The South West Education Improvement Collaborative (SWEIC) is composed of North, South and East Ayrshires, with Dumfries and Galloway Council.
You can find the SWEIC’s GLOW Blog here. which will give you more detailed information.
Some STEM initiatives already span the South West Collaborative e.g. S3 STEM Event which was hosted at UWS, Ayr in November 2019 but the intention is to increase this.