1. 1 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey Opportunities for women in business to get involved in European research projects Funded under the ETI scheme of the DG Research Program on Research and Innovation

2. 2 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey  WE are not reached by mainstream information and support schemes for European Research and Technological Development (EU-RTD)  WE are not reached by standard presentations, EU slogans, EU acronyms, EU language  No adequate awareness measures  Once interest is raised, WE have no space for explicit questions on the procedures, the risks and the resources needed *WE = women entrepreneurs Why is the WE´s* participation in European Projects low? WE-Mentor

3. 3 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey  WE are reached via regional networks they are familiar with and use  WE specific schemes of “awareness raising” and “training” should be developed: -showing benefits to the business -showing examples, success stories -building trust for networks and consulting services -showing no EU slogans, no EU acronyms, EU language -having space for questions on the procedures, the risks and the resources needed How to improve WE´s participation in European Projects? WE-Mentor

4. 4 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey  Gender awareness for National Contact Points  Links in websites with information on EU-RTD events and calls  Database with WE profiles from interested countries covering multiple expertises (Life Sciencee/Health, ICT, socio-economic etc.) How to improve WE´s participation in European Projects? WE-Mentor

5. 5 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey Participating Regions in WE-Mentor Germany / Stuttgart Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum/IRC (SEZ) Belgium / Brussels Brussels Enterprise Agency/IRC (Bea) Italy / Rome Innova S.p.A. (Innova) Romania / Bucharest Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (CCIR) Turkey / Istanbul Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey (KAGIDER) Mentor regions Mentee regions UK / Doncaster Beta-Technology Ltd (Beta) Israel / Kiryat-Shmona Galilee Technology Center (MIGAL) India / Bangalore Interactive Technology, Software and Media Association (ITSMA) WE-Mentor

6. 6 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey We-Mentor – who mentors ? Mentors´ Experience  At least 15 years in supporting small medium sized companies in EU Research  At least 2 years in supporting women entrepreneurs to get involved in EU Research  Many years in writing and managing European Projects  Many years in training how to participate in European research WE-Mentor

7. 7 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey We-Mentor Upper Galilee The Mentors  Beta Technology UK  Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum Germany WE-Mentor

8. 8 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey Twinning of the 4 mentor and mentee regions: India / Bangalore Interactive Technology, Software and Media Association (ITSMA) Israel / Kiryat-Shmona Galilee Technology Center (MIGAL) Romania / Bucharest Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (CCIR) Turkey / Istanbul Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey (KAGIDER) Germany / Stuttgart Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum/IRC (SEZ) Belgium / Brussels, Brussels Enterprise Agency/IRC (Bea) Italy / Rome Innova S.p.A. (Innova) Belgium / Brussels, Brussels Enterprise Agency (Bea) UK / Doncaster Beta-Technology Ltd (Beta) Germany / Stuttgart Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum/IRC (SEZ) Participating Regions in WE-Mentor Main mentor Assisting mentor WE-Mentor

9. 9 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey Why trans-national research co-operation? Multiple advantages of trans-national research cooperation: access to innovate products and processes sharing development risks with European project partners whilst reducing costs transfer of know-how between competent European research gateway to new markets intercultural exchange of methodologies and strategies WE-Mentor

10. 10 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey First Visit of Beta and SEZ to the Upper Galilee  To understand about regional environment and existing infrastructure  To identify measures for Women Entrepreneurs  To meet related stakeholders in the region With emphasis on WE working in areas which are likely to benefit from technology research WE from companies engaged in research or development Women managing companies interested in using new and innovative technologies WE interested in new product development WE-Mentor We-Mentor Upper Galilee

11. 11 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey Target Group Women Entrepreneurs = managing or owning a company working in areas which are likely to benefit from technological research Women entrepreneurs from companies engaged in research or development Women managing companies interested in using new and innovative technologies Women entrepreneurs interested in new product development WE-Mentor We-Mentor Upper Galilee

12. 12 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey The upper Galilee regional network The regional stakeholders form a network/plattform to support the project for the implementation of the activities in the Upper Galilee Incubators National Contact Points WE-Mentor „Women and Job“ Women Associations Chambers Governmental Bodies WE-Mentor

13. 13 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey We-Mentor Upper Galilee Stakeholders Training of regional stakeholders  „Gender lense business support“  European Research Framework Programme 7  Writing Proposals, managing projects  Objective: To train the trainers  Goal: to allow Upper Galilee stakeholders to deliver the training to women entrepreneurs  Place of training: Upper Galilee  When: during the second visit of SEZ and Beta

14. 14 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey We-Mentor Upper Galilee Stakeholders  Study visit of regional stakeholders  Upper Galilee stakeholders meet with stakeholders from India, Romania and Turkey  All together learn about support measures to women entrepreneurs (mentoring, twinning, financing, incubating, …)  Objective: To see good practices  Place of study visits: Germany and UK  When: in April 07 (Germany) and March 08 (UK)

15. 15 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey Training sessions for Women Entrepreneurs from the Upper Galilee  At least 3 training sessions in the Upper Galilee  At least 50 women entrepreneurs trained  The Opportunities of European Research Programmes  How to participate in European Research  How to find partners for European Research  How to write a proposal and manage a project  Organised by the regional stakeholders  Supported (partially) by the Mentors WE-Mentor We-Mentor Upper Galilee Women Entrepreneurs

16. 16 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey Women Entrepreneurs from Upper Galilee express their will and potential to participate in European Research  By writing their expert profiles  To be inserted in an internet database  To be disseminated to potential European Project proposers all over Europe WE-Mentor We Mentor Upper Galilee Women Entrepreneurs

17. 17 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey Get involved! WE-Mentor

18. 18 WE-Mentor Enterprising women in European Research mentoring India/Israel/Romania/Turkey Contact webpage under construction: www.we-mentor.xxx we-mentor@steinbeis-europa.de Co-ordinator Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum Innovation Relay Centre Willi-Bleicher-Str. 19 70174 Stuttgart / Germany Dr. Petra Püchner/Valerie Bahr Phone: +49 (0)711/1234021 Supported by the EC / DG Research Under the Economic and Technological Intelligence (ETI) scheme of the Sixth Framework Programme Project Officer: Dr Iphigenia Pottaki, Unit M4 Research and SMEs Email: Iphigenia.Pottaki@ec.europa.eu WE-Mentor