STEMbasisNET functioned as a Community of Practice & Development (CoP&D) to integrate STEM into the education story in a sustainable and well-considered way.
In the past 2 years, 70 organizations and local authorities received a grant from the Department of Culture, Youth, and Media to develop their youth infrastructure in a high-quality manner based on principles of sustainability, participation, collaboration, etc. The Vrijplaats team is researching the approach and guiding these organizations in the development of their projects.
Neighborhood makers work with young people in a vulnerable situation to tackle an emergency in their neighbourhood. We use STEM skills to work on a circular economy.
The awareness, distribution and accessibility of extracurricular STEM initiatives is not yet optimal for every child between the ages of 3 and 12 in Flanders. "Let's STEM together!" is an invitation to change this together, actively and sustainably.