Concurrent with the Global Enterprise Challenge hosted in Sydney Australia for all participants around the world, a number of students and organizers from northern hemisphere countries, England, Germany, Norway and Scotland will form a subgroup designated GEC EuroHub08 and travel to Mainz in Germany. This EuroHub will give the European teams the opportunity to take part in the Challenge by participating in an exciting and fascinating competition in a single place.  

The event is being coordinated and hosted by ism, Mainz. ISM was founded in 1992 by staff of the Pedagogical Institute of the University of Mainz and practitioners from the social policy as a non-profit organization for innovation and evaluation of social work. They are currently working with an interdisciplinary team of about 25 scientific staff from the fields of education, sociology, politics, law and economics, the variety of additional qualifications and sound practices and project experiences in various fields of social work and relationships.

For more information on the EuroHub go to www.tgecgh.de/eurohub08

The GEC EuroHub08 Timetable
(note this timetable is in German Time)

Sunday 22 June 2008
10.00am   Registration - Teams determine their individual roles and prepare for the GEC
11.30am   All seated in the presentation room to watch live webstreaming from Australia
12.00pm   Let the Challenge Begin - GEC Opening Ceremony

Monday 23 June 2008
11.00am   Deadline for submission of Business Plan and PowerPoint Presentation.
11.30am   GEC Presentations - Each team gives a 3 minute presentation.
11.50am   Presentations Submitted to International Judges
12.00pm   Award Ceremony for all participants
1.00pm     International Judging begins
4.00pm     Announcement of GEC winners live from Sydney