Supported by the Mohammed Bin Salman Foundation “Misk”, and operated in partnership with the Mohammed Bin Salman Nonprofit City, ilmi empowers young people through informal learning to help prepare them for a new science-and-technology-driven era.

At ilmi’s core is a co-creative approach that seeks to develop a qualitative picture of how young people across Saudi Arabia best connect with STREAM subjects.

To achieve this, ilmi will develop programs that continually learn from its learners – informing education and learning experts how young people engage with STREAM content – what excites them, what interests them, how and why they interact with topics in a particular way, and how they might be approaching their engagement differently than before.

Using this insight, with its young audiences, and alongside parents, teachers, employers, artists, scientists, creatives, and entrepreneurs, ilmi will then co-create and prototype a regularly refreshed program of unique STREAM content – ensuring that its learning offering remains relevant to young people as their needs evolve.

The Center will bring STREAM subjects to life through interactive, immersive, and responsive exhibits that are designed according to what learners need, and what resonates with them.

ilmi will also offer an integrated digital platform. This will feature a series of inviting, playful, online gamified design challenges that explore key STREAM concepts, connect them to a real-life situation or application, and invite participants to come up with their own creative response as part of a competition.