Request for Proposals for Specialised Mentoring Services Incrementum South East Programme

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As part of its ongoing development of the enterprise eco-system development Carlow County Council’s – Local Enterprise Office on behalf of Waterford, Wexford, Tipperary & Kilkenny are co-ordinating projects for the support of developing clients (greater than 10 employees). The Incrementum South East project is aimed at clients who have availed of Measure 1 support who have greater than 10 staff who have not transferred to Enterprise Ireland. The Incrementum South East aims to increase engagement in R&D/Agile and Export Activity by a series of business interventions. Through the first round of mentoring the programme participants will be able to determine their financial robustness to enter an identified target Export market, or their requirements in R&D to deliver a step change to their operations. Mentors will also be required to deliver a robust analysis report on the ambitions and challenges that all participants are experiencing, including recommendations on supports required, not covered by Incrementum, that should inform future support programmes. A second round of mentoring following completion of either Export OR R&D/Agile training will deliver a robust business development plan as well as practical support on funding applications, and both sets of mentoring outputs, as well as their chosen training, should be strategically linked. Incrementum South East led by the South East LEOs, Enterprise Ireland, and the Ireland South East Office in partnership with South East BIC and IT Carlow. .