Input Sessions Tools

Lectures

They consist in short lessons delivered both by internal partner teachers/tutors and experts (in case of specific themes or subjects)

WHY: the aim is to provide to each member of the team the same level of knowledge that will be applied during workshop sessions

HOW: lectures will last normally 20-40 minutes and address a specific issue/topic/method. The teacher will use a presentation that will be made available to all participants using a common repository.

WHERE & WHAT: a room big enough to contains chairs for 35 to 65 people (20- 10 teams, 3 persons on average, plus 3-5 for staff), a projector, audio service, electricity and tables.

Inspiring talks

WHY: the objective of the talks is to stimulate creativity, reinforce motivation, expand networks, explore how other migrants/experts address the issue of entrepreneurship

HOW: sessions of 45 minutes at maximum, plus Q&A; the session can be organised in late afternoon/evening and open to the public

WHAT: a room big enough to contains chairs for 35 to 65 people (20-10 teams, 3 persons on average, plus 3-5 for staff), a projector, audio service, electricity and tables (same as lectures); larger room if the talks are open to the public

Teamwork Sessions tools

Workshops

Teams, usually after lectures and presentations of specific tools (i.e. personas, BMC, etc.), will be engaged and encouraged to promptly apply to their own business idea the knowledge just acquired. After the workshops, one or two teams will be invited to present the work done to all the others team a tutors.

WHY: immediately apply methods to the specific case; get the opportunity to interact with the lecturer and tutors

HOW: team work around a table, using forms / schemes provided by the lecturers that will be also available in the shared repository; tutors will be available to answer questions and help the teams

WHERE & WHAT: workshops could take place in the same room used for lectures (or other close rooms); tools that will be used must be printed beforehand in A3 or A4 formats according to the contents

Peer to Peer sessions (p2p)

WHY: the objective of the p2p sessions is to facilitate horizontal support among participants and explore potential alliances

HOW: each team will have the possibility to discuss with other groups in dedicated sessions, sometimes in stand alone sessions and, in other cases, during workshops

WHAT: the sessions could take place in the same room used for lectures (or other close rooms); tools that will be used (if any) must be printed beforehand in A3 or A4 formats according to the contentsom big enough to contains chairs for 35 to 65 people (20-10 teams, 3 persons on average, plus 3-5 for staff), a projector, audio service, electricity and tables (same as lectures); larger room if the talks are open to the public

Community Sessions tools

WHY: create a sense of community between the participants and with mentors in order to establish based on trust and a common ground. Local relationships are important since they can be source of knowledge, support, dialogue and, why not, funds.

HOW: activities and rituals – not strictly business related – enabling participants and mentors to spend quality time together and share stories and point of views.

WHERE & WHAT: the activities could take place in the same room used for lectures (or other close rooms), or even outside of the usual places.