The Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), established in 1983, is one of the largest research centers in Greece with well organized facilities, highly qualified personnel and a reputation as a top-level research foundation worldwide. The research and technological directions of FORTH focus on areas of major scientific, social, and economic interest. The Foundation, with headquarters in Heraklion, includes six Research Institutes in different parts of the country. FORTH currently employs 1080 people (researchers, technicians and administrative staff) and trains around 320 students from Greece and other European countries.

The Educational Research and Evaluation (ERE) Group operates within the Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics (IACM), which is one of the founding institutes of FORTH. The Group’s research concerns are in areas of educational and social innovation with particular focus on the aspects of gender, S&T, ICT, adult education and leadership in education. The scope of activity is on research for modelling and the building of understanding of the emerging social, pedagogical / training and policy trends in Europe. The underlying concern is the identification of methods which can foster effectiveness in social cohesion and learning for responsible decision-making and improvement of education and lifelong learning services. This is achieved through the design and implementation of awareness development activities with the actors of the educational community, the carrying out of applied research, digital forms of course design and implementation, the conduct of programme evaluations. The Group’s research and evaluation activity is addressed under the scope of policy comprehensiveness and coherence within and across the sector of education and related sectors from a learning tradition perspective.

Over the years, the Group has developed conceptual tools to facilitate policy and tangible outputs to direct self-reflection for practitioners on matters pertinent to education and training.

Naturvidenskabernes Hus (The House of Natural Sciences) was established in 2007 in a collaboration between the business community, the municipality and educational institutions as a national non-profit organization for school-business collaboration. Bridging the gap between education and business the organization aims at increasing children and youngsters’ interest in science and technology and inspire them to choose a STEM education for the benefit of Denmark's growth, the green transition and a sustainable future. It is thus also deeply rooted in society's need for more people to choose a STEM education and career.

Naturvidenskabernes Hus develops and disseminates exemplary school-company collaborations for students throughout the country and builds capacity and culture for school-company collaboration at companies, in municipalities and at schools and high schools. The organization develops practical teaching courses, and the goal is for school-business collaboration to become a natural, integrated element in STEM teaching in both schools and high schools throughout the country. The organization plays a unifying role for school-business collaboration and to ensure coherence and synergy, they collaborate closely with other institutions and organizations, who develop and offer school-company collaborations.

Furthermore, Naturvidenskabernes Hus facilitates the nationwide corporate network Tektanken.
Through the network, companies make it possible for students to work hands-on with company-related tasks and meet role models on professional company visits. In addition to the five core companies Danfoss, Grundfos, Novozymes, Coloplast and Haldor Topsøe, more than 500 companies have participated in Tektanken's activities.

Other activities of Naturvidenskabernes Hus:

Naturfagsmaraton  - A nationwide competition in science, where 25,000 children and 1,200 teachers in 60 municipalities each year work with innovative teaching courses in mathematics, crafts and design, nature and technology and compete to win a prize for the best and most creative solutions to a variety of challenges in the field. Students and teachers gain experience with exploratory and practical teaching that increases the interest and motivation for the science subjects.

Girls’ Day in Science - A national campaign day that focuses on women in science, technology and crafts. More than hundred companies, educational institutions and organizations open their doors to thousands of girls for them to participate in practical and company-related workshops and meet inspiring role models.

Kloge Hænder (Wise hands) - Craft businesses, production- and industrial companies open their doors and invite school classes inside for an introduction to the craft subjects. Through different hands-on activities primary school students become aware of the many opportunities in a vocational education.

Óbuda University is the second largest technical university in Hungary with 13000 students, 6 faculties, 3 doctoral schools and 3 campuses. Óbuda University, the legal successor of Budapest Tech – or rather its legal predecessors: Bánki Donát Polytechnic, Kandó Kálmán Polytechnic and the Technical College of Light Industry – was established on January 1, 2010. Óbuda University has the only Engineering Education Centre in Hungary and has a strong relationship with industry for already ten years, which is the foundation of skill oriented learning. In 2014 the university launched the work-based dual education program. Most candidates in this program are from the faculty of IT engineering. It is a mission of the University to make higher-education more accessible in regions without higher education institutions, therefore a “higher education centre for community based studies” is established in the city of Salgótarján.

Óbuda University is the founder of the Hungarian STEM platform and is member of the EU STEM Coalition. Having long term experience with education-industry collaboration and the organisation of a variation of science competitions and activities, Óbuda University is well suited to boost a national pilot programme in Hungary.