Collectif Mentorat

What Collectif Mentorat does

Collectif Mentorat is a French non-profit association (association loi 1901) founded in 2019 and headquartered in Paris, operating as the national federation for youth mentoring in France. It brings together more than 80 member associations that run local mentoring programs, providing them with a shared national brand, policy voice and quality framework. In 2023 the French government designated youth mentoring a "Grande cause nationale," formalizing Collectif Mentorat's role as a central intermediary in the sector. The organization also operates the 1jeune1mentor.fr digital platform, which connects disadvantaged young people with volunteer mentors and has cumulatively reached approximately 160,000 youth.

Its core product is the 1jeune1mentor.fr platform, which functions as a national matching and information portal linking mentored youth, volunteer mentors and member associations. The technical stack and platform architecture are not publicly detailed in the available data; the platform is best characterized as a connection and federation layer rather than a sophisticated data or AI product. In February 2024 the federation launched the Label Mentorat, a quality certification that standardizes methodology across member associations.

Collectif Mentorat's business model is non-commercial: revenue is derived from grants and philanthropic contributions (a documented €91,000 grant from the SNCF foundation), public-agency partnerships with France Travail, LADOM and OPCO Atlas, membership-related dues, and, as of October 2025, a newly launched paid training offer for mentors and member associations. The federation operates with a small central team of approximately 14 employees and relies on its member associations for program delivery. Its customer base is dual-sided — funders and public partners on one side, youth beneficiaries and member associations on the other — which shapes both growth strategy and concentration risk.

Name

Collectif Mentorat

Legal name

COLLECTIF MENTORAT

Website

https://lementorat.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Collectif Mentorat is the French national federation of 80+ youth mentoring associations, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Paris. It operates the 1jeune1mentor.fr platform, has reached roughly 160,000 mentored youth, and partners with France Travail, LADOM and OPCO Atlas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Mentoring Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710), Professional Organizations (81392), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Student Mentoring & Peer Support Programs (EDAJALAL), Peer Support, Mentoring & Student Leadership (SEL) (EDAKAMAO), Dropout Prevention, Alternative Education & Re-Engagement Nonprofits (BPAGADAL)

Keywords

• Youth mentoring programs
• Nonprofit associations
• Mentorship certification
• Social mobility support
• Education equality

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Foundation and Corporate Partnerships: Financial contributions from corporate foundations (e.g., Fondation SNCF contributed 91,000 euros) to support mentoring program deployment and platform operations
2. Government Partnerships: Collaborations with government bodies and public employment services (France Travail) for mentoring program funding and deployment

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Collectif Mentorat is a French non-profit federation that operates the national 1jeune1mentor.fr platform to direct young people seeking mentors and volunteer mentors toward its 80+ member associations. It runs the Label Mentorat quality certification, the Offre de formation training programs, and the La Fabrique du Mentorat incubator to professionalize mentoring programs across France. The organization also advocates for a droit au mentorat (right to mentoring) and coordinates the government's 1 jeune, 1 mentor national plan.

Product overview

The Collectif Mentorat operates as a national federation of 80+ mentoring associations in France. Its core products include the 1jeune1mentor.fr matchmaking platform, which connects young people with mentors through affiliated associations under the national 1 jeune, 1 mentor plan. The Label Mentorat is a three-tier quality certification system for mentorship programs. The organization also provides an training offer (Offre de formation) to professionalize mentorship coordinators, runs La Fabrique du Mentorat as Europe's first mentorship program incubator, and organizes recurring events including Le Mois du Mentorat (annual January event) and Les Rencontres du mentorat (webinars). The ecosystem is held together by advocacy for a 'right to mentorship' and a network of corporate and institutional partners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Label Mentorat: A quality certification tool for mentoring programs, designed to evaluate and improve the quality of mentoring programs in France. The label is divided into three levels and is valid for three years.
• La Fabrique du Mentorat

Products and services

• Plateforme 1 jeune, 1 mentor (1jeune1mentor.fr) National online matchmaking platform that orients young people seeking mentorship and volunteers wishing to become mentors toward the 80+ member associations of the Collectif Mentorat; managed and animated by Collectif Mentorat as part of the national 1 jeune, 1 mentor plan. Integrated with France Travail's Emploi Store and Prendre Soin platforms.
• Label Mentorat Three-tier quality certification system for mentoring programs, exclusively accessible to member associations of Collectif Mentorat; built around six key stages of mentorship program quality with the label delivered for a three-year period.
• Offre de formation du Collectif Mentorat Qualiopi-certified training programs delivered by Collectif Mentorat to professionalize the skills of those who operate mentoring programs, covering quality, impact, and methodology.
• La Fabrique du Mentorat The first European incubator for mentoring programs with social impact, providing year-long structured support to organizations developing mentoring programs, including diagnostic, individual coaching, collective workshops, and networking; partners include Accenture and Devoteam.

