Train the Mentor

As part of our Senegal Femmes et Energie initiative, we are expanding our activities to promote female entrepreneurship in renewable energy and energy efficiency with a training program called Train the Mentor.

This 4-month training is being offered to 10 experienced entrepreneurs and specialists in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sector as well as local experts with experience in building the entrepreneurial skills of aspiring entrepreneurs.

In collaboration with Tech4Impact, enpact launched a pilot of the Train the Mentor in Uzbekistan as part of a manifold partnership with the aim to foster an exchange between the German and Uzbek mentoring community, in particular in the Cleantech sector.

After the successful pilot of the Train the Mentor programme, a second cycle was designed, targeting the more remote region of el-Kef in Central-Western Tunisia from July to October 2018. Here, 25 participants completed the programme. The cycle consisted of five workshops and was kicked-off with a two-day long workshop explaining the enpact values and our unique approach and understanding of mentoring. 

The pilot for Train the Mentor (TTM) programme was launched by enpact e.V. and GIZ Tunisie in 2017 with the goal of enabling established Tunisian entrepreneurs to pass on their knowledge and experience to the next generation of startups.

In the three-month programme executed from October to December 2017, this goal was implemented  through 4 four-hour workshop sessions, which aimed to provide a profound understanding of ‘mentorship’ – what it means to be a mentor – as opposed to coaching or consultancy, as well as providing the necessary tools to profess it. Thus, a hybrid theoretical and practical learning experience was created for TTM.