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The school year has come to an end, and what a year it was. Before we head into the summer holidays, we…
Updates, results and stories from our Erasmus+ projects. Filter by project.
The school year has come to an end, and what a year it was. Before we head into the summer holidays, we…
The Erasmus+ project EdutainSTEM is taking an important step: its educational app is entering the testing phase. EdutainSTEM combines STEM and STEAM…
SOML is a member of CRES (Centre for Research and European Studies), a European network of organisations in education, research and innovation.…
In a new keynote, Guido van Dijk shows how game-based learning around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) contributes to modern education. The…
FoodHeroes has now truly arrived in the classroom at Connect College in Echt. Students there have started the workshops and are testing…
The FoodHeroes FoodWise campaign is in full swing. On the Instagram account @foodheroes.project, new videos, photos and carousels appear almost every week,…
The Erasmus+ project SPARK is making progress. SPARK combines financial literacy with STEAM and entrepreneurial, sustainable thinking, focusing on teenagers in the…
Alongside mobility (KA1), SOML takes part in KA2 cooperation partnerships. In these, we work with schools and organisations from across Europe to…
What began a few years ago with taking part in a single European project has grown into a broad Erasmus+ programme at…
SOML is accredited as a mobility consortium coordinator within Erasmus+ (KA121-SCH). This accreditation gives our schools structural access to European mobility: learning…
During the online project meeting at the end of May 2026, the Erasmus+ project FoodHeroes β From Waste to Taste celebrated a…
The next β and final β stop for FoodHeroes is Portugal. From 28 September to 2 October 2026 partner Agrupamento de Escolas…
The EdutainSTEM partners met online for a review of the platform under development. During this meeting they discussed the integration phase, in…
Throughout the week, the students worked on their assignments in workshops and together made a project video. The teachers evaluated the workshops…
Wednesday was devoted to a major excursion β 'Wild Wednesday' β for both students and teachers. Together they explored Iceland's nature and…
During the learning activity in Iceland, students and teachers got a unique insight into an energy system that runs largely on renewable…
From 11 to 15 May 2026, the partners of the Erasmus+ project GREEN came together for the first international learning activity (LTTA1),…
Want to follow FoodHeroes? The project shares updates, photos and results online β including via Instagram (@foodheroes.project).
FoodHeroes is launching FoodWise: a social-media campaign through which students themselves bring the theme of food waste to attention.
SPARK is going to create eight animated whiteboard videos, available in four languages. The scripting phase is now officially open. The storyboard…
A good project starts with good research. In the first phase, SPARK mapped the state of financial literacy and STEAM education, and…
FoodHeroes in brief: five countries, five schools and organisations, and one shared mission β reducing food waste through education.
The FoodHeroes recipe collection is growing steadily. Students from all partner countries share dishes they make from leftover streams and scraps β…
One of SPARK's most striking products is taking shape: a 45-minute virtual escape room. Partner youTHrive from Malta gave a first glimpse…
The FoodHeroes team gathered in Steinkjer, Norway, for the second Transnational Project Meeting (TPM2). The partners looked back on the activities carried…
On 10 and 11 February 2026 the FoodHeroes partners gathered in Steinkjer (Norway) for the second transnational project meeting (TPM2), hosted by…
The EcoCuisine Hub is the digital heart of FoodHeroes: an online place where students and teachers can find recipes, teaching materials and…
Now that the kick-off is behind us, coordinator SOML and the partners are shaping the core of SPARK: connecting financial education with…
FoodHeroes has delivered its own handbook. This handbook brings together the project's pedagogical approach and helps teachers to integrate sustainability and the…
Good news for FoodHeroes: the National Agency has rated the project's interim progress report with the qualification βGOODβ.
The Waste to Taste challenge is on! In this challenge, students at every partner school set to work turning leftover streams into…
Within FoodHeroes the team is developing SustainaQuest: an educational game through which students learn about sustainability and food waste in a playful…
Halfway through the project, the FoodHeroes partners have submitted the interim progress report to the National Agency.
