Mentoring under Small Grant Scheme for female entrepreneurs - seminar and matchmaking with mentors, Warsaw

Bilateral initiative facts

Promoter:
Polish Agency for Enterprise Development(PL)
Bilateral initiative number:
PL-INNOVATION-BI003
Status:
Completed
Initial cost:
€16,270
Actual cost:
€16,270
Initiative Types:
Matchmaking event
Partners:
Innovation Norway(NO)

Description

Matching potential beneficiaries of Small Grant Scheme for female entrepreneurs with mentors from Norway and Poland.

Summary of the results

The event "Mentoring under Small Grant Scheme for female entrepreneurs - seminar and matchmaking with mentors" took place on 5 March 2020 in the conference centre of Novotel Warszawa Centrum hotel. The event was extremely popular with potential applicants of the SGS. As a result 83 women took part, of which 41 held matchmaking meetings with mentors. There were 5 Norwegian and 10 Polish mentors involved, and they jointly held 133 meetings with interested participants.

Prior to the meeting session, the SGS was presented by PARP, the benefits and practicalities of mentoring were described by representatives of a Polish foundation associating women mentors, and Norway Grants and Norwegian approach to mentoring of supporting female entrepreneurs were spoken of by Magnar Odelien of Innovation Norway.

Information on the projects funded by the EEA and Norway Grants is provided by the Programme and Fund Operators in the Beneficiary States, who are responsible for the completeness and accuracy of this information.