The He-Men project will aim to develop the digital mentoring skills of SME mentors by spreading a reverse mentoring approach. On the one hand, the He-Men project will bridge generational gaps between older and younger employees in SMEs, on the other hand, it will spur innovation and new product and service ideas by more actively soliciting input and advice from younger workers in the digital transformation era.

The He-Men project partnership will develop such intellectual outputs

1. Competence map,
2. Mentoring Community e-solution,
3. Training materials,
4. E-learning platform and a Methodology for group peer mentoring activities.

The He-Men project primary target groups can be defined under two groups:

1. The first group are the potential mentors who are either young employees of the SMEs or owners of the SMEs and mentees who are either senior workers of the SMEs or owners of the SMEs.
2. The second group is the potential mentors, who are the young people that wish to further their employability and contribute to building their futures via a reverse mentoring approach.

The Secondary Target Group of He-Men includes universities, VET institutions, professional organizations, Chambers, research centers, policymakers, public authorities, and other stakeholders.

The partnership is composed of 5 organizations from 5 different countries: The leading partner Baltijas Datoru akademija (BDA) from Latvia, Mugla Sitki Kocman University (MSKU) from Turkey, Warsaw University of Technology from Poland, ADINVEST Europe from Belgium, and eLearning & Software from Romania.

The partner organizations are experts in mentoring, coaching, training, consultancy, and assurance services in SMEs and VET training. The partnership involves stakeholders and interested organizations to support the sustainability of the project beyond the project life cycle.