The FoodHeroes Digital Resource Toolkit is ready and available to all partner schools and teachers. The toolkit brings together infographics, videos, presentations,…
During the learning activity (LTT) in Croatia, the partners tested the first version (MVP) of the FoodHeroes game SustainaQuest, with valuable feedback…
After two years, GIVET-SMART was completed at the end of November 2025. Through learning activities in Slovenia, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, France and…
The Erasmus+ project SPARK has officially started. Six partners from four countries came together in Rome for the kick-off, warmly hosted by…
From 20 to 24 October 2025 students and teachers travelled to Labin in Croatia for the second FoodHeroes learning activity, hosted by…
In the next phase, EdutainSTEM is developing an AI-driven app that supports teachers with edutainment in the classroom. The app analyses students'…
In October 2025, teachers from the partner schools travelled to Trento in Italy for the international teacher training of GreenComp4Adapt. SOML took…
After two years of working together, Digitrainer 4.0 has been completed. The project delivered European research into teachers' digital needs, a training…
During Digitrainer 4.0, several newsletters were published that kept partners, schools and interested parties informed of the project's progress and results.
Day 5 of the 6th international learning activity (LTTA6) of GIVET-SMART in Roermond (Netherlands). A week around the Internet of Things and…
Day 4 of the 6th international learning activity (LTTA6) of GIVET-SMART in Roermond (Netherlands). A week around the Internet of Things and…
Day 3 of the 6th international learning activity (LTTA6) of GIVET-SMART in Roermond (Netherlands). A week around the Internet of Things and…
Day 2 of the 6th international learning activity (LTTA6) of GIVET-SMART in Roermond (Netherlands). A week around the Internet of Things and…
Digitrainer 4.0 concluded with a two-day closing conference in the Netherlands, entirely devoted to artificial intelligence in education.
Day 1 of the 6th international learning activity (LTTA6) of GIVET-SMART in Roermond (Netherlands). A week around the Internet of Things and…
How much food do you actually throw away? With the Food Waste Diary, students keep track for a week of what ends…
GreenComp4Adapt is delivering more and more usable materials. The partner ViraΓ§Γ£o e Jangada produced a video series of seven films, recorded at…
After two years of collaboration, IoT4Schools has been completed. The consortium led by Warsaw University of Technology delivered teaching material, technical guides…
After two years of working together, we are successfully concluding IDEALS. The project delivers three coherent outputs: the Curriculum Hub, the e-course…
From 2 to 6 June 2025 the first international learning, teaching and training activity (LTTA) of FoodHeroes took place in the Netherlands,…
Digital transformation calls for more than new tools. Within Digitrainer 4.0, the question of how Education 4.0 calls for a renewal of…
Day 5 of the 5th international learning activity (LTTA5) of GIVET-SMART in Normandy (France). A week around the Internet of Things and…
Day 4 of the 5th international learning activity (LTTA5) of GIVET-SMART in Normandy (France). A week around the Internet of Things and…
Day 3 of the 5th international learning activity (LTTA5) of GIVET-SMART in Normandy (France). A week around the Internet of Things and…
SPARK has its own place on the web: the project website is online at sparksteam.eu.
