"SoMExNet - Network enhancing the SoMEx app" is a project proposing to implement an extensive process supporting an existent tool: the SoMEx app. The SoMEx app was developed during a previous Erasmus+ project (2014-1-BE01-KA202-000875)(www.somexproject.eu). This Android application provides the people taking part in mobility exchanges with all the necessary information (general info, travel, schedules, culture, language, contacts, evaluation, certification, etc.). The app helped the SoMEx partners (VET training centers and a national association) to increase the number of mobility exchanges in the building sector. The specific objective of SoMExNet is to enlarge the number of institutions using the app and, by that means, the number of mobility exchanges in Europe. By sensibilising trainees to the mobility process, we aims to reach the global objective of increasing the mobility of young workers in the building sector on the European labour market. The core partners will develop an extensive process and toolkit in order to make the app available to any institution in the building sector interested in it. To achieve this, we will: -transfer the Android app (new technical partner) -make the app available on IOS too -insure the largest dissemination possible for the app through a users' network linked by a users' adhesion charter -develop tools (collaborative platform, users' kit, pedagogical kit and pedagogical process) that will accompany the app and help the associated partners to use it for their mobility projects in an autonomous way -further improve the quality of the app through "on-the-field tests", feedback and modifications At least 12 institutions (VET training center, school, intermediary agency, trade union, etc.), members of the users' network, 7 core partners and 150 beneficiaries from KA1 will use the app throughout the project. The users' extensive toolkit and all other intellectual outputs will be available in all partners languages as it has to be used by associated partners in the 6 countries of the partnership. Moreover, our aim, at the end of the project, is to be able to propose the app and its process as a reference tool for European mobilities in the building sector.
The project "SoMExNet - Network enhancing the SoMEx app" aimed at implementing an extensive process to support and improve an existent tool: the SoMEx app. The SoMEx app was developed during a previous Erasmus+ project (2014-1-BE01-KA202-000875) as a tool to provide VET trainees taking part in mobility exchanges with all the necessary information (general info, travel, schedules, culture, language, contacts, evaluation, certification, etc.). This Android app helped the SoMEx partners (four VET training centers and a national association) to increase the number of mobility exchanges in the building sector. The SoMExNet was the logical continuation of this successful partnership: SoMEx partners were joined by two new partners (one more national organisation involved in VET in the building sector and one university as technical partner) with the objective to enlarge the number of institutions using the app and, by that means, the number of mobility exchanges in Europe. The main objective of the project was to make trainees aware of mobility opportunities and therefore to increase the mobility of young workers in the building sector on the European labour market. The SoMExNet partners developed an extensive process and toolkit in order to make the SoMExNet app available to any institution interested in it. Several activities were undertaken by the partners to reach that goal. First, the technical partner developed a new version of the app with a new back office and with new functionalities (including new build-in communication tools for trainees and trainers enrolled in a mobility action to interact with each other). Now the multilingual SoMExNet app (available in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish) can be downloaded free of charge both on Android and IOS smartphones. Second, the partners developed tools (online platform, users' kit, pedagogical kit and pedagogical process) to support the app and to help any interested institution to use it for its mobility projects in an autonomous way. These tools are available in all SoMExNet partners' languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish). In parallel, the SoMExNet partners tested the app in real-life mobilities to get feedback and be able to improve the final project outputs. Third, the SoMExNet partners ensured a large dissemination for the app through the building a users' network linked by a users' adhesion charter. The SoMExNet app and related process is now proposed to the general public as a reference tool for European mobilities in the building sector and beyond.