monitoring, commissioning after installation

Technical support (hands-on intervention) — diagnosing a live system issue on site and correcting a configuration error, stabilising a system after an operational incident through direct intervention

Internal product testing (R&D, no service recipient) — testing an internal prototype with the R&D team, running quality checks on a product before launch

Test drives as part of client service / demonstrations — client established in the destination country — demonstrating vehicles to local customers in the host country, organising test drives for clients of the local subsidiary

Test drives as part of client service / demonstrations — client established outside the destination country — demonstrating vehicles to foreign customers visiting the host country, running product demonstrations for an overseas client delegation

Execution of research deliverables for service recipient — conducting laboratory analysis for a client project, preparing research results or reports requested by a customer

Doing market research and exploring investment opportunities — meeting local advisors to understand the market, visiting locations and businesses before a potential investment decision

Offshore installation or energy projects in territorial waters — platform work, energy installation within a country's territorial waters

Offshore installation or energy projects outside territorial waters — platform work, energy installation in international waters

Vessel crew / waterborne activities — onboard hospitality

Seasonal labour — tourism sector roles such as hotel or resort support, ski resort staff, event or holiday season support, agricultural work