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Office of Social Entrepreneurship

An important outcome of the 2011 World Youth Peace Summit (WYPS) will be the Office of Social Entrepreneurship (OSE), a permanent office whose three primary goals will be:

• to assist 2011 WYPS participants implement their Pathways to Peace initiatives;
• to plan the 2016 WYPS and subsequent Summits which will be held at five-year intervals; and,
• to conduct empirical research with regard to the efficacy of Pathways to Peace initiatives.

Data will be collected using a variety of survey instruments. Comprehensive analysis of this information will provide powerful direction to future World Youth Peace Summits with regard to enhancing and improving their events and curriculum.

The Office of Social Entrepreneurship will become an international center for world peace.  By hosting peace conferences, lectures, and other gatherings, as well as by reaching out to organizations that have connections beyond the state and nation boundaries, the OSE will attract visitors to Connecticut from around the world, thereby associating the State with being a catalyst for world peace.  By using an array of vehicles ranging from seminars and on-site visits to electronic newsletters, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, the OSE will maintain its relationships with participants.

“Certain environments have a greater density of creative interaction – these environments become the base of game changing ideas. From creative writers gathering at the University of Iowa or at Bread Loaf at Middlebury, to thousands of artists gathering in New York City, there are certain places in the World that attract a disproportionate number of creative thinkers. The Summit will create this type of environment at UConn and throughout the State of Connecticut; we will become a region of enlightened thinking and game changing ideas in the area of peace.”
–Dan Doyle, in speech at October 28, 2009 World Youth Peace Summit Launch Dinner

World Youth Peace Summit
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