UN Entrepreneurship for Development

The United Nations recently convened a daylong debate among experts to examine how to promote entrepreneurship as a tool for eradicating poverty, generating wealth and improving lives. The General Assembly in New York was streamed live at http://webtv.un.org.  Thom Ruhe, vice president for entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation, spoke about the importance of entrepreneurship education.  The Kauffman Foundation has provided a link here to Thom’s remarks.  The UN is following through on a mandate from its Entrepreneurship for Development resolution that encourages all UN-related bodies to “recognize and integrate entrepreneurship in its various forms into their policies, programs and reports, and to support national efforts in this regard.”  The objectives outlined in the UN resolution align closely with those of Global Entrepreneurship Week, the world’s largest celebration of entrepreneurship that will be held this Nov. 18-24