Social Media in exchanges (preparation, operation, postprocessing) Erasmus Project

Project Title

Social Media in exchanges (preparation, operation, postprocessing)

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Research and innovation; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

The main objective of this project was to improve the quality of mobility processes in the construction sector for learners, staff and trainers in order, in the mid term, to increase the number of European mobilities for this target group .
In order to achieve this global goal, we have set up a whole process around the mobile application, to the attention of apprentices, trainers and staff, to better understand mobility, in its preparation, its implementation and its follow-up while (linking current media, including social media).
In fact, starting from the initial observation that workers and, in particular, the youngest ones must be more mobile than before to find job opportunities, young people must be well prepared before going abroad as part of a mobility process and preparation is the key to a good integration. It is important to guide them using the new information and communication technologies but also social media throughout their professional training. Learners, as well as accompanying persons (trainers or staff members), really feel that there is an ever greater desire to supervise them qualitatively. The result is a sense of security and trust that encourages more willingness to participate, which is obviously one of the main objectives of SoMEx – to increase the number of mobilities – using a more dynamic and modern way of doing things, including social media and taking into account the habits of the beneficiaries, who are, for the most part, “digital natives”. The idea is to use “up-to-date” methods to facilitate the process and increase the quality of investments.
To do this, we started the work with a research phase to determine the habits of our beneficiaries, in terms of social media use. To this end, we also relied on the work done in the framework of a previous project called Linguistic Reform, which included an analysis of the barriers to mobility, as well as the Euro-Dim project whose main theme is virtual mobility. Based on the results of these projects, a national and transnational analysis of the habits of our target group, we have created the “Information Guide on the Use of ICTs and Social Networks for Trainees, Trainers and Staff”. VET in the construction sector “, a real starting point for our investigations for the creation of the SoMEx APP. Following this survey, we took part in a mobility observation to determine the real needs of our target group. Through surveys and observation during the mobility process of a group by country, we drew national and transnational conclusions through intellectual production 2 “Recommendation for the improvement of existing mobility through the use of a mobile app that meets the needs of young people, trainer and construction staff “by putting the point of attention on the different phases of a mobility journey: before, during and after.
Based on these first two products, we then thought about and created our first version of the SoMEx APP (version 1), which we tested on a group by country according to a similar framework but improved based on previous experimentation (modification of the search tools for example). Following the analysis of the mobility path with the APP, interviews and observation, we drew our national and transnational conclusions. “IOP 4 – Recommendation for version 1 of the appen mobility according to the needs of trainees / trainers / staff “. Based on these findings and recommendations, we have modified the SoMEx mobile app to meet the needs expressed during this observation. Once version 2 of the APP was created, we tested it again with the users by going to the field and developed the IO5: “test of the product as part of the mobility process – APP version 2 “On which we based ourselves to finalize the APP and get our final product:” The Android application for trade in the construction sector “, ie, SoMEx application.

The app and all products and achievements of the project are now available and free of rights on www.somexproject.eu (“results” tab) in the 6 languages ​​of the partnership.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 228627,72 Eur

Project Coordinator

Centre IFAPME Liège-Huy-Waremme & Country: BE

Project Partners

• CENTRO DE FORMACAO PROFISSIONAL DA INDUSTRIA DA CONSTRUCAO CIVIL E OBRAS PUBLICAS DO SUL
• FORMEDIL ENTE NAZIONALE PER LA FORMAZIONE E L’ADDESTRAMENTO PROFESSIONALE NELL EDILIZIA
• BILDUNGSZENTREN DES BAUGEWERBES EV
• FUNDACION LABORAL DE LA CONSTRUCCION