Open mentoring programs in Europe

See also European mentoring programmes in other languages: Polish , English , German , Czech , Norwegian , Romanian .

Program WINGS – mentoring w Fundacji Odzyskani

The WINGS Mentoring Programme is a project of the Recovered Foundation that aims to help young people choose and shape their career path and develop their soft skills.

Category: for children, youth and students

Nadační fond Talentium - Stáže s mentorem

The Talentium Foundation organizes professional internships for university and high school students in the Czech Republic and abroad, with each selected student assigned a mentor.

Category: Academic & Scientific Development, Professional & Career Development

k+ mentoring (VŠB-TUO)

A program connecting experienced professionals with less experienced VŠB-TUO students for career and personal development, including assistance with bachelor's/diploma theses.

Category: Academic & Scientific Development, Professional & Career Development

Tech Leaders is a 4-month, free mentoring program for women who want to start a career or develop their skills in IT and new technologies. The program is also open to people who want to develop their business ideas or already run companies related to new technologies.

Category: for children, youth and students

Rodičovská není brzda (Marter)

A mentoring program for mothers who want to develop their potential and grow in their careers or entrepreneurship, even during parental leave.

Category: Professional & Career Development, Social & Community Support, Entrepreneurial Development

Mentorordningen ved Det psykologiske fakultet, UiB

A mentoring scheme for first-year students at the Faculty of Psychology, UiB, initiated by students to promote social and academic integration and mastery in their studies.

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LSVD Berlin-Brandenburg: Mentor*innenprogramm für queere Geflüchtete

Support for LGBTQI* refugees and individuals with migration experience in Berlin through 1:1 mentorships with volunteers.

Category: Social Mentoring, Refugees, LGBTQI+, Integration

Mentoringový program pro studenty (Socide)

A non-profit program for students that connects them with mentors from their fields of interest, helping them with career orientation and personal development.

Category: Academic & Scientific Development, Professional & Career Development, General Personal Development

Włącz uważność

‘Enable Mindfulness’ is the only mentoring programme in Poland that prepares people and businesses to include people with disabilities in their organisations. Its aim is to support companies, corporations and public administration units in consciously shaping a friendly and inclusive working environment for OzN.

Category: OzN, diversity, HR

Mentoringový program Univerzity Pardubice

The program offers individual, peer, and group mentoring for doctoral students and early-career academic/research staff, focused on professional and personal development.

Category: Academic & Scientific Development, Professional & Career Development

FPH Mentoring (VŠE Praha)

A program for Master's students and recent FPH alumni, connecting them with verified alumni and managers for professional and personal development.

Category: Academic & Scientific Development, Professional & Career Development

Mentor dla NGO

The mentoring program implemented as part of the “Mentor for NGOs” project is a form of support for people working in the non-governmental organization sector by building relationships with qualified and experienced mentors. The aim of the initiative is to transfer knowledge, exchange experiences and stimulate the personal and professional development of participants. The program also helps to establish valuable contacts and strengthen the competences necessary for effective operation in the NGO environment.

Category: for managers, leaders and female leaders

SGH w Warszawie

The SGH Mentoring Program connects SGH graduates (mentors) with students (mentees) who want to benefit from support in shaping their careers based on the experiences of older colleagues. The idea of the Program is to build relationships between mentees and mentors, as well as to create a graduate-student community.

Category: at universities

TENK Mentor

A pilot program in Oslo for women studying technology, aiming to strengthen their career path into the tech industry through personal mentoring and networking.

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Uniwersytet SWPS

The mentoring program is primarily aimed at proactive students who are highly motivated to act, focused on personal and professional development, who seek support in making decisions, and who are open and ready for challenges and want to consciously plan their career path. The essence of the program is to create conditions for its participants to establish a permanent Mentor-Mentee relationship (master - student), in which the Mentor plays the role of a guide and advisor supporting the mentee in developing their substantive competences and those related to personal development. The mentoring program is based on an informal relationship that the Mentor (an experienced employee, specialist with high professional competences, who wants to share their knowledge and experience) establishes with the Mentee (student).

Category: at universities

CFA Society Poland

The proprietary mentoring programme developed by the CFA Society Poland is a unique project designed primarily for members of the CFA community. In the programme, members can act as both mentor and mentee - taking into account their professional standing and experience.

Category: CFA, finance

Uni Graz: Career Mentoring

Mentoring program supporting students and alumni in their career development through experienced graduates.

Category: University, Students (General), Alumni, Career Development

NFS Mentorprogram

A mentoring program aimed at young pharmacists, established in 2010, connecting recent graduates with experienced pharmacists in leading positions for career guidance and networking.

Category: Professional Development/Industry-Specific

Menedżerska Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Warszawie

The aim of the project is to support MANS students in obtaining the necessary information about the career path in the chosen professional field and to help prepare for entering the job market. The project will be carried out cyclically in the form of individual meetings or consultations from October to June in a given academic year. It will consist of enabling the organization of at least 5 meetings directly or online between the Mentor and Mentee (they decide together on the form of contact).

Category: at universities

Mentoringový program Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně

The program connects successful UTB alumni with current students for mutual self-development and sharing experiences for career growth.

Category: Academic & Scientific Development, Professional & Career Development