Day 2 of the 5th international learning activity (LTTA5) of GIVET-SMART in Normandy (France). A week around the Internet of Things and…
Day 1 of the 5th international learning activity (LTTA5) of GIVET-SMART in Normandy (France). A week around the Internet of Things and…
The results of Digitrainer 4.0 are available online. On the free online training platform, teachers and trainers can work through the eight…
IG-Fashion delivers concrete, freely accessible results. An open e-learning platform has been developed with training material and tools for teachers, available in…
Good lessons start with well-equipped teachers. In work package 2, FoodHeroes works on teacher empowerment: teachers gain tools to integrate sustainability and…
FoodHeroes is receiving plenty of attention β online, in the press and on social media. Below you will find where you can…
What do the students themselves think of FoodHeroes? In these short videos, participants talk about their experiences with the project: the international…
FoodHeroes is a collaboration of five organisations from five countries. Coordinator SOML (Netherlands) works together with Prios Kompetanse (Norway), VALUEME (Bulgaria), Srednja…
The EdutainSTEM competence framework is ready and translated into the languages of all partner countries. The framework connects the STEAM subjects from…
Worldwide, roughly a third of all food is lost or wasted. Reason enough to address it with young people β because sustainable…
On 25 February 2025 the consortium organised a virtual GreenComp Information Day. During this online meeting, the partners explained how the European…
During the learning activity in Celje (Slovenia), students got hands-on with IoT. They worked on real mini-projects such as measuring air quality,…
The Erasmus+ project FoodHeroes β From Waste to Taste has officially started. On 18 and 19 February 2025 all partners gathered in…
Day 4 of the 4th international learning activity (LTTA4) of GIVET-SMART in Portugal. A week around the Internet of Things and sustainable…
Day 3 of the 4th international learning activity (LTTA4) of GIVET-SMART in Portugal. A week around the Internet of Things and sustainable…
Day 2 of the 4th international learning activity (LTTA4) of GIVET-SMART in Portugal. A week around the Internet of Things and sustainable…
Day 1 of the 4th international learning activity (LTTA4) of GIVET-SMART in Portugal. A week around the Internet of Things and sustainable…
From 21 to 23 January 2025 the partners of GreenComp4Adapt came together in Lisbon for a transnational project meeting. SOML was there…
Even before the official kick-off, the FoodHeroes partners came together online to get the cooperation started. During this first digital meeting the…
Based on the European field research, Digitrainer 4.0 developed a coherent training programme of eight modules. The programme translates the identified needs…
SOML has become a partner in the Erasmus+ project GreenComp4Adapt, which is starting under the coordination of IES BotΓ nic Cavanilles in Spain.…
In the first phase, the partners mapped, across five European countries, how sustainability and AI currently find a place in fashion VET,…
With a closing meeting in Aveiro, Portugal, the Erasmus+ project VIRAL came to an end. Partners looked back on the results and…
The content results of IDEALS are taking shape. The Curriculum Hub offers a guide to strengthening democratic citizenship through cooperative activities, suitable…
Day 5 of the 3rd international learning activity (LTTA3) of GIVET-SMART in Gran Canaria (Spain). A week around the Internet of Things…
Day 4 of the 3rd international learning activity (LTTA3) of GIVET-SMART in Gran Canaria (Spain). A week around the Internet of Things…
Day 3 of the 3rd international learning activity (LTTA3) of GIVET-SMART in Gran Canaria (Spain). A week around the Internet of Things…
Day 2 of the 3rd international learning activity (LTTA3) of GIVET-SMART in Gran Canaria (Spain). A week around the Internet of Things…
Day 1 of the 3rd international learning activity (LTTA3) of GIVET-SMART in Gran Canaria (Spain). A week around the Internet of Things…
To develop the EdutainSTEM competence framework, the partners spoke with education professionals. Through interviews and focus groups, they mapped the challenges and…
An important result of IoT4Schools is the online collaboration portal. There, teachers and students find a collection of IoT projects, openly accessible…
In work package 2, Digitrainer 4.0 investigated how digitally skilled teachers and trainers in Europe feel β and what they need. In…
The fashion sector is changing at lightning speed: digital and AI applications are gaining ground, while the call for sustainable, environmentally conscious…
At the heart of GIVET-SMART is Green Industry 4.0: the combination of smart, connected technology and green competences. Students learn to work…
