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- Economics
![Pathways to Effectiveness of Public Security in Brazil]( "Pathways to Effectiveness of Public Security in Brazil")
The seminar will bring together experts to discuss ways to build effective policies to promote social peace. The central themes of the debate will be the structural reforms needed to improve public safety indicators in Brazil and the implementation of security policies at a local level.
- Law
![Law in Rio: event discusses contemporary legal topics]( "Law in Rio: event discusses contemporary legal topics")
FGV’s Rio de Janeiro Law School (Direito Rio) will hold “Law in Rio 2017” from November 8 - 10. The national exchange program is geared towards students and alumni of the Law graduate courses held by FGV’s partner institutions throughout Brazil. Besides being an opportunity for interaction with Direito Rio’s academic community...
- Social Sciences
![Lecture reveals trends and limits of online social research]( "Lecture reveals trends and limits of online social research")
The social sciences have been changing right before our very eyes. Researchers now have access to a wide and complex amount of data, specific tools for informational pattern recognition, increasingly sophisticated methodologies to make sense of these regularities, and powerful computer systems, capable of processing tasks in short periods of...
- Social Sciences
![Call for papers: International Seminar discusses Post-Abolition History]( "Call for papers: International Seminar discusses Post-Abolition History")
The abolition of slavery in Brazil celebrates 130 years in 2018. The date articulates a series of meanings assigned, questioned, and disputed by different social subjects from the past and the present. To discuss the issue, the Laboratory for Ethnic and Racial Studies (LEER) of FGV’s School of Social Sciences (CPDOC), in...
- Law
![Seminar discusses legal and technological challenges in the 21st century]( "Seminar discusses legal and technological challenges in the 21st century")
Seeking ways to build adequate regulatory models to handle demands arising from the advancement of new technologies. This is one of the proposals of the seminar ‘Disruptive Technologies: challenges of law and technology in the 21st century’, which will take place on November 9-10,...
- Institutional
![FGV Online wins Top of Mind HR Award for 12th time]( "FGV Online wins Top of Mind HR Award for 12th time")
FGV Online has won the Top of Mind HR award in the Distance Learning (EaD) category for the 12th consecutive year. Sponsored by Fênix Editora, the ceremony that announced the 2017 winners, held on October 20, marked its 20th anniversary. FGV Online has won all editions since 2006. In...
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- Administration
![Workshop analyzes international accounting and finance influences on Latin American public sector]( "Workshop analyzes international accounting and finance influences on Latin American public sector")
FGV’s Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE), in partnership with the Regional Accounting Council of Rio de Janeiro (CRCRJ) and with the Administration and Finance College of UERJ, will host the Workshop “Development and innovation of public accounting: research and practice” on November 9 and 10. ...
- Economics
![Brazilian Planning Minister participates in debate on role and size of the Brazilian State]( "Brazilian Planning Minister participates in debate on role and size of the Brazilian State")
FGV’s EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance and Rio de Janeiro Law School (Direito Rio) will host the seminar “Role and Size of the Brazilian State” on November 6, from 9:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event will be attended by the Brazilian Minister of Planning, Budget and Management, Dyogo Oliveira, and other...
- Institutional
![FGV and German Think Tank select young researchers to discuss global governance]( "FGV and German Think Tank select young researchers to discuss global governance")
The Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), a prestigious German-based think tank, and Fundação Robert Bosch, in partnership with Fundação Getulio Vargas and other renowned international institutions, are accepting registrations for the Global Governance Futures (GGF) program. Through this...
- Administration
![Diplomats from Community of Portuguese Language Countries participate in training course]( "Diplomats from Community of Portuguese Language Countries participate in training course")
The Center for Cooperation with Africa and Portugal (NuCAP) of FGV’s International Affairs Division (DINT) was invited by Itamaraty to participate in the ‘Course for Diplomats from the Member States of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP)’. The program, developed by Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão...
- Administration
![Unprecedented research clarifies role of technology in mitigation of environmental damages]( "Unprecedented research clarifies role of technology in mitigation of environmental damages")
In recent decades, there has been growing concern about the environmental damages caused by industrial growth in developing economies. It is argued that the mitigation of these environmental damages, for the most part, depends on innovations implemented by industrial companies. In turn, the implementation of...
- Social Sciences
![Post-Abolition Biographies Meeting]( "Post-Abolition Biographies Meeting")
The Laboratory for Ethnic-Racial Studies (LEER) of FGV’s School of Social Sciences (CPDOC) and the Black Culture in the Atlantic Group (CULTNA) will hold the ‘Post-Abolition Biographies Meeting’, which aims to discuss texts which examine the lives and history of black figures after the ...
- Institutional
![Seminar: Role and Size of the Brazilian State]( "Seminar: Role and Size of the Brazilian State")
The seminar, organized by FGV EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance and by Rio de Janeiro Law School (Direito Rio), aims to bring together specialists to discuss the possible need for reforms and the improvement of the Brazilian State, as well as the role of the public sector and the private sector in the development process...
- Law
![PRICL - Principles of Reinsurance Contract Law]( "PRICL - Principles of Reinsurance Contract Law")
The purpose of the event, by FGV's Rio de Janeiro Law School (Direito Rio), is to explain the efforts adopted to write the contractual principles applicable to the "reinsurance law", which is the result of work carried out concomitantly in several jurisdictions whose insurance / reinsurance markets are developed. In this sense, a...
- Administration
![RAP & Young researchers workshop: Overseas influences on the development and recent innovations on public sector]( "RAP & Young researchers workshop: Overseas influences on the development and recent innovations on public sector")
This workshop aims to contribute to researchers interested in studying public sector accounting and finance and, moreover, interested in submitting papers to the RAP (Revista de Administração Pública - Brazilian Journal of Public Administration) call for papers on the “Overseas influences on the development and recent innovations on...
- Administration
![Training course in Mozambique ends with lecture on integrated strategic management]( "Training course in Mozambique ends with lecture on integrated strategic management")
The Higher Institute of Public Administration (ISAP), associated with the Ministry of State Administration and Public Function of the Government of Mozambique, hosted the event “Integrated Strategic Management in the Search for Results” on October 20. The lecturer was Professor Marcus Vinicius Rodrigues, Senior Manager for the...
- Social Sciences
![International Symposium debates Brazil's New State and dictatorships in Latin America and Europe]( "International Symposium debates Brazil's New State and dictatorships in Latin America and Europe")
November 10, 1937. President Getúlio Vargas dissolves the National Congress and promulgates a new Constitution, known as the “Polish Constitution”. This marked the beginning of the dictatorial period of the Vargas Era, known as the Estado Novo [New State] (1937-1945). To discuss the subject,...
- Economics
![Brazilian Consumer Confidence rises and returns to level prior to political crisis]( "Brazilian Consumer Confidence rises and returns to level prior to political crisis")
The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI), calculated by FGV’s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE), rose 1.4 points in October, reaching 83.7 points, the highest level since May 2017 (84.2). Compared to the same period the previous year, the index advanced 3.9 points.
“The more consistent recovery of the...
- Economics
![Professor is awarded for renowned work in agriculture and food area]( "Professor is awarded for renowned work in agriculture and food area")
The Coordinator of the Agribusiness Center (FGVagro) of FGV’s Sao Paulo School of Economics (EESP), Roberto Rodrigues, has received the award for 2017 Professor Emeritus – Warrior of Education Trophy – Ruy Mesquita. The honor, granted by the Centro de Integração Empresa-Escola (CIEE) and by newspaper O Estado...
