1 WE-Mentor preparatory meeting Stuttgart 12/2006 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey WP2 - The Mentoring Scheme  WP Leader: Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (SEZ)  Objectives:  Creation of strong regional partnerships in the mentee regions  Development and implementation of the „train-the-trainer“ sessions in the mentee regions  Two Study Tours in mentor regions  Starting Month: 4

2 WE-Mentor preparatory meeting Stuttgart 12/2006 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey  Overview on Tasks  Task 1: Creation of regional partnerships (→ D4/D5), (→ M1/2)  Task 2: Development of training modules “train-the-trainer” (→ D3)  Task 3: Implementation of the train-the-trainer seminars in mentee regions (→ D6), (→ M3)  Task 4: Ongoing trilateral mentoring  Task 5: Study tours to mentor regions (→ D7/D8) (M1)  Task 6: External expertise involvement WP2 - The Mentoring Scheme

3 WE-Mentor preparatory meeting Stuttgart 12/2006 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey Task 1: Creation of regional partnerships:  mentee partners contact the local key-players working on WE issues  meetings (minimum 3) of regional partners with mentees (D4)  partnerships are of support for contractor by - use of their WE-database - figuring out special needs of training schedules on innovation and transnational cooperation for WE - hosting a training for WE - distributing project objectives and flyer  mailing and contact lists of the regional partners will be sent to the coordinator  collection of signed commitment agreements from the regional partnerships (2 per mentee regions) (D5) (M1) WP2 - The Mentoring Scheme D4: Regional partnership meetings (schedule of a minimum 3 meetings per mentee regions) D5/M1: Signed Regional Partnership commitments (month 12; 2 commitment agreements per mentee regions)

4 WE-Mentor preparatory meeting Stuttgart 12/2006 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey Task 2: Development of training modules “train-the-trainer”:  elaboration of contents for 2 training modules on “train-the- trainer-modules” by mentor/mentee partners with outcome of the analysis in the expert tours in WP1 (D3) Module1:Basic training on WE-specific efforts - Designing the right approach for Women Entrepreneurs Module2:Enhancing participation of women entrepreneurs in FP7 WP2 - The Mentoring Scheme D3: Training-modules for each mentee region (ppt-presentation) (month 12)

5 WE-Mentor preparatory meeting Stuttgart 12/2006 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey Task 3: Implementation of the train-the-trainer seminars in mentee regions  organisation of train-the-trainer seminars by mentees (D6) (M3) mailings to regional partners and other relvant participants facility planning 3-4 days, 2 mentors per mentee region presentation of module 1 and 2 closing with feed back round → updating of training modules during implementation phase WP2 - The Mentoring Scheme D6: One mentor session in each mentee region (Train-the-trainer) (month 18) M3: Milestone 3 (month 15) Trainers trained

6 WE-Mentor preparatory meeting Stuttgart 12/2006 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey Task 4: Ongoing trilateral mentoring Continuation of mentoring beyond the train-the-trainer seminars via and telephone hotline on issues like: how to involve the regional partnerships, how to reach WE, implementation of activities for WE WP2 - The Mentoring Scheme no D

7 WE-Mentor preparatory meeting Stuttgart 12/2006 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey Task 5: Study tours to mentor regions  Organisation of 2 study tours (accommodation, site visits, transportation, catering, tour documentations) → mentees learn about methodologies transferable to their home regions 1 st in Germany in month 5 (April 2007), 2 nd in UK in month 16 (March 2008), up to 5 days all partners, 1 stakeholders from each mentee region decision of sites by all partners 2 months before (M1) Participants are asked to submit suggestions the sites should showcase the best practice within the host regions → offer knowledge transfer about key networks/initiatives/ programs/activities on WE- support within host regions short tour report→D7/D8 WP2 - The Mentoring Scheme D7: Two study tours in mentor regions (DE, UK– month 6, 18) D8: Summarized study tour report by hosts (month 12, 18) M1: Decision of the sites of the study tours agreed on by all partners

8 WE-Mentor preparatory meeting Stuttgart 12/2006 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey Task 6: External expertise involvement  eventual involvement of external expertise in pedagogical methods to explain the development of WE environment as it is WP2 - The Mentoring Scheme no D

9 WE-Mentor preparatory meeting Stuttgart 12/2006 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey WP2 - The Mentoring Scheme  Deliverables:  D3: Training-modules for each mentee region (ppt-presentation) (month 12)  D4: Regional partnership meetings (schedule of a minimum 3 meetings per mentee regions)  D5: Signed Regional Partnership commitments (month 12; 2 commitment agreements per mentee regions)  D6: One mentor session in each mentee region (Train-the-trainer) (month 18)  D7: Two study tours in mentor regions (DE, UK– month 6, 18)  D8: Study tour report by hosts (month 12, 24)

10 WE-Mentor preparatory meeting Stuttgart 12/2006 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey WP2 - The Mentoring Scheme  Milestones an expected results :  Milestones and expected result 8 signed regional partnership - commitment agreements in the mentee regions Decision of the sites of the 1st study tour agreed on by all partners (month 5) Decision of the sites of the 2nd study tour agreed on by all partners (month 12)  Milestone 2 (month 7): creation of the regional partnerships in mentee regions finished – schedule for further meetings created  Milestone 3 (month 15) Trainers trained