bogota blogging
August 5th, 2008 by claireFrom Buenos Aires to Bogota, GEW has spread across South America and I´m hot on the trail.
Yesterday I met with Eduardo from Endeavor - the GEW host in Colombia and Fernando from Colombia Emprendedora, one of the main partners there for the Week. After a couple of minor technical hitches, Regina from the Mexican host organisation Endeavor Mexico also joined us through skype. Loads of great activites have already been comfirmed and they´re still coming up with fantastic ideas to really inspire the young people of Colombia and Mexico to have a more entrepreneurial mindset. From a schools competition similar to our very own Make Your Mark Challenge, to a ´race for entrepreneurs´ encouraging young people to achieve their goals, along one of the main roads in Bogota which is shut to traffic every Sunday so Bogotans can run, cycle, roller blade or walk the length of the city. Could we do something similar in the UK??
They´ve already secured the support of the Minister for Trade, Industry and Tourism, Luis Guillermo Plata, and hope the President will be presenting some awards for Colombian innovation during the week, so it´s clearly full steam ahead.
A huge thank you to Eduardo for really making me feel welcome in Colombia. I was a tinsy bit worried about travelling to Bogota on my own but I´ve fallen in love with the city, it´s very green and one of the prettiest capital cities I´ve seen, and everyone is incredibly friendly. If there´s ever a secondment going, I´m first on the list!
(Photo: Lonely Planet http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/colombia/bogota)
Next stop, Sao Paulo…
August 6th, 2008 at 8:24 am
We are loving tales from our international travellers, although it is making us a tenny weeny bit jealous! Sounds like Global Entrepreneurship Week is gonna rock!
August 7th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
All the Global teams adventures sound amazing!! I think the idea of having just one day a month where the roads are traffic free, would be amazing!!!!