After a successful first (fully digital) meeting in which more than 15 organisations from the fields of Government, Education and Industry in the region of Brittany (France) presented their initiatives and objectives, a follow-up meeting was scheduled for August 27-28 in Fréhel (Bretagne). 

The objective of the meeting is to take the next steps in the development of a region-wide 'coordinating programme' for school-company cooperation in the field of STEM and entrepreneurship education in secondary education. The programme will be modelled after existing programmes in the Denmark, Spain and the Netherlands (presented by EU STEM Coalition members in the first meeting). The first day of the meeting programme will be focused on teachers, who will be able to join the presentations and discussions via video link. The second day of the programme will be focused on the role of industry as well as governance and financial aspects of the initiative. 

As presented during the General Assembly meeting of September 29, 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen reacted positively to a possible Danish Technology Pact. Further process will be led by the Danish Minister of Business and Growth Troels Lund Poulsen. For more details, please see the full presentation in the General Assembly meeting documents via the link above.

The Danish government has launched a Technology Pact with more than 80 partners from higher education and research institutions, business organisations, non-profit organisations and private foundations. The goal of the Pact, signed on 24 April in the presence of ministers, is to encourage more young people to select science and technological studies at universities, the so-called STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). The pact was signed by 80 participating institutions and aims to attract 250 participating members and increase the number of candidates selecting STEM subjects by 20%, or 10,000 candidates by 2025.