International Gold Event 2008

Still have some stories to share from the International Gold Event? Post them to this blog and start conversations with delegates and people around the world. Here’s how to do it. The process to post something on the blog is simple. Go to http://wordpress.com and log in with the username and password that you created [...]

The 2008 International Gold Event in Mauritius has now come to a close, and everyone’s heading back home to get some rest and recuperate after an action-packed couple of weeks. Don’t worry, there’ll be more posts on this blog in the days to come, but do accept our apologies for the brief hiatus while we [...]

On Thursday we has the Youth Forum for the IGE. There were 5 youth lead workshops running on the day. Our group ran a workshop ran a workshop on Exchanges and GAP years. Thanks to all the IC members and others who attended for their enthusiasm and desire to make things happen. Here is a [...]

Last week, the delegates and staff of the 2008 International Gold Event took place in a STAND UP event in support of poverty-eradication efforts around the world. Here’s a short video that shows you a bit of what we did at the event: Want to learn more about STAND UP? Check out their website at [...]

More about Global Enterprise Week… Origins of GEW: a) Rooted in Make Your Mark’s Enterprise Week.  This is a UK model, started in 2004 by the then-Chancellor Gordon Brown b) Copied by a number of countries in 2007, including the US, China, France — it was very successful c) So this year…. Enterprise Week is [...]

Today, the delegates of the 2008 International Gold Event in Mauritius will talk about some of the ways they can tap into other global events and organizations once they head back home to their local award authorities and associations. Among those events they’ll be hearing about is Global Entrepreneurship Week, taking place from 17-23 November [...]

For the past two days 41 IGE delegates and staff from 19 different countries have been building houses in the Camp Creole neighborhood in Albion in Mauritius. These delegates chose this project from three different options, with varied reasons. Emma and Radha from the UK told me that “We’ve never done anything like this before, [...]

You know, “making a difference” has become almost a cliche… and I’ve lost count of the number of conferences I’ve attended where people made earnest pledges and agreed that lots of things were bad and something should be done by someone. But IGE is different.  We’ve become aware of global efforts to see the MDGs [...]

A couple of days ago, the delegates at the IGE held took part in a Stand Up & Take Action Against Poverty event in Mauritus — part of a worldwide initiative to STAND UP and TAKE ACTION to push governments for more and better aid, debt cancellation, education for all boys and girls, healthcare, trade [...]

Wondering what we were up to when we were away at Point Jerome? Well, there was some canyoning, snorkeling, hiking, and mountaineering involved, and of course, sleeping, eating, and a lot of getting to know each other. Here’s a quick look at some of the things we did over the adventure activity days last week: [...]

We have now finished the IGE 2008 blogging workshop which completes all of our IGE workshops. In all the workshops the main message is to tell the story. Whether it is photos, videos, blogs or journalism, the main thing is to tell it. As my grandfather used to say: “It doesn’t matter what you say, just say [...]

Wondering where all the delegate are? Delegates are slowly getting accounts for the blog after they complete the blogging workshop. All the workshops will be completed by Saturday afternoon, so expect a few more posts by other people than just me after that. And for those of you who want to learn more about the [...]

This is a chance for us to connect to a global campaign that makes a difference. We’ll be running our own Stand Up event at the camp on Saturday 18th October. For more information on the global campaign go to http://www.standagainstpoverty.org/ Mel and Alex are organising the event so we can expect great things!

The IGE delegates are heading to Point Jerome for the next four days to take part in some great adventure activities organized by the great folks at Vertical World here in Mauritius. Among the activities we’ll be snorkeling in Blue Bay, hiking and canyoning in Tamarind Falls, and mountaineering up Lion Mountain. Expect some photos [...]