On the 7th of March 2025, HÉTFA hosted an Impact Assessment Workshop as part of the STREAM IT project. The Horizon Europe project STREAM IT (Streaming Girls and Women into STEM Education, Innovation and Research), coordinated by HÉTFA, aims to initiate change about the persisting gender inequalities in STEM education, research, and innovation.
Partners of STREAM IT work on the development of innovative gender – and diversity – inclusive toolkits, that support skill-development and learning opportunities for all genders, with particular attention on girls and young women. Pilot activities will be carried out as a basis of the toolkits developed by the consortium. HÉTFA is responsible for the impact assessment regarding the following pilot activities:
- Talent Nurturing Programme for 14-18 years old girls: Partners develop an after-school programme (for 14-18 ages) to attract girls into STEM fields and support those who are interested in STEM but not yet committed to going further in this direction. The toolkit will be developed based on this programme to share the experiences beyond the project.
- Hands-on activities of science centres and museums: Partners develop hands-on activities in which each involved partner include specific methodology to engage and enable the self-reflection of girls. The toolkits will be designed to enhance the STEM-promoting events of science centres and museums with inclusive methodologies, activities and STEAM approaches that foster creativity and curiosity.
- Mentoring Programme & Science Communication Competition: A Mentoring Program will be organised for STEM university and PhD students with the aim of supporting the first steps of their career, to become visible as talents. During the Programme, it is also the aim to address bottleneck moments in young STEM professionals/researchers’ careers, support science communication and nurture a community of young talents through developing and presenting project ideas. The toolkits will be designed based on a 2 year-long piloting period.
During the Impact Assessment Workshop, colleagues of Sunrise Tech Park, NATE (Association of Hungarian Women in Science) and ADDSEN were present to discuss the details of the planned programmes to support the process of designing the methods of impact assessment.
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