Quantifiable outcome

• 84% of mentored youth have more confidence in their future path
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• OPCO AtlascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 February 2025Partnership between OPCO Atlas and Collectif Mentorat to develop mentoring in TPE-PME and financial/counseling sectors. Objectives include promoting 1jeune1mentor.fr, developing youth attractiveness of company professions, and facilitating connections between companies and member associations through regional delegations.
• France TravailcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 January 2025Convention signed between France Travail and Collectif Mentorat to enable more young job seekers to access mentoring and facilitate their professional insertion. France Travail has a network of 400,000 companies, 58,000 employees across 890 agencies. The partnership includes training France Travail advisors on mentoring programs and integrating 1jeune1mentor.fr into their digital tools.
• LADOMcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 November 2024Convention signed with LADOM (Agence De l'Outre-mer pour la Mobilité) to develop mentoring for young overseas students in the Passeport pour la Mobilité des Etudes (PME) program. The partnership aims to reduce the risk of academic failure among overseas youth studying in mainland France by connecting them with appropriate mentoring associations through 1jeune1mentor.fr.
• Les Entreprises s'engagentcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 18 September 2024Strengthened partnership with La Communauté Les Entreprises s'engagent to increase number of companies committed to mentoring. Partnership aims to simplify corporate engagement, mobilize regional clubs, build joint advocacy, and deploy territorial experiments.
• MEDEFmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 16 January 2024Convention signed with MEDEF (Mouvement des Entreprises de France) to favor professional insertion and employment of young people, particularly those from vocational training.
• JeVeuxAider.gouv.frmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 2023Partnership with the public volunteering platform for the 'Septembre pour apprendre' campaign. Nearly 700 mentoring missions available on 1jeune1mentor.fr through the platform.
• CCI FrancemajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 31 August 2023Partner at REF 2023 (Rencontre des Entrepreneurs de France). CCI France president Alain Di Crescenzo participated in closing conference on inclusive business.
• Coordinadora de Mentoria SocialmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 May 2022International partnership with Spanish counterpart for quality standards exchange. Collaborated on building international partnership for quality certification system. Inspiration for Label Mentorat from Spanish Sello de la Mentoria de Calidad.
• HexopéemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 May 2022Framework convention with Hexopée to mobilize 100,000 employees from 14,000 member structures toward mentoring. Hexopée encourages members to be referrers of young people who could benefit from mentoring and to mobilize employees as mentors. Also supports development and recognition of mentoring professions.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Coordinadora de Mentoria Social: Spanish national federation of social mentoring organizations and originators of the Sello de la Mentoria de Calidad quality label. Direct international counterpart whose certification model directly informed Collectif Mentorat's Label Mentorat.
• MENTOR (MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership): U.S. national umbrella organization championing youth mentoring, which developed the widely-used 'Elements of Effective Practice' framework that inspired Collectif Mentorat's Label Mentorat certification.
• Télémaque: French association providing mentoring and scholarship support to motivated students from priority backgrounds. Member of Collectif Mentorat, with DG Ericka Cogne serving as Collectif's co-president.
• Proxité: French association running 1:1 mentoring programs for vulnerable youth. Director Sébastien Lailheugue is also co-president of Collectif Mentorat, making it a closely aligned member association.
• Entraide Scolaire Amicale: Long-standing French association providing educational support and mentoring to children from disadvantaged families. Member of Collectif Mentorat with similar mission and target audience.
• Afev: Major French association mobilizing young volunteers to support children and youth in priority education neighborhoods. Member of Collectif Mentorat and a comparable French youth-mentoring operator with similar target populations.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters International: Global nonprofit federation operating volunteer mentoring programs for young people. Directly comparable to Collectif Mentorat as a national federation model coordinating 1:1 mentoring delivery through local affiliates toward youth facing adversity.
• France Bénévolat: French nonprofit promoting and connecting volunteer engagement across associations. Comparable as a federation mobilizing volunteers into nonprofit causes, paralleling Collectif's role in routing mentors to member associations.

Others

• JeVeuxAider.gouv.fr (Réserve Civique): French government volunteering platform run by the Réserve Civique. Distribution partner rather than competitor — Collectif Mentorat lists mentoring missions on the platform as a channel for volunteer recruitment.

Broad incumbents

• Ashoka France: Major French arm of the global Ashoka network supporting social entrepreneurs and changemakers. Comparable as a larger social-impact ecosystem player supporting innovative nonprofit initiatives, including those addressing youth inequalities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CollectifMentor
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCwmG3vqYQHljWE3bBRXdZvg
• Facebookfacebook.com/collectifmentorat
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/collectif-mentorat
• Instagraminstagram.com/collectif_mentorat

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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