FGV's director of Academic Integration and Provost of Teaching, Research and Graduate Studies, Antonio Freitas, is in Puerto Rico this week to participate in debates on the educational system and entrepreneurship in the country. Freitas is a special guest of the event ?Reforma educativa: berço de empreendedores e empresários?? (?Educational reform: cradle of entrepreneurs and businessmen??) - Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of Puerto Rico and also by the Metropolitan University, in Cupey.

On Monday, Freitas was in Cupey to talk about the relationship between the academic world and the private sector in the development of an entrepreneurial culture in Puerto Rico. The conference addressed the main challenges facing higher education today, where the increasing integration of global markets requires reflection on new strategies for development.

As for Tuesday, the professor visited the studios of the television network Telemundo - where there was a roundtable that discussed a comprehensive reform of the Puerto Rican educational system in order to promote innovation and competitiveness in the Caribbean nation. Besides Freitas, the debate included representatives from private and government entities in Puerto Rico, Cupey and local press agencies. The event was broadcast on national television and through the Internet.

About Antonio Freitas

Antonio Freitas is also CLADEA's president (Council of Learning Assistance and Developmental Education Associations) and member of the National Education Council (CNE). In 2012, he chaired the committee that established the inclusion of sustainability in the syllabus of Brazilian schools and presented the voluntary commitments of Brazil at Rio+20.

In 2013, he was rewarded for the third time with the Educational Personality title - an initiative of the Brazilian Education Association (ABE), the Brazilian Press Association (ABI) and the newspaper Folha Dirigida to honor educators for their career paths and contribution to the country. In the same year, he joined the Personalities Gallery of the award.