The Global Fellowship Program was launched for young people to gain an understanding of what it will take to compete in, and contribute to the new global economy. We interviewed four young students who visited Brazil, India and China as a part of this programme, wherein they went to a local school, lived with local host parents and worked with a multinational organisation. As a Global Fellow, Louise visited Brazil for six weeks, where she worked with KPMG. She talks about the high ambition and commitment levels of the Brazilian students she studied with, and on the business side of the experience she reveals how the young generation now understands businesses of today are becoming more and more sustainability/csr focussed, and carry out pioneering work involving the local communities.

Issue(s): Tomorrow's Global Talent , Sustainability

Muhammad Yunus meets UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and describes the activities and success of microfincance provided by Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. He suggests that Africa would benefit from this model and he also goes on to explain ‘Social Business’ - business with social rather than purely financial objectives

Issue(s): Social Business

Region(s): West Europe , Africa , South Asia

Tag(s): Africa , Bangladesh , Microfinance , SocialBusiness

Entrepreneurs in Action is a dynamic organization working with the public and private sector to develop the entrepreneurial and financial skills of the next generation.  EiA offer programmes and activities which unlock the untapped talents of young people, and work in partnership with successful companies to give students a real taste of enterprise through hands-on business challenges and learning programmes. Lara is from Coloma School in Croydon, and through EiA worked with the Windsor Leadership Project, where their task was to film an advertisement to try and get more young people involved with the project. While doing so, she discovered that in a team what works the best is working toward everyone’s strengths, and not away from it. That talent is all about having a skill that one needs to develop and polish.

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Issue(s): Tomorrow's Global Talent , Sustainability

Entrepreneurs in Action is a dynamic organization working with the public and private sector to develop the entrepreneurial and financial skills of the next generation.  EiA offer programmes and activities which unlock the untapped talents of young people, and work in partnership with successful companies to give students a real taste of enterprise through hands-on business challenges and learning programmes.   A student of From Coloma School, Croydon, Jasmine worked with Teenage Cancer Trust as a fundraiser in the sponsorship department. In this challenging atmosphere, she learnt that leadership makes a big difference indeed, and that it is important for leaders to be positive. She also thinks  that it is important for the educational system to be balanced – giving opportunities for practical work as well.

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Issue(s): Tomorrow's Global Talent , Sustainability

Entrepreneurs in Action is a dynamic organization working with the public and private sector to develop the entrepreneurial and financial skills of the next generation.  EiA offer programmes and activities which unlock the untapped talents of young people, and work in partnership with successful companies to give students a real taste of enterprise through hands-on business challenges and learning programmes.  From Trinity School as well, Jack worked through EiA with Body and Soul, a charity that gave them the challenge to try and come up with new ways to remove the stigma surrounding HIV Aids. There, he discovered that everyone in the project found a place to fit into, which reinforces the fact that everyone is talented. Talent is not only about good grades but about developing the social skills required for the workplace in the global world.

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Issue(s): Tomorrow's Global Talent , Sustainability