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Practice spotlight – Mentoring and Financial inclusion
The Entreprise4Integration project:
• Matched groups of mentees with experienced entrepreneurs and consultants
based on the business sector to allow for shadow-learning
• Included microcredit companies and organisations in the project as partners in
order to assess the possibility to invest in business plans based on their quality at
the end of the mentoring. In addition, the project engaged with stakeholders representing
the funding spectrum, including grants, bank loans, angel investing,
venture capital, crowdfunding, and organised pitching events.
• Adapted the recruitment of mentors throughout the project to ensure a balance
between the preliminary roadmap and the mentees’ emerging needs. It selected
different groups of professionals to assist mentees on the different aspects of entrepreneurship
while providing all-round mentoring. The team was consolidated
through experts tutoring mentees on aspects related to the business sector.
Building Integration Through
Entrepreneurship