Preparations are now underway to plan for this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week which will be held from November 17-23.

The Edward de Bono Institute at the University of Malta is inviting interested parties to join the Maltese GEW campaign, either as official partner organisations or as individual participants.

Malta was represented at the recent Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Moscow by Leonie Baldacchino, director of The Edward de Bono Institute for the Design and Development of Thinking at the University of Malta, which has been the National Host for GEW since its inception in 2008.

GEC is an inter-disciplinary gathering of startup champions from around the world, where entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, thought leaders and policymakers work together to help bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare.

Now in its sixth year, the GEC contributes to the expansion of a global entrepreneurial ecosystem by bringing together the National Hosts of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), which is celebrated every year in November by millions of enterprising individuals around the world.

Each year, the Institute collaborates with various partner organisations to hold a programme of events to promote entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation. In November 2013, over 1,000 people participated in seven events in Malta.

For more information about how to get involved, email leonie.baldacchino@um.edu.mt.