MINTvernetzt

Background:

MINTvernetzt is a nationwide umbrella organisation for German STEM education that caters to the STEM-educator community in Germany as a service and contact point. MINTvernetzt is part of the 'MINT Actionsplan' (STEM Action Plan) of the Federal Ministry of Education in Germany. 

Objectives:

The main objectives of MINTvernetzt is to support STEM educators by providing:

• networking spaces,
• knowledge transfer activities 
• inspiration and incentive for innovation topics 
• addressing broader and more diverse target groups in the process with a focus on girls and young women
   

In response to the diverse and heterogeneous landscape of learning sites, initiatives, actors and networks for STEM education, the MINTvernetzt-initiative aims to:

• Create a digital STEM platform to create direct access to and among all stakeholders concentrated on a digital platform
• Build an autonomous STEM community for networking, knowledge sharing, and strengthening purposes
• Help to amplify the impact as well as the degree of self-professionalization among our stakeholders
• Showcase best practice projects
• Improve the integration of in-school and extracurricular STEM education
• Promote the transfer of expertise from educational research to practitioners.
• To support stakeholders in disadvantaged regions to foster an equitable geographical distribution of STEM education opportunities
• Increase the number of STEM professionals and increase the proportion of women in these professions