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3D"" Youth=20 unemployment rates are soaring worldwide. That rate recently = reached 15% in the UK, a record 25.5% in the=20 U.S., and much=20 higher numbers in other countries whereeconomic growth and = opportunity=20 have long failed to keep pace with thegrowing number of young people = entering=20 the labor force. However, youthunemployment rates don=E2=80=99t have to = translate into=20 catastrophe for thatgeneration and those it sustains. The very victims = of the=20 situationmight actually benefit from it if policymakers can incentivize = them=20 tofollow their dreams. In the U.S. alone, four in ten youngpeople ages 8 to 21 have or = would like=20 to start their own businesssomeday. These two statistics spell = opportunity=20 to me.

What isencouraging is that our society=E2=80=99s younger citizens are = very=20 wellequipped to respond to the challenges we face. Throughout = history,young=20 people have been labelled by their elders as =E2=80=9Cdreamers.=E2=80=9D = Buttoday=E2=80=99s under 30=20 generation has a new capacity by which to capitalizeon their idealism, = namely to=20 use it as a natural proclivity forentrepreneurial thinking. And they are = inspired to act on their ideasout of a dual motivation: to do well = and to=20 do good. Aperiod of technological advance has created a global, = =E2=80=9Cnew=20 media=E2=80=9Dgeneration that is not only aware of the challenges facing = the world,but=20 deeply curious about the opportunities entrepreneurship offers totackle = them.=20 Young people are inspired by others=E2=80=99 ability to turn = theircreativity, ingenuity,=20 and tireless efforts into the invention of theproducts, processes and=20 technologies that can both revolutionize theway we live and improve the = quality=20 of people=E2=80=99s lives. These youngentrepreneurs not only recognize = that a rising=20 tide lifts all boats,but that, in the words of William Green from the = University=20 of Miami,=E2=80=9Centrepreneurship has been transformed from a subject = of=20 narrowcommercial significance into one of substantive culture = consequencethat=20 signifies the possibility of human endeavor for the benefit = ofall=E2=80=9D.

Take Adam=20 Farrell,for example, who founded a solar business when he was 15.=20 Hisentrepreneurial career started as a science project in 9th grade = whenFarrell=20 designed a basic solar powered house. Surprised by the costs ofthe = photovoltaic=20 technology his team needed, Farrell thought: =E2=80=9C=E2=80=A6Irealized = well maybe there's a=20 market for this product=E2=80=A6That was just theway I was thinking at = that time, and=20 from there I did some research,found out who manufactured the cells, = thought=20 that I could buy a fullcell that was 10 times or 20 times the size for = the same=20 price, andwell just basic intuition told me to buy it for a lower price = and=20 finda way to cut her up and sell it for a lower price.=E2=80=9D After = graduatingfrom=20 Cornell, Farrell expanded his business, Silicon Solar, = turning it=20 into a major R&D firm and one of the largest suppliers of solar = energy=20 technology in America (see this week=E2=80=99s featured profile).

Somemore recent evidence of young people=E2=80=99s enthusiasm = aboutentrepreneurship=20 is in the new worldwide movement of young peopleunleashing their = entrepreneurial=20 ideas under the auspices of an intenseweek of entrepreneurial activity=20 called Global = Entrepreneurship=20 Week.In the words of Carl Schramm, who conceived the idea of this=20 initiativewith British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the message of=20 GlobalEntrepreneurship Week is this: =E2=80=9CI can make my own life = better. I canexpand=20 my human dignity, and I can take my fellow citizens along intothe future = that we=20 can create.=E2=80=9D While Global Entrepreneurship Weekfeatures some = high-profile events=20 around the world with governmentleaders and celebrities, it is at its = heart a=20 grassroots globalcampaign hosted in 2008 by nearly 10,000 organizations = in=20 100countries, which planned more than 25,000 events attended by more = than3=20 million participants. For example, The Peace Corps in Paraguayorganized = 180=20 different activities to brainstorm entrepreneurialsolutions to local = problems,=20 while a pushcart competition in Singaporeencouraged young people to = develop=20 products and market them in the townsquare.

In 2009, the Week will take place during Nov. 16-22.Nations are = already=20 highlighting four activities focusing on mentoring,innovation, = networking and=20 the environment. The Global Clean Tech IdeasCompetition combs the world = for the=20 best green innovators. MentoringMadness, sponsored by NYSE Euronext, = brings=20 advice to aspiringbootstrap entrepreneurs. A Global Innovation = Tournament=20 challengesstudents around the world to compete with each other over a=20 commonglobal problem, and Speednetwork the Globe builds hundreds of=20 localnetworks to help bring ideas to life.

By starting and expandingtheir businesses, teens like Adam Farrell = are=20 replacing the ideal offinding a job with a growing aspiration of = creating new=20 ones. If wewant to see that high youth unemployment rate come = down, we=20 might bewell served by supporting efforts to encourage young people like = Adamto=20 explore their entrepreneurial potential, offer support and simplyget out = of=20 their way.

JonathanOrtmans is a senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation = where he=20 focuseson public policies to promote entrepreneurship in the U.S. and = aroundthe=20 world. In addition, he serves as president of the Public ForumInstitute, = a=20 non-partisan organization dedicated to fostering dialogueon important = policy=20 issues.

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