A/RES/73/225
Entrepreneurship for sustainable development
programmes aimed at supporting social entrepreneurship, and
Governments to set up an environment conducive to social innovation;
encourages
25. Also recognizes that harnessing entrepreneurial talents among all young
people is vital for increasing productive capacities, developing new forms of
entrepreneurship focused on information and communications technology, big data,
digitization, smart cities and creating start-ups, and generating full and productive
employment and decent work and inclusive economic growth, and encourages
Member States to integrate youth entrepreneurship strategies and innovative
programmes into their national policies, create a nurtur ing environment for the full
realization of the rights and capabilities of all young people, and increase investment
in micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises, including through impact investment
favouring the poorest and most vulnerable, entrepreneurial education, youth capacitybuilding and information and communications technology;
26. Encourages Governments and all sectors of society to take sustainable
measures to achieve full and productive employment and decent work for persons
with disabilities, on an equal basis and without discrimination on the basis of gender
and disability, including by promoting access to inclusive education systems, skills
development and vocational and entrepreneurial training, in order to enable persons
with disabilities to attain and maintain maximum independence, notes that further
efforts are needed to increase awareness of the ability of persons with disabilities to
innovate and contribute to the achievement of sustainable development through
entrepreneurship, and in this regard calls upon all stakeholders to establish research
on policy support for entrepreneurs with disabilities and collect data in order to
develop or improve programmes, taking into account their capabilities, skills,
socioeconomic status and other personal characteristics;
27. Stresses the need to highlight the value of entrepreneurship and its
contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the
eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions, by promoting policies,
initiatives and programmes that support the development of an enabling
entrepreneurial ecosystem, including by raising public awareness, reinforcing local
support networks and employing specific measures aimed at removing negative
preconceptions and negative cultural biases;
28. Calls upon all stakeholders to implement the present resolution as a means
to deliver the comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and
transformative Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda, in which the dignity of the
human person is fundamental, the Goals and targets are met for all nations and peoples
and for all segments of society, no one is left behind and we endeavour to reach the
furthest behind first;
29. Stresses the importance of indicators that can be used to formulate targeted
entrepreneurship policies and measure their impact on the Sustainable Development
Goals, and in this regard encourages Member States, in cooperation with all relevant
stakeholders, to further identify and develop indicators at the national and regional
levels as appropriate;
30. Recognizes that democratic political institutions, transparent and
accountable public and private entities, effective anti-corruption measures and
responsible corporate governance are key conditions for making market economies
and enterprises more responsive to the values and long-term goals of society;
31. Calls upon the relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations
system to further recognize and integrate entrepreneurship in its various forms into
their policies, programmes and reports, as appropriate, and invites the United Nations
system, and in particular the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,
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