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Inspiring Mentor

Italy · Milan · National · See the Italy profile

Inspiring Mentor is the programme that was created by the Young Women Network in 2016 to support personal and professional development of young talents, thanks to the collaboration of managers and professionals who make their time and skills available in a structured path with th

220
Mentor-mentee pairs (8th edition) (2023)
Inspiring Mentor

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Young Women Network
Power domain
Social Power, Economic Power
Methods / tools
Competence development, Awareness-raising, Networking
Region (NUTS)
ITC4
Keywords
mentoring, professional development, leadership

Context

Inspiring Mentor is a mentoring programme created by the Young Women Network (Italy) in 2016, pairing young talents with managers and professionals as mentors in a structured development path. Both men and women can apply as mentees. By its 2023 edition (the 8th), the programme counted 220 mentor-mentee pairs.

Activities

Mentees are matched with specialised mentors and accompanied through a structured mentoring path covering economic, social and political dimensions of professional development.

Conclusions

No independent evaluation of mentees' career outcomes was identified in the source material; the description and participant count are self-reported by the promoter (Young Women Network).

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — No budget figure stated; cost_band inferred as low because mentoring is delivered by volunteer managers/professionals rather than paid staff.
Time to results
Long (> 3 years) — The programme has run annually since 2016 (8th edition by 2023), so timeline_band is set to long.
Staffing & skills
Managers and professionals volunteer as mentors, Run by the Young Women Network with the University of Siena (UNISI) as a partner

Conditions for success

  • Pool of experienced, specialised mentors willing to volunteer time
  • Structured annual mentor-mentee matching process
  • Broad relevance across economic, social and political power domains

Where it fits

Governance type
civil-society organisation (NGO) programme
Scale
national (Italy)

Commonly funded by

Philanthropic / foundation funding

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