Empretec Annual Report 2011 - Unctad XI

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Empretec Global InitiativesEMPRETEC celebrates the GlobalEntrepreneurship Week 2011Founded in 2008 by the Kauffman Foundation for entrepreneurship in the United States, the Global Entrepreneurship Week is aninternational campaign that aims to give young people the confidence, skills and ambition to create sustainable enterprises that havea positive impact on their lives and communities. In 2008, its inaugural year, the Week involved more than 3 million participants in80 countries, and 25,000 activities with 8,800 local partner organizations. In 2011, as many as 120 countries from all continentsparticipated in the week with nearly 24,000 partner organizations.SwitzerlandUNCTAD hosted the opening sessionof the Global Entrepreneurship Week,which for the first time took place inSwitzerland as a joint effort. To mark theoccasion, UNCTAD, WIPO and ILO inviteda wide audience to address and promotethe topic of sustainable entrepreneurship.The keynote speech was delivered byUS Ambassador Betty E. King followedby an interactive discussion with some ofthe most innovative Swiss entrepreneurs(e.g. PlanetSolar, an innovative project thataims at circumnavigating the globe in aboat entirely driven by solar energy) andstudents from the University of Geneva.BrazilEmpretec’s Brazilian host institutionSEBRAE has organized a whole rangeof activities to support the GlobalEntrepreneurship Week. SEBRAEorganized more than 240 activities,including lectures, courses and trainings,at several venues in Brazil.The city of Recife in North-easternBrazil has, for example, become part of theGlobal Entrepreneurship Week as SEBRAEhas offered free courses, lectures andworkshops for 21 days to stimulateentrepreneurial spirit. As a result ofSEBRAE’s commitment, these eventswere hosted until 7 December. InRecife, SEBRAE aimed at reachingaround 500 people per day during thisyear’s Global Entrepreneurship Week.In Rio Grande do Sul in Southern BrazilSEBRAE organized an EntrepreneurshipEducation Workshop in order to supportyoung entrepreneurs. Among the 800participants were students, teachers,and entrepreneurs. In addition, SEBRAEorganized the SEBRAE KnowledgeForum and the semifinal and final stagesof Desafio SEBRAE (Challenge SEBRAE),a virtual game that seeks to promoteentrepreneurship among Universitystudents.14EMPRETEC ANNUAL REPORT 2011
UgandaEnterprise Uganda, who was the officialhost of the GEW, hosted a whole rangeof activities during the week. The weekstarted on Monday with businesbreakfastat the Imperial Hotel attended by 25 partnerorganizations who all contributed tothe week by different activities and events.Additionally, Enterprise Uganda hosteda 3-days workshop, which addressedmore than 600 entrepreneurs fromKampala and around. Uganda’s Minister ofState for Trade and Industry opened theworkshop, which addressed questionslike how to deal with challenges, opportunitiesfor youth in entrepreneurship, workingwith multinational corporations andopportunities and challenges womenentrepreneurs face in east Africa. Theworkshop, which was partly sponsoredby the EU, was closed by Uganda’sMinister of State for Finance. In parallel to theworkshop, a fair was held in cooperationwith Junior Achievement Uganda whereyoung entrepreneurs could showcasetheir work and had an excellent platformto network and exchange ideas with otherentrepreneurs.PeruSeveral events and workshops wereorganized by Empretec Peru throughoutthe week in order to support the globalmovement and to promote entrepreneurship.In Pueblo Libre, a district inthe capital city of Lima, Empretec Peruorganized two entrepreneurship events:A 4-day workshop on accounting, whichEmpretec Peru developed in cooperationwith UNCTAD, was launched on Mondayand an international entrepreneur eventwas held on Wednesday evening.On Thursday evening, Empretec Peruorganized an Entrepreneurship Night inthe district of Surco, Lima. The weekwas completed by the entrepreneurshipfair “Emprende” which took place fromFriday to Saturday at Plaza San Martín andwas also organized by Empretec Peru.EMPRETEC ANNUAL REPORT 2011 15
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