"Project ""Leaders of change – mentorship program for entrepreneurial leaders in local communities"" was conducted between September 1st 2016 and August 31st 2018.The aim of the project was to improve the functioning of adults in small, local communities, affected by the problem of unemployment, economic stagnation, the need to change jobs, or the profile of activity through the development of activities conducive to creating entrepreneurial attitudes and entering the path of entrepreneurship.Project partners: - The AdMERITUM Foundation, a non-profit organization, founded by the micro, small and medium entrepreneurs, business trainers and mentors, and specialists in management, from Mazovia Voivoid based in Warsaw, Poland. It provides entrepreneurship education, especially for the adults and the youth. - CREF Education, a non-profit association of schools and other educational institutions, from Sesimbra, Portugal which provides educational support for basic and secondary school staff and for the continuous training of working and non-working adults and teachers from public and private sectors in the municipality of Sesimbra.- Center Spirala – Center of Selfmobility from Ljubljana, Slovenia, a private and non-profit institute for research and development within social and humanistic area. - Kairos Europe from London, UK, an organisation dedicated to promoting international education and training. One of the areas of expertise are the International partnership projects focused mainly on social inclusion, multiculturalism, employability and entrepreneurship, use of ICT in education.Main activities:During the two-year implementation of the “Leaders of Change” project, we have prepared a group of approximately 40 people in the Polish-British-Slovenian-Portuguese partnership - so-called ""leaders of change"" to work with local communities on the development of entrepreneurship in the area of SMEs.The target group of our activities were adults who looked for new job opportunities, who were changing jobs, or who had lost their jobs, as well as micro and small entrepreneurs, who were not very successful in their businesses. These people were looking for new opportunities for personal development, which would translate into changes in their life and a new career prospects. Our aim was to introduce to them and to encourage them to start in their life the entrepreneurship path or to support them due to facing certain difficulties regarding their entrepreneurial path. About 7-10 people were recruited from this specified project target group in each partner country. These people wanted to become “the leaders of change” – the leaders of entrepreneurship in their local communities of entrepreneurs and/or future entrepreneurs.In each country, each project partner organization chose the mentors among its educators’ staff (small business and entrepreneurship educators and trainers) who provided the meetings for the leaders in the form of the trainings and workshops.In each country, each project partner organized the international meeting for the leaders with a view to exchanging of experience with other leaders and entrepreneurs from partner countries who are successful in their own businesses.In conjunction with the leaders’ international meetings, mentors took part in their own meeting, which followed a separate agenda.Project results and impact:On the leaders’ return from international meetings, they organized in their regions and communities the meetings with the target group (adult entrepreneurs and future entrepreneurs) with the support of mentors from partner organization. The leaders became the advocates of the new routes/ changes in their local environments. They became “the leaders of change” and “the face of entrepreneurship” in their communities. Their role was to promote the value of entrepreneurship to the society, emphasise the importance of developing entrepreneurial skills and experiences in education, and highlight entrepreneurship as a career opportunity. Together with the mentors, the leaders developed these ideas for further actions in the region, called: “Small Business Mentors’ Clubs”. At the end of the project, these Clubs continued to operate in accordance with the methodology and strategies developed during the project and would be supported by partner organisations.The description of the above educational process of mentoring for the leaders of change is the book ""Leaders of change. The mentoring program for the leaders of entrepreneurship in local communities”, which is the intellectual output (the result) of this project. Long-term benefits:-During the project, the leaders participated in the mentoring program, which influenced the development of the key competences: entrepreneurship, initiative, learning to learn skills.-The mentoring program developed by mentors has been made available to all European educators - trainers of entrepreneurship and small business.-SBMCs."