The RestArt Handbook aims to provide guidelines for mentors on how to use the toolkit “Empowering Restarting Women Entrepreneurs: Unleash The Potential with the Mentor’s Toolkit”. The toolkit aims to enhance the skills of mentors by providing them with insights into effective mentoring techniques, communication strategies, problem-solving approaches, and conflict-resolution methods. It equips mentors with the ability to foster a supportive and conducive environment for the growth and development of restarting women entrepreneurs in art and creative industries.

The RestART Mentors Toolkit is structured as a visual map in which mentors can look up alternative instruments and best practices to support and develop mentoring programs/activities for restarting women entrepreneurs. The toolkit is an online resource freely accessible on the project website and the Ment-Net platform, containing over 100 instruments. In that way, mentors can identify instruments and best practices that they would like to implement in the mentoring process.

Ment-Net provides a solution to the lack of confidence and skills that women entrepreneurs in the arts and creative industry have. The platform simplifies the user’s interaction and enables women to build a larger network. The network will be a hub for restarting women entrepreneurs while also providing opportunities for exchange (mentor-mentee, mentee-mentee, mentor-mentor) and training opportunities and tools for mentors that help enhance their mentoring ability to address the unique needs of restarting women entrepreneurs.

Mark your calendars and don’t miss this opportunity to be part of an exciting moment. RestART and FILMEU are committed to pushing the boundaries of creativity, innovation, and education, and we can’t wait to share our journey with you.

The NEED for a comprehensive analysis arises from the lack of data and visibility surrounding women’s inequality in the art and creative industries. While a large number of studies on female entrepreneurs exists, e.g., on their motivations, gender issues in culture, and entrepreneurship in culture and creative industries.