Develop your skills as a global leader, a creative problem solver, a social entrepreneur, and a citizen of the world! Learn to develop proposals that attract funds. Enrol, and we will place you on a team of eight members from radically diverse countries.
The Challenge
Your global team connects online to develop a six-page business concept proposal for a profitable venture that addresses a UN Sustainable Development Goal using limited capital. Win awards, prize money, certificates, and seed capital.
Coach Team Members
Learn coaching techniques to improve staff performance and wellbeing. Enjoy peer support from other managers learning coaching skills, and apply your skills to grow our global team members' potential to be changemakers for a better world.
Victoria University of Wellington has hosted the Global Enterprise Experience for 10 years. Victoria is the principal university in New Zealand's characterful capital city, Wellington. The city was recently ranked by Lonely Planet as the "world's coolest capital city". Students participating in the Global Enterprise Experience come from across all of the faculties. Some are studying cross cultural communications as part of marketing and international business, some are studying the management of innovation, some are in the VicPlusprogramme that recognizes volunteer effort and leadership, and some are members of the Victoria International Leadership Programme. Students are eligible to win the Victoria University of Wellington Champion Individual Award.
The Global Enterprise Experience won a United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and BMW Group award for its global impact on growing leaders who can unite across cultural divides to make a difference in our world. Enjoy this UNAOC video describing the contest.
Every year participants from hundreds of universities and organisations across the globe choose to compete for honours in the only contest of its kind.
Enrol as a team memberand at 01:00 UTC on April 30, 2025 you will discover the names and countries of the eight people in your team. Over three weeks, you will unite with your global team, spark creative ideas for a profitable business to address a UN Sustainable Development Goal, then jointly develop a six-page business concept proposal for international judges. GEE-Free is free to enter with no restrictions on who may enrol. You can win awards, certificates, and seed funding.
Enrol in GEE-Plus to supercharge your Global Enterprise Experience. Choose the team leadership role, or to remain a team member. In this experiential programmeyou learn leadership, innovation, social entrepreneurship, and personal growth. Receive personal coaching to thrive in the face of challenges, and business mentoring to apply business skills. Earn an internationally recognised micro-credential from Victoria University of Wellington. Enjoy the peer-support of other changemakers leading team members from across the world.
Enrol as a leadership coach.Learn coaching skills to grow leadership with an experiential online programme. Enjoy deeply social learning sessions, practice coaching with peers, complete self-paced edtech resources, and then offer times you are available to coach GEE leaders. Earn a micro-credential from Victoria University of Wellington. Coaching impacts wellbeing, performance, and organisation culture.
Enrol as a business mentor.Learn how to help entrepreneurs to apply business skills with an experiential online programme. Practice these skills with one-one mentoring of GEE team leaders, as well as facilitating groups of team leaders to learn from each other.
Victoria University of Wellington has hosted the Global Enterprise Experience for 10 years. Victoria is the principal university in New Zealand's characterful capital city, Wellington. The city was recently ranked by Lonely Planet as the "world's coolest capital city". Students participating in the Global Enterprise Experience come from across all of the faculties. Some are studying cross cultural communications as part of marketing and international business, some are studying the management of innovation, some are in the VicPlusprogramme that recognizes volunteer effort and leadership, and some are members of the Victoria International Leadership Programme. Students are eligible to win the Victoria University of Wellington Champion Individual Award.
