GEW Spain will get off the ground tomorrow with the ever-popular BCN Networking Day in Barcelona. With unemployment in the country hitting 20% this year (and youth unemployment as high as 40%) in the wake of the construction crisis, the onus is more than ever on Spain’s innovators to lead a path to recovery. The campaign is led by IESE Business School. Read on to find out more on some of the most exciting events on their calendar…
BCN Networking Day
The latest edition of BCN Networking Day is the opening event of Global Entrepreneurship Week Spain. Entrepreneurs, business leaders, employees, investors, non-profit leaders, students, educators, government officials will come together to participate in a range of activities, ranging from face-to-face to large-scale competitions, events and intimate networking gatherings. This year the event will include the scoop presentation of BIZNET BARCELONA, Spain’s first social network for companies and entrepreneurs, promoted by Barcelona Activa and aimed at promoting and stimulating business opportunities and knowledge exchange among the main actors of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Sembrando Jóvenes Empresarios Solidarios
Sembrando Empresarios is a nonprofit initiative that aims to find, identify, and promote entrepreneurial solidarity. The mission of Sembrando Empresarios is to create vocational business and entrepreneurial opportunities within an ethical and professional context.
Sembrando Empresarios encompasses a number of organisations which work to foster an entrepreneurial spirit, such as Degem Challenge (Challenge Simulated Degema Business Management), the Launch Program from the School, the Business Plan Competition, the Competition Marketing Campaigns, the 2.0 sustainable business ideas bank amongst others. Another member, The Responsibility Project, promotes awareness of social and ethical issues as well as collaboration with underprivileged sections of societies.
Partners for a Day
Partners for a Day is a Junior Achievement Educational Programme designed to educate 16 and 17 year-olds about the world of business. Each student is given the opportunity to complete work experience in their chosen field from 15 to 18 November 2010. They will be accompanied by an expert from the given area, chosen from a range of partners of the programme. Through this experience, young people can discover for themselves the requirements and opportunities of their area of interest. The initiative also allows students to critically analyse and apply the skills they have learnt at school practically.
You can find out more about GEW Spain at http://www.unleashingideas.org/country/es and www.gewspain.es.