6. Mentors Profile
To ensure a consistent mentor-led social start up training programme is delivered in each of the project ‟ s locations in Croatia, France and Italy, each of the three implementing partner organisations was invited to identify delegates to attend a training programme held at, and led by the Futures Entrepreneurship Centre at Plymouth University in the United Kingdom. A total of nine delegates were trained; 4 from TAMAT( Italy), 3 from Verteneglio Municipality( Croatia), and 2 from AMSED( France). Following this training, each partner organisation identified a „ Principle Mentor ‟ to lead the experimentation phase of the Social Start Ups Project in their locality. Below, are the details of each partner organisation ‟ s Principle Mentor.
Name: DomenicoLizzi Organisation: Tamat Place: Perugia, Italy
Domenico mentored a group in Perugia by using the Social Start Ups methodological tools. The experimentation achieved good results as they started an Ethical Purchasing Group( EPG) in Perugia city centre. Whilst this EPG now includes over 40 members, the challenge is to find a sustainable model for this EPG. Six of the EPG members have developed a thorough plan for a social enterprise start-up which they will launch in 2017.
Name: Joana Levy Organisation: AMSED, AMAP du Ruisseau Bleu Place: Strasbourg, France
Joana mentored EPG members willing to start up social enterprises in and around Strasbourg. Using the methodological tools created on the Social Start Ups Project, Joana trained participants who were considering the creation of an associative café sourcing and serving produce from local EPGs, and another group who were looking to create a social enterprise to enhance the sustainability of their EPG which raises grass eating animals only. The challenge now is to realise the created plans.
Name: Tamara Miletic Organisation: Municipality of Verteneglio Place: Verteneglio, Croatia
Tamara mentored EPG members in the Verteneglio region of Croatia who were willing to start up a social enterprise to enhance their EPG ‟ s sustainability and competitiveness. Although the social start up process and its methodological tools were warmly received and appreciated, an agreement on whether or not organic and nonorganic producers could be members of the same social enterprise could not be reached. Thus the challenging dialogue between the organic and nonorganic producers continues.
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