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The European STEM Coalition members hold one or two General Assemblies per year to discuss and make decisions on important issues and subjects. Also, we exchange our progress and welcome new members. In addition to these two-day meetings we also organise an open meeting for all partners and associated partners and EU Commission representatives. The EU STEM Coalition partner of the organizing country is responsible for the General Assembly.
 

  • 2024

General Assembly - Belgium 

Date: 28 en 29 February 2024 | Host organisation: ZdI – Nordrhein Westphalen Office in Brussels
Country: Brussels, Belgium

Short summary: 

The EU STEM Coalition hosted its annual general assembly in Brussels, Belgium on February 28 and 29 2024. In combination with the conference “On the future of STEM in Europe; next steps” the members of the EU STEM Coalition met to discuss their Memorandum. Other topics were new relevant calls for the Coalition, finances of the network and next steps to take to professionalize the network.

  • 2023

General Assembly - The Netherlands

Date: 25 September 2023 | Host organisation: PTvT
Country: Netherlands, Amsterdam

Short summary: 

The EU STEM Coalition hosted its annual general assembly in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on September 25, 2023. In attendance were STEM platform representatives from all over Europe; gathered to discuss the state of the coalition, consider its trajectory, and examine the most pressing topics in the field of STEM.

Some of the main themes which were addressed this year were:

  • Improved cooperation and understanding between STEM Platforms and the European Commission.
  • Closing the gap between education and industry.
  • Investigating new approaches to achieving our common and individual goals as a coalition. 

Download the meeting documents

  • 2022

General Assembly - France

Date: 20 October 2022 | Host organisation: UPSTI
Country: France, Saint-Raphael (Palais de Congrès)

Short summary:

On October 13-14, 2022, the General Assembly of the EU STEM Coalition took place in Saint Raphaël, France. The meeting was co-hosted by UPSTI, the EU STEM Coalition's lead partner in France. The keynote speech and plenary session were livestreamed to participants all over Europe. Contributors included Ms. Francoise Chombar (chairwoman of Melexis), Martin Kern (director of EIT) and James Brown (director of the United States STEM Education Coalition). The plenary session was followed by a series of on-site work sessions (invitation only) with representatives of the various national and regional STEM platforms (more details below). 

After the plenary sessions, the work sessions took place against the background of several large-scale UPSTI events for students (primary and secondary), focused on robotics.

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  • 2021

General Assembly - Germany

Date: 30 September 2021 | Host organisation: ZDI
Country: Germany, Kamp-Lintfort (ZDI FabLab Kamp Lintfort)

Short summary: 

On September 30, 2021, the General Assembly of the EU STEM Coalition took place in Kamp-Lintfort, Germany. The meeting was co-hosted by ZDI and took place in 'hybrid format'. Keynotes and speeches during the plenary session were livestreamed to participants all over Europe followed by several on-site work sessions with a selection of STEM platform representatives. Contributors included Mariya Gabriel (European Commissioner), Susana Solis (member of the European Parliament), Klaus Kaiser (Parliamentary State Secretary of NRW, Germany), Michael Caspersen (It-vest) and others.

Download the meeting documents