The overall objective of the SYSTEMIC project (“Say Yes to STEM In the Classroom”) is to increase young Europeans’ interest in maths, science, engineering and technology education and careers and to provide teachers with the appropriate pedagogical tools to enable them to teach STEM topics differently and in a more attractive way. Underpinning new teaching approaches to be further developed, SYSTEMIC will build a network of STEM schools involving guidance counsellors and head of schools. The project will also contribute to a European Science awareness campaign organising and promoting in all European schools a Science Discovery Week, which will be the culminating event of a school year campaign (engaging students and teachers in the contextualisation of STEM teaching). SYSTEMIC is a joint initiative of both Ministries of Education (via EUN Partnership) and industry (through CSR Europe, the leading European business network for corporate social responsibility). SYSTEMIC will be coordinated by EUN Partnership, in Belgium. Since 2007, STEM (Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Maths) has been one of its major thematic areas. The SYSTEMIC proposal will develop complementary blocks of activity:1) Developing new teaching approaches (new ways of teaching STEM, with particular emphasis on contextualizing STEM teaching using industry practices in teaching lessons in classes), as continuing professional development of STEM teachers in Europe (comprising both primary and secondary teachers).2) Training career counsellors to address the challenge to provide information and knowledge on existing STEM jobs and skills needed to access them. Career counsellors will be trained on methods to collaborate with Science and Technological stakeholders that are external to the schools to have all the necessary information to guide the students on the possible career paths existing in STEM fields.3) A European STEM awareness campaign including a European STEM Discovery Week in all European schools as a culminating event of a school year campaign. The aim is to allow students and teachers to participate in various projects such as the contextualisation of STEM teaching in cooperation with industry with for example professionals from industries going back to schools to take part to events with teachers and pupils. Also, several STEM competitions will be organised throughout the year to award outstanding achievements during the campaign.The SYSTEMIC project will address (1) the school education challenges (with two Ministries of Education involved - DGE and DCM) and (2) the role of industry in STEM education (with the active support of the STEM Alliance, mainly via European Schoolnet and CSR Europe and a local Technological centre in Obodos, Portugal). The SYSTEMIC project will be developed using the STEM Alliance platform, which has received prior support from the industry (http://www.stemalliance.eu). This has brought together Ministries of Education and industrial partners to help define and test optimal approaches for involving industry in school STEM activities, and will provide established foundations for the project.