The principal of Primary School Lučko Pavo Šimović, the director of the Zagreb Development Agency Željka Kovačić and the project team member Natalija Pejčinović attended the signing of the Grant Contract for the project "Be a STEMfluencer" with the Ministry of Regional Development and European Union Funds. The total value of the grant for the project, whose project application was prepared by the Zagreb Development Agency under the call "Strengthening STEM skills in primary schools and development of Regional Science Centers for primary school education in the STEM area", published under the Programme for Local Development and Poverty Reduction, amounts to 734,405.40 EUR.
The grant amount of EUR 624,244.59 (85%) will be financed through the EEA Financial Mechanism, while the amount of EUR 110,160.81 (15%) will be financed by the Republic of Croatia.
The Decision on financing and the Grant Contract are a precondition for the beginning of the implementation of a series of project activities designed to advance the STEM competencies and skills of Croatian students, teachers and educational workers through targeted educations, workshops and study visits for the purpose of exchanging experiences and good practices with the Norwegian teachers and STEM experts through cooperation, dialogue, observation of classes in elementary schools in Oslo over the next 18 months.