UCC to represent Ireland at Enactus World Cup 2022 in Puerto Rico
Ireland’s Enactus National Champions from University College Cork (UCC) will travel to Puerto Rico to represent Ireland at the Enactus World Cup.
Once a year, the National Champion Enactus teams from around the world meet at the Enactus World Cup, where they present the results of their social entrepreneurial projects to a prestigious group of international business leaders. Competing teams are divided among eight Opening Round Leagues, each with approximately five teams. Ireland will face teams from China, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria in the first round.
The Enactus World Cup is three days of competition, collaboration, and celebration that brings together over 3,500 socially conscious leaders from nearly 40 countries. National Champion teams compete to become the Enactus World Champion, a title that comes with $50,000 in prize money.
Aside from the competition, collaboration is the event’s main focus. Events taking place over the course of three days include a series of keynote speeches, a project fair, SDG Forums – exploring the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, and an Academic Leaders Symposium presenting academic research.
Team Ireland are supported this year by Enactus partners including KPMG, Citi Foundation, Standard Chartered Foundation, Aer Lingus, Deem, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Unilever, Ekaterra, Enterprise Ireland, Charity Entrepreneurship, The Community Foundation of Ireland, The Ireland Funds, Department of Community and Rural Development, H/Advisors Cicero, Chartered Accounts Ireland, and The Irish Times.
Isobel Walton, Enactus Ireland country manager, said: “The Enactus World Cup brings together teams from around the world who are committed to using entrepreneurship and innovation to solve the world’s biggest challenges. Our national champions UCC exemplify these principles and we are beyond proud to have them represent Team Ireland at this year’s World Cup.”
Carmel Walsh, HR director at Aer Lingus, said: “Aer Lingus has a proud tradition in supporting and employing graduates. Competitions like Enactus are fantastic for nurturing the next generation of socially conscious business leaders. Aer Lingus is delighted to be flying the UCC Enactus Team to New York today, from where they will travel on to the Enactus World Cup in Puerto Rico. We wish Team Ireland the very best of luck at the Enactus World Cup.”
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