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= Purpose =
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c466c132-e134-7673-df56-4cfba8c04142"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[http://www.gew.co/ Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW)] is more than just an awareness campaign.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nowadays the world is full of entrepreneur of all ages driven by self-interest and this </span><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">platform for connection and collaboration is useful in order to engage all players along the entrepreneurship spectrum in strengthening ecosystems around the world.</span>
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c466c132-e134-7673-df56-4cfba8c04142"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">GEW think entrepreneurs might be the force for change in their country for things beyond just economic change; you can actually make the world a better place.</span></span></span></span>
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= History =
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The GEW was first started up in November 2007 with 37 countries were involved in the startup of the movement. Within a year host organizations in 77 countries signed up for the campaign with 3 million people that participated in 25,022 activities and events. Since November 2007 the number of countries that are participating has increased to 138 countries. In the year of 2013, 7.43 million people participated in Global Entrepreneurship Week and 24,008 partner organizations conducted at least one activity, event or competition during Global Entrepreneurship Week. In fact, by november 2008 about 3 million of people participated in 25022 events and activities. </span></span>
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= Contact Information =