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This was just so amazing and very rewarding. On 16 and 17 October we held our second GET-IT networking conference in Cairo, Egypt. The conference was hosted by the Ministry of ICT in the ‘smart village’. We had representatives from 80 GET-IT centres, government organisations and educational...
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It is always very rewarding to get insights into different cultures and to learn from them. Last week I had the opportunity to present at the first women´s conference of the Arab Science and Technology Foundation in Dubai. The conference should probably be regarded as a historical moment. It was...
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Since May last year we have been working with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to grow our GET-IT programme in Africa and the Middle East. GET-IT is part of HP’s social investment strategy aimed at innovating teaching and learning to help young entrepreneurs achieve...
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I have already written a couple of entries about our Graduate Entrepreneurship Training in IT (GET-IT) Programme . Since its launch in 2007 we have opened up 100 centres in 30 countries in Europe, Middle East and Africa and have already trained more than 43,000 students. We recently published an article...
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I would quickly like to draw your attention to this year’s European Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Week in Brussels which is taking place now up until 14 May. During the European SME week there will be over 1000 events in over 35 countries. You cannot miss it. My colleague Jeannette Weisschuh was...
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I have exciting news: our new Global Citizenship Report is now available and you can read it online. Within the report, you will find lots of information about our 2008 achievements in the areas of ethics and compliance; human rights and labour practices; environmental sustainability; and privacy and...
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As you know from former entries , we have many GET-IT centres across Europe, the Middle East and Africa that offer under - or unemployed young graduates with business and IT skills which will help them to find jobs. We recently talked to Erik Dauwen, Director of the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship...
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At the beginning of December I had the opportunity to participate in the e-inclusion Ministerial and Expo in Vienna, where HP was one of the main sponsors. HP presented our latest accessibility products and showed some great solutions on web accessibility. We integrate accessibility into our HP products...
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Wow, time goes by quickly! As I look back on an exciting year, I would like to review some highlights of CSR at HP EMEA and I would also be keen to hear about your 2008 highlights. I think we can be particularly proud of what we have achieved with our partners in the areas of education and environment...
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Today, we officially launched the latest component of our Graduate Entrepreneurship Training through IT ( GET-IT ) programme, which is a web portal called GET-IT City ! We also announced our 2009 plans to extend the programme to an additional 30 training centres in Africa, the Middle East and Russia...
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Today is Blog Action Day which this year is dedicated to Poverty. Bloggers around the world have signed up to blog about this important and comprehensive topic. Three bloggers, Collis Ta'eed, Leo Babauta and Cyan Ta'eed, launched Blog Action Day on 15th October 2007. Last year’s theme was on...
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I am at Brussels airport, flying home after our first annual GET-IT Conference, which was themed around “e-skills development for young entrepreneurs” and I am still very thrilled and excited about the 2 days we have spent together. The event took place at the Brussels HP office on September 18-19. As...
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I have invited my colleague Ulrike Haug to share some thoughts around an interesting report she read on social intrapreneurship. Regards, Jeannette We need social entrepreneurs and social intrapreneurs I am sure all of you have already come across the term “social entrepreneur”. Social entrepreneurs...
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I recently read an article by William J. Amelio, CEO of Lenovo who argues that the emerging economies’ ability to contribute ideas and knowledge to the global economy has meant that many more people have come out of poverty over the last 20 years than initially estimated by the World Bank. He refers...