Entrepreneurship Report Calls for Transformation of Education Systems to Stimulate Economic Growth During Global Crisis

Entrepreneurship has never been as important as it is today when the world is confronted with big challenges that extend well beyond the global economy. Entrepreneurship is a tremendous force that can have a big impact in growth, recovery, and societal progress by fuelling innovation, employment generation and social empowerment.

While it is clear that the world is in need of more entrepreneurial societies who can address more complex, interlinked and fast changing problems, greater awareness is needed about the critical role education has in developing the next wave of leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs who can not only create jobs and value for society, but also empower others to dream of a better future.

With this conviction, in 2008 the Global Education Initiative launched a workstream to advance Entrepreneurship Education globally as one of the key drivers of sustained social development and economic recovery. The workstream, has 4 major objectives:

Full Report: http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gei/EntrepreneurshipEducation/index.htm

(Many thanks to Paul Gladen http://www.muzeview.com for passing this along. Russ)