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9-12 may,2013

GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK IN BELARUS

GEW IN THE WORLD

Global Entrepreneurship Week the world’s largest campaign promoting

entrepreneurship. Innovators launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth

expand human welfare.

The initiative kicked off in 2006, launched by former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Carl Schramm, the president and CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Since then, it has

grown to 135 countries—with nearly 24,000 partner organizations planning

more than 37,000 activities that directly engage more than 7 million people.

GEW IN BELARUS Since 2011 Center for Business

Communication «BEL.BIZ» is the Host of the Global Entrepreneurship Week in Belarus. During one week each November, lots of events and competitions inspire people to engage in entrepreneurial activity while connecting them to potential collaborators, mentors and even investors.

•more than 2000 participant; •conferences, trainings, educational master-classes, presentations, round tables and contests;•more than 20 international guests. • BEL,BIZ Battle, Networking events and other interesting activities

IN 2012 GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK IN BELARUS GATHERED TOGETHER:

Moreover, the Minister of Economy Nicolay Snopkov opened the Week. He

mentioned that GEW is the best basement for new business and

creation of good economic environment in Belarus

DURING THE WEEK:Lots of different activities were held: Mentor of the Year National Award

where the best and active mentor took the award from the hands of the

Minister of Economy, lots of master-classes held by professional businessmen and trainers.

NETWORKING EVENTNetworking Event is a part of the GEW and simplicity and openness of the event make a very strong impression. Participants were divided into several groups were they talked about themselves and their businesses identifying common interests and common ground. During the event people changed their seats several times that helped each participant to get acquainted with as much colleagues as possible. And when it was the time of free communication many were talking like old friends.

BEL.BIZ BATTLEOne of the event of the Global Week is BEL.BIZ Battle that offers an international platform for ambitious startups to pitch their business ideas in front of international investors and a wide audience.18 teams will present their pitches for the projects up to 1.000.000 Euro

SPEAKERS

During the Week more than 40 speakers from the USA, Latvia, Estonia, Turkey, Belarus and from some other countries share their experience with the audience and young startups. In 2012 there were not only business people but people from education, i.e., PhD MBA from Stanford University, Burton Lee and CEO of Innovation Management forum and co-founder of Global Entrepreneurship Program to attract business and global thinking in Swedish schools Mikolaj Norek

SOME RESULTSAs the result of close cooperation and good impression and image of the Global Week

became the idea to hold Garage48 in Minsk at the beginning of the 2013.

And there is one more example of cooperation between foreign investors and Belarusian startups, when mentors signed several

contracts with businessmen from Belarus after the event.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLEGlobal Entrepreneurship Week gave the possibility

for young generations to find themselves in business and to create their own programs. This event is the best solution for those who wants to

create something new, innovative and prosperous. Coming to the event and listening to the well-

grounded businessmen people enrich their knowledge in the sphere of global business

INSPIRATION

As an example for young people will be Jamie Dunn. Jamie has successfully built and exited his first Business, Co-founded a substantial Youth Investment Fund and is now recognized as one of the Top 20 Young People in the World, an award previously won by John F Kennedy. And just imagine that this guy is just 20 year old! Of course it is very interesting how to organize your business in young life!

VOLUNTEERSAnd if to imagine what a huge amount of work was done during the organization of

GEW in Belarus there should be mentioned volunteers who helped from the very

beginning till the very end of the event because of high interests in their work, responsibility and willingness to make as much as possible to make Belarus better!

MENTOR OF THE YEAR

Mentor of the Year is the first National Award where the best and active mentor was handled the award from the Minister of Economy. The winner of 2012 is Yuri Zisser- founder and co-owner of the largest online resource Belarus TUT.BY

THE CHILD PICTURE COMPETITION

The Child Picture Competition was in the end of the Week. The main object for children was to draw an entrepreneurship, to show what is that according to their own point of view. And there are the best pictures drawn by hoping future entrepreneurs!

MEDIA ABOUT USThis event was highlighted by many of Belarusian mass media and none of them did not say anything except prideful words that “GEW: the win of entrepreneurship!” ( http://www.belmarket.by/ru/201/230/15924/GEW-2012-%E2%25 ) or “GEW: speaking the language of business” ( http://www.sb.by/viewpoint/139461/ )

OUR AWARDSAnd one of the most surprising was that BEL.BIZ/Belarus is among 5 top GEW organizers globally . Belarus is not often among top countries in global awards and ratings, and Belarus along with UK is the only country from the European continent to be among top 5 countries globally in 2 nominations. The most rewarding is the most grand-prix of GEW: the list of 5 top Countries of the Year globally!

CEO of Center for Business Communication Bel.Biz, Tatyana Marinich, was invited to Stanford Engineering's European Innovation & Entrepreneurship Thought Leaders is a weekly speaker series invites industry leaders from Europe's hi-tech startup, venture finance, corporate, university research & technology commercialization communities to share their insights and experiences with aspiring and veteran entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley where she spoke about the improving the business environment and the best results that were reached by the Global Entrepreneurship Week!

We will not stop at this point and we strongly believe that the next Global entrepreneurship Week will be organized much better. We know that our work helps not only people to reach success in business sphere but the whole country and our aim is to be the best of the best!

One girl drew a dream shop. Adults became discouraged her, saying that it is impossible. Then she said, when I grow up, I'll make a dream shop . You know when we were children, we had no barriers. The word "impossible" did not exist. Almost for all entrepreneurs that word does not exist either. For entrepreneurs, for people who are not afraid of change, who are willing to take the risk and responsibility, who know no borders, and boldly go forward. They also dream, able to dream and, most importantly, turn their dreams into reality

PARTNERS GEW is non-profit event,

where participation is free. The general partner of GEW events in Belarus is U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The general sponsor of the Week is Velcom, one of the main mobile operator and 3G Internet provider. Moreover, the International Finance Corporation, the BelVEB Bank and the embassy of Great Britain have a partnership in organizing GEW in Belarus.

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