Day 5 of the 2nd international learning activity (LTTA2) of GIVET-SMART in Istanbul (Turkey). A week around the Internet of Things and…
Day 4 of the 2nd international learning activity (LTTA2) of GIVET-SMART in Istanbul (Turkey). A week around the Internet of Things and…
Day 3 of the 2nd international learning activity (LTTA2) of GIVET-SMART in Istanbul (Turkey). A week around the Internet of Things and…
Day 2 of the 2nd international learning activity (LTTA2) of GIVET-SMART in Istanbul (Turkey). A week around the Internet of Things and…
Day 1 of the 2nd international learning activity (LTTA2) of GIVET-SMART in Istanbul (Turkey). A week around the Internet of Things and…
Day 5 of the 1st international learning activity (LTTA1) of GIVET-SMART in Celje (Slovenia). A week around the Internet of Things and…
Day 4 of the 1st international learning activity (LTTA1) of GIVET-SMART in Celje (Slovenia). A week around the Internet of Things and…
Day 3 of the 1st international learning activity (LTTA1) of GIVET-SMART in Celje (Slovenia). A week around the Internet of Things and…
Day 2 of the 1st international learning activity (LTTA1) of GIVET-SMART in Celje (Slovenia). A week around the Internet of Things and…
Day 1 of the 1st international learning activity (LTTA1) of GIVET-SMART in Celje (Slovenia). A week around the Internet of Things and…
GIVET-SMART brings together schools from six countries around sustainable craftsmanship. Alongside SOML from the Netherlands, the partners are Ε olski center Celje (Slovenia),…
IG-Fashion is a collaboration of seven organisations from five countries: CNPCD (Romania), CONFAO and EFFEBI Association (Italy), Militos Consulting (Greece), PGO Nedka…
At the heart of IDEALS is the question of how we prepare young people for a diverse, democratic society. The project focuses…
Together with six European partners, SOML has started EdutainSTEM, an Erasmus+ project that connects social-emotional learning with STEM education. The project responds…
GIVET-SMART started with the kick-off meeting (TPM) in the Netherlands, from 20 to 22 February 2024. The partners from the Netherlands, France,…
How do you explain the Internet of Things to teenagers? IoT4Schools opts for recognisable applications instead of abstract theory. Students work around…
With SOML as coordinator, the Erasmus+ project GIVET-SMART started in December 2023. Its full title is 'Green Industry 4.0: Vocational Education and…
The Erasmus+ project Digitrainer 4.0 has officially started. Under the coordination of SOML, six organisations from five countries are working together towards…
The Erasmus+ project IG-Fashion has started, in full: Towards an intelligent and green approach in VET fashion design. The project brings together…
During the second transnational meeting, the VIRAL partners came together in Rotterdam. At this review meeting, progress was assessed and the partners…
After two years, the Erasmus+ project ELecoTeam has been completed. Spread across the meetings in Istanbul, Akureyri, Vecindario, Roermond and Celje, the…
With the closing meeting in the Netherlands, the two-year ARELL project has come to a conclusion. Partners looked back on everything that…
After an intensive collaboration, we are concluding BUILDENT. The partners organised nine multiplier events to share the teaching methods developed with teachers,…
After more than two years of working together, the seven BAFOS partners are concluding the project. During multiplier events in the five…
In June 2023, nine schools in the Netherlands took part in a participatory study within VIRAL. In total, 45 students and 13…
As coordinator of IDEALS, SOML carries the responsibility for coherence within the partnership. Together with AsociaΘia Edulifelong (Romania), SAYEG-DER (Turkey), VALUEME LTD…
Within IoT4Schools, SOML works as a partner alongside a broad European consortium. Coordinator Warsaw University of Technology joins forces with EDUMOTIVA and…
SOML hosted the work meeting in Roermond. In mixed teams, the students built four sustainable projects: a sun-tracking solar panel, a wind-tracking…
On 30 and 31 March 2023 the PLASTEAM closing conference took place in the Netherlands, organised by AGORA with the support of…
In La Vall d'UixΓ³ in Spain, the VIRAL partners came together for the official kick-off meeting. During this first transnational encounter, the…
During the international learning activities of ARELL, teachers and students came together in Italy, Turkey and North Macedonia. In these meetings, knowledge…
We are proud to announce the start of IDEALS, in full Intercultural Democratic Education and Life Skills. In this Erasmus+ project (KA220-SCH),…
With the official kick-off of IoT4Schools (project number 2023-1-PL01-KA220-SCH-000154043), a new Erasmus+ collaboration project has begun under the coordination of Warsaw University…
As the Dutch partner, SOML contributes actively to ELecoTeam. In the work meetings in Akureyri and Istanbul, among others, our teachers and…
