Entrepreneurship Mentoring


The autumn of 2023 we will match 14 immigrants with a business idea with personal mentors who will help them in their entrepreneurship journey. The aim is to both help people create their own job, while simultaneously boosting innovation in Oslo. Do you want to the part, either as a participant, mentor, or collaborator?

Du you want to participate?

The mentor programme matches mentees with a business idea with a personal mentor, and for six months the two will meet regularly with the aim of advancing the business idea and building entrepreneur skills. Do you want to participate, either as a mentee, mentor or collaborator?

As a mentee you will:

👋 Get a personal mentor from your field
🎓 Strengthen your entrepreneurship skills
💬 Expand your professional network
📌 Get help with concrete questions
🚀 Improve your chances of success

Criteria for mentees:

  • Be a refugee or immigrant

  • Being interested in entrepreneurship

  • Good enough English to follow the program (B1 or higher)

  • Time and motivation for regular meetings with your mentor (1-4 times a month)

  • Read more about the mentee role and meet previous participants here.




As a mentor you will:

👋 Get to know a new person from a different culture
🌿 Contribute to a more inclusive and sustainable work culture
💬 Take part in a professional multicultural environment
🎓 Learn more about diversity and intercultural communication

Criteria for mentors:

  • Experience with entrepreneurship in Norway

  • Time and motivation for regular meetings with your mentee (1-4 times a month)

  • No previous experience with mentoring required - we provide you with everything you need!

  • Read more about the mentor role and meet other mentors here.

 

Events

Throughout the programme there will be organised various monthly gatherings. The participants are also welcome to join the other events of Sammen om en jobb, which can be found here.

 
 
 

The mentor programme is meaningful and provides lots of learning for mentee and mentor alike.

 

Background

With partial funding from Oslo kommune and with a collaboration with Oslo- and Bærum International Hub we started an entrepreneurship mentor programme for for immigrants in 2022. After lots of useful lessons from the pilot we are launching a new and improved program in 2023 with the aim of helping motivated entrepreneurs send their ideas into the world, creating new jobs and increased innovation. The programme is coordinated by Ndey Jobarteh in Sammen om en jobb.

 
 
 
 
 
 
Erlend Nyheim