In the British Ambassador’s speech Mr Chaplin thanked the Meta group who are the organisers of this years Global Entrepreneurship Week events in Italy and went on to talk about what is happening in Britain to encourage entrepreneurship. He described Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s campaign “Make your mark” founded in 2004, established to create opportunities and events aimed to encourage young people in Britain to become more enterprising.

“About 4% of UK export earnings are from creative industires. They employ two million people in our economy. The potential of this sector as a motor of the economy however remains underexploited.”

He also discussed the current economic situation by stating that the way forward is not to protect jobs from competition but instead to create competition and commented upon the need for Italy and the World to become more enterprising during these difficult times.

“I have to say that it’s surprising for a British Ambassador not to find more going on in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation in this nation with its unique history of creativity, a strong high tech tradition and precisely the pattern of small and medium enterprises with the flexibility to respond to these new challenges.”

Carl Schramm of Kauffman Foundation , the Global Sponsor of Global Entrepreneurship week was been attending GEW events around the World taking place this week. Kauffman Foundation believes that entrepreneurs voices need to be heard and is working to educate government officials in the important role entrepreneurship plays in our economy. During his visits to the various GEW events Dr Schramm will be emphasizing the importance of entrepreneurship amongst young people and how he believes it is the key to economic recovery.