About The Week

Countries all around the world are joining together to carry the banner of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), an initiative aimed at young people everywhere. During the week of November 17 - 23, 2008, partner organizations will conduct a range of activities - from simple speeches to comprehensive competitions - designed to inspire, connect, inform, mentor and engage the next generation of entrepreneurs.

The Week is a worldwide initiative that is linking all those willing to embrace it. Host organizations in each participating country are recruiting partners and coordinating related activities. The exact type of these activities, whether online or face-to-face, is limited only by the imaginations of the partners and the participants. And while a list of suggested activities such as invention competitions, entrepreneurship film festivals, networking events, school-based activities, and local entrepreneurship summits - will be available on the website, the actual activities conducted by partners will vary greatly.

And while it may be global in scope, at its heart, the Week is a local initiative that reflects the customs and entrepreneurial culture of each community. After all, what works in Boise, Idaho might be quite different from what works in Bangalore, India. france

Background

Global Entrepreneurship Week is a combination and expansion of two successful initiatives, the debut of EntrepreneurshipWeek USA in 2007 and the inspiration behind it, Enterprise Week in the UK which was kicked off in 2004 by now-Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

During the last year, these two efforts - led by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in the US and the Make Your Mark campaign in the UK - combined to engage 2,720 partner organizations planning 6,891 activities that directly involved 929,449 individuals.

Vision

For one week, millions of young people around the world will join a growing movement of entrepreneurial people to generate new ideas and to seek better ways of doing things. Dozens of countries are coming together for the first time to host Global Entrepreneurship Week, an initiative to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity. To think big. To turn their ideas into reality. To make their mark.

Today, entrepreneurial individuals appear from all walks of life to exploit business opportunities for both economic and social gains. From November 17 - 23, 2008, Global Entrepreneurship Week will connect young people everywhere through local, national and global activities designed to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. Students, educators, entrepreneurs, business leaders, employees, non-profit leaders, government officials and many others will participate in a range of activities - online and face-to-face - to harness the energy of social networking, to connect people taking action in their local and global communities and to celebrate entrepreneurship across the globe.

Overall, the Week will tap into a culture with a passion for networking. It will blend into the fabric of everyday life, engaging young people in school, at home, on the web and at work. Through this initiative, the next generation of entrepreneurs will be inspired and emerge. In doing so, they will begin to acquire the knowledge, skills, networks and values needed to grow innovative, sustainable enterprises that have a positive impact on their lives and the lives of those around them.

Objectives

Global Entrepreneurship Week seeks to:

Inspire - Introduce the notion of enterprising behavior to as many young people under the age of 30 who otherwise might not have considered it as a path in their life

Connect - Network young people across national boundaries in a global effort to find new ideas at the intersection of cultures and disciplines

Mentor - Enlist active and inspirational entrepreneurs around the world to coach and mentor the next generation of enterprise talent as they pursue their entrepreneurial dreams

Engage - To inform opinion leaders and policy makers that entrepreneurship is central to a nation\'s economic health and culture and to provide different nations with the opportunity to learn from each other on entrepreneurial policy and practice.

UCEC Participation on GEW In Indonesia

GEW has 3 partners in Indonesia :

• University of Ciputra Entrepreneurship Center (UCEC)
• EO Indonesia
• YoungBiz Indonesia

These events are sponsored by UCEC :

• High School and University Students JA Titan business simulation training
  Junior Achievement Indonesia and the University of Bina Nusantara Jakarta are going to invite high school and college students who are interested in the Junior Achievement Titan business simulation.
  Jakarta. November 22, 2008
• Entrepreneurship Festival
  This event will involve students, faculty of University of Ciputra. Other participants are also invited.
  Surabaya. November 21, 2008.
• Entrepreneurship Educator National Conference
  The purpose of this event is to promote and introduce Entrepreneurship Education that has been developed by the University of Ciputra Entrepreneurship Center for schools of all K12 levels. The expected participants are teachers, administrators and leaders of Schools in metropolitan are surrounding the capital city of Jakarta including Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi.
  Jakarta. November 20-21, 2008.
• Book Launching
  By Dr. Ir. Ciputra, the founder and chairman of Ciputra Group, a property development giant in Indonesia and the region. He wrote a book titled "Quantum Leap: Entrepreneurship Changes You and Nation". Dr. Ir. Ciputra is the 2007 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Indonesia. He was inducted in the 2008 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year Hall of Fame.
  Jakarta. November 20, 2008.
• Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (EOY) 2008 Awards Banquet
  The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program was created in the United States by Ernst & Young in 1986. The awards program is one of the world's most prestigious business accolades for entrepreneurs. Recognized globally, the awards honor entrepreneurs whose ingenuity and perseverance have created and sustained successful, growing business ventures. Today, the awards program has expanded to more than 135 cities in over 50 countries around the globe. The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards program was launched in Indonesia in 2001. Now in its eight years, the awards program has evolved into a pre-eminent business award in the local business scene. It aims to celebrate entrepreneurial success and recognize the benefits that entrepreneurs and their entrepreneurial spirit bring to the Indonesian economy in terms of driving national growth and enhancing economic competitiveness in the global marketplace. In collaboration with the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship this year Ernst & Young is also seeking nominations for Social Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008. The Indonesia 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year Award recipient will represent Indonesia at the World Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in Monte Carlo in 2009, while the Indonesia Social Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008 will be invited to the Social Entrepreneurs Summit in Zurich by the Schwab Foundation.
  Jakarta. November 19, 2008.
• Student Business Competition
  9 Days workshop is an initiative plan by the British Council Indonesia. University of Ciputra Entrepreneurship Center will conduct the workshop for the British Council Indonesia.
  Depok, Jakarta. November 17, 2008 - November 17, 2009.
• Entrepreneurial School Activities
  Variety of Entrepreneurship Education activities will be held involving as many as 15,000 students through out Indonesia within the following schools' network: a. Pembangunan Jaya & Global Jaya Schools, b. Metropolitan Land Schools, c. Ciputra, Citra Kasih dan Citra Berkat Schools, d. Don Bosco dan Pondok Indah Global Schools. e. Schools that are collaborating with Junior Achievement Indonesia
  Jakarta. November 17-22, 2008.
• Entrepreneurship Seminar
  This seminar is an initiative of Modernisator collaborating with the University of Ciputra Entrepreneurship Center featuring two speakers Dr. Ir. Ciputra and Sandiaga Uno. Two very successful Indonesian entrepreneur representing Indonesian old and young generations.
  Jakarta. October 28, 2008.

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