In October 2022 the third output took centre stage during an online webinar: O3, the STEAM Box and Lab. This methodology and…
The BAFOS collection has grown into six Minecraft Education games: Ecological Footprint, Farm and Restaurant, Food Loss Around the World, From Waste…
BUILDENT delivers four concrete products that teachers can use straight away. The first is a training course that describes the required competences…
SOML has joined as a partner in the Erasmus+ project VIRAL, a European collaboration focused on environmental and climate education in secondary…
After more than two years of working together, the Erasmus+ project SFinLit has been completed. The results are freely available under a…
Augmented reality adds digital information to the real world: a student points a tablet or phone at a worksheet or object and…
The heart of BAFOS is taking shape: a collection of educational adventures in Minecraft Education about food waste. Students discover the theme…
On 30 March 2022 the partners organised a European seminar in Piraeus, Greece. There the plastic footprint was officially presented to schools,…
Within ARELL, SOML is one of the five partner schools jointly exploring how augmented reality can enrich education. As the Dutch partner,…
Within BUILDENT, an important principle is central: students and teachers learn entrepreneurial skills best by doing, not only by reading. That is…
During the work meeting in Istanbul (Turkey), the international student teams presented their first projects. Topics such as a smart house, smart…
In Celje (Slovenia) the Erasmus+ project ELecoTeam officially started. Under the coordination of VerkmenntaskΓ³linn Γ‘ Akureyri from Iceland, six vocational schools from…
The Erasmus+ project ARELL has officially started with a kick-off meeting at coordinator Ε olski center Celje in Slovenia. Under the banner of…
The digital teaching tools of SFinLit are taking shape. Four interactive, self-paced online modules have been developed: on climate change and new…
In the first project phase, the BAFOS partners worked on the transnational research into food waste. The result is a shared analysis…
After almost three years of working together, CultApp is concluding. The project delivered three core results: the AR4CH Compendium, the online teacher…
What is socially responsible finance, exactly? That question is central to the teaching materials being developed within SFinLit. The project explicitly links…
The first result of PLASTEAM, O1 Plastic Footprint for Primary School, maps plastic use at schools. The partners developed a student survey…
As coordinator of BUILDENT, SOML safeguards the progress, the quality and the collaboration between all partners. The consortium brings together schools and…
Within SFinLit, SOML works to make financial literacy a natural part of education. The project focuses on young secondary-school students across Europe.
The Erasmus+ project BAFOS (Boosting school Awareness about FOod loSs) has officially started. Under the coordination of SOML, seven partners from five…
We are proud to announce the start of BUILDENT, a new Erasmus+ project in which SOML acts as coordinator. Together with partners…
In November 2020 the Erasmus+ project PLASTEAM started, with AGORA NiekΓ©e as coordinator on behalf of SOML. The project links STEAM education…
The Erasmus+ project SFinLit has started. Under the coordination of the Spanish university UNED, a consortium of eight European organisations works together…
Fine technology only has an effect once teachers can handle it. That is why CultApp developed the online teacher training AR4CHE: Augmented…
One of the first tangible results of CultApp is the Compendium: Augmented Reality Meets Cultural Heritage. This joint publication gathers practical examples…
The project was rounded off in style with a workshop at the NiekΓ©e school in Roermond, during the LINQ 2019 conference. There,…
Cultural heritage often comes to life in a book or a museum display case, but for many students it remains abstract. Within…
The Erasmus+ project CultApp has started. Under the coordination of Fachhochschule des Mittelstands from Germany, seven partners from six countries join forces…
LearnSTEM delivers concrete products that teachers can use straight away. Alongside the pedagogical model, the project develops an ICT-based training programme and…
At the heart of the project is the Pedagogical Model for Innovative STEM Learning and Teaching. This model places the student as…
Within LearnSTEM, nine organisations work together, with the Open University of the Netherlands as coordinator. The partnership brings together schools, universities, science…
With the kick-off of LearnSTEM, a European collaboration project is starting that aims to improve the quality of STEM education in secondary…
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