1. mentoringinspire | connect | evolveFirst Floor, Building 10,King Hussein Business Park,King Abdullah ll Street,PO Box 954285, Amman 11954,Jordan UK | UAE | JORDANOfce 117, First Floor,Building 3,Dubai Internet City,PO Box 500104,Dubai, United Arab EmiratesCAN Mezzanine,Hanover House,Queen Charlotte Street,Bristol, BS1 4EX,United KingdomUK Charity Number: 1127087Press release: Monday 17thJune, 2013Mowgli Foundation and consortium partners awarded MENA region SME mentoring initiative by G8Deauville PartnershipThe Mowgli Foundation, an award winning, UK headquartered mentoring organisation, which seeks to supportthe sustainable development of societies through the mentoring and evolution of entrepreneurs and leaders,has been awarded a contract together with its consortium partners Adam Smith International and UpperQuartile, under the UKs Presidency of the G8 Deauville Partnership. The project will seek to delivermentoring support to over 250 entrepreneurs across the six transition countries Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco,Libya, Egypt and Yemen.The SME mentoring initiative, which is called Forsa (opportunity in Arabic) will help the G8 and regionalpartners to share expertise and nurture entrepreneurial skills in the Arab countries undergoing transition.Focusing on young and female entrepreneurs, Forsa will establish mentoring relationships between at least250 entrepreneurs and business people from across the Deauville Partnership, said Alistair Burt, UK Foreign& Commonwealth Office Minister for the Middle East and North Africa, who officially launched the FORSAproject in Tunisia on 4thJune 2013.The Forsa SME mentoring initiative (www.forsa-mena.org) is designed to help catalyze economicdevelopment throughout the MENA region. Based upon Mowglis tried, tested and successful mentoringmodel, Forsa will recruit and match entrepreneurs with mentors from leading companies, from across theDeauville Partnership countries, for a 12 month period. The program will enable mentors to offer theirpractical support and share their expertise to help entrepreneurs grow as leaders, expand their businessesand create new jobs.Helen Al Uzaizi, Mowglis CEO commented: We are thrilled to be part of the Forsa project. Our involvementin Forsa will significantly enable us to bring hope, aspiration and practical support to many moreentrepreneurs and further place mentorship at the heart of supporting the MENA regions entrepreneurshipand leadership development. This is what we strive to do and this project takes us a number of steps closerto making our vision become more of a reality.

2. mentoringinspire | connect | evolveFirst Floor, Building 10,King Hussein Business Park,King Abdullah ll Street,PO Box 954285, Amman 11954,Jordan UK | UAE | JORDANOfce 117, First Floor,Building 3,Dubai Internet City,PO Box 500104,Dubai, United Arab EmiratesCAN Mezzanine,Hanover House,Queen Charlotte Street,Bristol, BS1 4EX,United KingdomUK Charity Number: 1127087The G8 Deauville Partnership was established at the G8 summit in Deauville in 2011. The purpose of thepartnership is to channel political and practical support to Arab Countries in Transition - Tunisia, Morocco,Libya, Egypt, Jordan and Yemen. Membership of the partnership includes G8 countries, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait,UAE, Qatar and Turkey and International Financial Institutions.Forsa is a consortium comprising of Mowgli Foundation, Adam Smith International and Upper Quartile. It willestablish and support at least 250 mentoring partnerships that foster innovation and growth in Arab countriesin transition. Forsa will show how mentoring can make a positive impact, using a model pioneeredsuccessfully by the Mowgli Foundation in countries such as Jordan, Lebanon and Algeria. Forsa will work withDeauville Partnership governments, international institutions, and development organisations to help ensurethat entrepreneurs receive the practical support they need to grow and succeed in business.THE ENDAbout the Mowgli FoundationThe Mowgli Foundation is an award winning, UK-headquartered mentoring organisation, established in 2008by successful serial entrepreneur Tony Bury, in response to the need for job creation and sustainableeconomic and societal development in the MENA region as well as in UK communities.Mowgli provides mentoring that inspires, connects and guides entrepreneurs and leaders to overcome lifespersonal and business challenges through: Interactive, experiential and transformational Kickstart workshops A unique environment for accelerated relationship building, mentor training and matching Engagement within a learning and mentoring focused global alumni networkMowgli has an alumni with over 600 members, has matched over 270 entrepreneurs in 8 countries withtrained mentors, who voluntarily support them throughout a yearlong program, and were subsequentlyrecognised in December 2012 with the Mohammed bin Rashid Award for Young Business Leaders Award forthe Best Mentor Network in the Arab Region.Contact DetailsMowgli Media Contact: Kathleen Bury, kathleen.bury@mowgli.org.ukWebsite: www.mowgli.org.ukMowgli UK Office: CAN Mezzanine, Hanover House, Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol BS1 4EX, UKTel: +44 (0) 1172 020137