{"id":6114,"date":"2014-06-25T13:53:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T17:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/press_release\/outstanding-young-business-owners-join-canadian-delegation-at-international-summit-to-advance-entrepreneurship\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T10:16:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T15:16:31","slug":"outstanding-young-business-owners-join-canadian-delegation-at-international-summit-to-advance-entrepreneurship","status":"publish","type":"press_release","link":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/press_release\/outstanding-young-business-owners-join-canadian-delegation-at-international-summit-to-advance-entrepreneurship\/","title":{"rendered":"Outstanding Young Business Owners Join Canadian Delegation at International Summit to Advance Entrepreneurship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

14 young entrepreneurs representing Canada to tackle youth unemployment at prestigious <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

G20 Young Entrepreneurs\u2019 Alliance Summit in Australia<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toronto, ON, Wednesday, June 25, 2014<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Futurpreneur Canada is pleased to announce the G20 Young Entrepreneurs\u2019 Alliance (G20 YEA) Summit Canadian Delegates heading to Sydney, Australia, from July 18-22, 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The G20 YEA Summit is an annual global conference that brings together inspiring young entrepreneurs, thought leaders and leading entrepreneur-focused organizations from the G20 countries. Delegates at this year\u2019s Summit will <\/span>encourage G20 leaders to adopt <\/span>job creation, youth employment and growth strategies to reduce youth unemployment below 10% by 2030 and<\/span>to embed <\/span>youth entrepreneurship as a solution to unemployment in the post-2015 United Nations Millennium Development Goals.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The G20 YEA is a global network of entrepreneurially-minded organizations representing the G20 countries who seek to promote youth entrepreneurship as a powerful driver of economic growth, job creation, innovation and social change. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recommendations from the Summit will be shared at the G20 Leaders Summit in Australia in November. Work is currently underway with the B20 (Business 20) leaders as well to set priorities for sustainable growth, stimulating jobs, investment across all G20 countries. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s Summit is hosted by the Enterprise Network for Young Australians (ENYA) and <\/span>will <\/span>draw<\/span>on<\/span> recent studies and reports from the G20 YE<\/span>A\u2019<\/span>s knowledge partners including EY, Accenture and the G20 Research Group at the Munk School of Global Affairs<\/span> at <\/span>the University of Toronto. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The <\/span>Canadian delegation of <\/span>dynamic young entrepreneurs and Futurpreneur Canada representatives<\/span>will focus on how businesses, non-profits, academic institutions and governments can work together to support the success of current and aspiring young entrepreneurs. The delegation will bring forward the Canadian action plan to expand youth entrepreneurship developed with input from over 1,000 entrepreneurs and leaders through Futurpreneur Canada\u2019s Action Entrepreneurship initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur Canadian delegates represent the voice of young entrepreneurs. The<\/span>y<\/span>are all passionate about innovation and building the strongest possible culture of entrepreneurship in Canada,\u201d said Julia Deans, Chief Executive Officer, Futurpreneur Canada and Co-President, G20 YEA Summit Canadian delegation. \u201cWe are thrilled that delegates will have the opportunity to shape <\/span>their innovative ideas with<\/span> the G20 business and world leaders<\/span>, as well as Canada’s best thinking on t<\/span>he highest potential opportunities to expand youth entrepreneurship<\/span>, which Futurpreneur<\/span> Canada <\/span>gathered <\/span>through our Action Entrepreneurship roundtables, consultations, entrepreneur survey and <\/span>national <\/span>summit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur delegates will help shape recommendations for the G20 business and world leaders, <\/span>and<\/span>return with invaluable international connections and new perspectives on entrepreneurial innovation that we and our governments can put to use,\u201d said Olivier Letard, a Quebec-based international entrepreneur, member of Futurpreneur Canada\u2019s Board of Directors and Co-President, G20 YEA Summit Canadian delegation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Canadian delegates are: <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n