The Potential of E-mentoring for Sustainable Economic Growth:The Case of the ATDF Platform

This platform aims at bringing together innovative entrepreneurs with experienced and professional experts (mentors) who may be able to coach them in their efforts (a) to commercialise a new good or service they developed for their home market, (b) to solve a particular business or technical problem in their established business, or (c) to simply assess the quality of their business plan and help find potential investors.

The platform (http://match.atdforum.org) will search for best matches between entrepreneur and mentor profiles and show in which areas the profiles coincide most.

The initiative is supported by SECO and UNCTAD and cooperates with numerous organisations involved in mentoring and entrepreneurship coaching (e.g. EMPRETEC Centres, Swisscontact, Senior Expert Service).