Austria was the last nation to officially sign up for Global Entrepreneurship Week this year and we are especially grateful to the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) who with little noticed organized one of our global Featured Events – a forum on “Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Central and Eastern European Competitiveness” which took place on November 15-17. At this event, business leaders, policy leaders and entrepreneurship experts exchanged thoughts on the role of entrepreneurship in the post-Communist transition.

Around 100 people gathered for a drinks reception in Westminster on 17 November, held by the Associate Parliamentary Group on Business, Finance and Accountancy and Enterprise UK. Dignitaries included Dragon’s Den entrepreneur Peter Jones CBE, Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP, Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills and a panel of entrepreneurs.

Scottish brewery founders James Watt and Martin Dickie and music promoter Aaron Kirkhouse will be hosting GEW activities at Glyndwr University this week.
Watt and Dickie, who founded the award-winning Brewdog, will judge an “Apprentice”-style competition where contestants will invent a Glyndwr Beer.  The winners will be announced on Sunday.
Kirkhouse (pictured right), who created Mint Gigs [...]

On Monday and Tuesday in Vienna, Austria, the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) convened a forum on Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Central and Eastern European Competitiveness as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009.

The British Ambassador for Italy, Edward Chaplin delivered a speech yesterday at La Sapienza University in Rome, which is thought to be the oldest public University in Rome, as part of the events taking place in Italy for Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW). The British Ambassador was invited as a guest to promote global entrepreneurship alongside Carl Schramm, the President and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation which is one of the United States’ largest foundations devoted to entrepreneurship.

GEW 2009 saw the launch of the largest ever initiative aimed at promoting growth and entrepreneurship in Denmark. The Week took off on Monday when Danish Vice Prime Minister Mrs. Lene Espersen hosted a summit in Copenhagen. Mrs. Lene Espersen hosted a debate about the roles and responsibilities of different parts of society – the eco-system of entrepreneurship.

Global Entrepreneurship Week Romania began with an event attended by NGOs, entrepreneurs, media representatives, and young people eager to know more about business issues. Mr. Justin Berg, Deputy Chief Economic Section at the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest was a keynote speaker.

Juan Ramón Nuñez, owner of an sound and lighting company operating in a deprived area of Buenos Aires, has been named the winner of an international competition for young entrepreneurs.

The 34 year old was named as the winner of Youth Business International’s Entrepreneur of the Year competition at an event last night at St James’s Palace. HRH The Prince of Wales hosted the event, held to mark the first day of Global Entrepreneurship Week, and commended Juan Ramón on his achievement.

Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009 will see the launch of the largest ever initiative aimed at promoting growth and entrepreneurship in Denmark. In partnership with 25 private and public organisations and institutions, the Danish vice Prime Minister Lene Espersen is spearheading the campaign “Maximize Your Potential”.