On Tuesday, 19 March the European sectoral social partners in the metal, engineering, chemical, pharmaceutical, plastics, rubber and technology-based industries – industriAll European Trade Union (industriAll Europe), the European Chemical Employers Group (ECEG) and the European Tech & Industry Employers (Ceemet) – held a joint event dedicated to “STEM strategy: from the EU to the regional levels”. More than 60 key stakeholders, including representatives from the EU institutions, social partners, business associations, trade unions, were in attendance.