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FGV?s International Intelligence Unit (FGV/NPII) held, on March 6, 9 and 11, a lecture series on global governance climate, in order to generate intelligence and negotiate proposals for COP 21 - the 21st Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to be held in December this year in Paris.The lectures...
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Fundação Getulio Vargas is welcoming applications for the Pre DBA Program, a program aimed at preparing executives who wish to join an international doctorate. The course is scheduled to start in June this year and candidates may register until the 15th of the same month.Developed in partnership with the ESC Rennes School of Business, one of...
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Last month, FGV's São Paulo Law School (FGV Direito SP), in partnership with the NGO Conectas Human Rights, held a debate on public banks? financing of development projects and human rights protection.Juana Kweitel, director of Conectas' programs, explains the main point of the debate: What we are discussing is whether public banks must finance...
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Artur Ávila, a mathematician from Rio de Janeiro, gave last Friday (March 13), the Opening Lecture for undergraduate students of FGV's School of Applied Mathematics (FGV/EMAp). Winner of the Fields Medal (2014), the most prestigious award of the area ? and widely known as the Nobel of mathematics ?, Arthur has a brilliant academic career at...
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From September 30 to October 2, Fundação Getulio Vargas, through FGV Projects, will organize the first edition of the international conference UrbanTec in Brazil, in partnership with the German company Koelnmesse GmbH. The event will include a trade fair and will take place at FGV's Cultural Center, in Rio de Janeiro, with free admission....
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Next Thursday, March 19, FGV Press will launch the book ?Filantropos da nação: sociedade, saúde e assistência no Brasil e em Portugal? (Nation's philanthropists: society, health and care in Brazil and Portugal), which presents pioneering research on the subject and reveals how the dissemination and implementation of philanthropy in both...
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Professor Oliver Stuenkel, coordinator of FGV's School of Social Sciences (FGV/CPDOC) and the MBA in International Relations in São Paulo, has just released the book ?The BRICS and the future of the Global Order?.The book, published by Lexington Books, provides a broad analysis on the BRICS, group of countries composed by Brazil, Russia, India...
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Signs that the Brazilian labor market will not experience favorable winds in 2015 have already started to appear in the unemployment data of the Continuous PNAD for the quarter ending in January this year. Released last Thursday (March 12), by The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the survey showed an increase in the...
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The Center for Crime and Punishment Studies and the Center for Legal Practice based at FGV's São Paulo Law School (FGV DIREITO SP) performed, on March 2, the first in a series of debates on the legal, political and ethical implications of the use of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in Brazilian prisons. According to Professor Marta Machado,...
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FGV Energy is present at the fifth meeting of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Economía de la Energía (ALADEE), which is taking place from March 15-18 in the city of Medellín, Colombia. With the theme Energy Outlook in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges, Constraints and Opportunities, the event includes presentations of works with...
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FGV's International Affairs Division (FGV/Dint) and FGV Projects met in the first week of March with Ranepa ?The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration ?? a prominent teaching institution in Russia.Recognizing FGV as a teaching and research institution and a think tank for global leadership, Ranepa proposed...
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FGV Corporate, in partnership with the Brazilian Navy, has concluded the first class of the graduate course in Project Management, developed especially for the agency.The Director of FGV Corporate, Luiz Ernesto Migliora, pointed out that the success of the partnership is also the result of the great dedication of the graduating class, Students...
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On Wednesday, March 11, Fundação Getulio Vargas held a round table in Brasília with the three major global companies in the digital media segment: Facebook, Google and LinkedIn. Under the moderation of FGV's Director of Communications and Marketing, Marcos Henrique Facó, the speakers brought information about the use of these tools in the daily...
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Monetary policy experts outlined what would be today the ideal model of economic balance for Brazil to a packed auditorium. The debate took place at the 1st Monetary Policy Seminar, held last Thursday (March 12) by FGV's Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/Ibre), in Rio de Janeiro. Among the speeches by José Júlio Senna, head of Monetary...
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Last March 2, the Brazilian Official Gazette published the accreditation of FGV by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) to carry out research, development and innovation projects with funds from the investment clause in RD&I ? part of the contracts signed for oil and natural gas exploration, development and production.The accreditation is a...
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On March 3, Columbia University welcomed Fundação Getulio Vargas for a meeting at Columbia Global Center of Rio de Janeiro. The meeting, organized by FGV's International Affairs Division (FGV/Dint), discussed possibilities of cooperation between the two institutions, such as executive courses; exchange of professors and researchers; short...
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Mediation has been consolidated as an alternative dispute solution, attracting not only the attention of the population, but also from the judiciary. In order to broaden the discussions on the subject, FGV's São Paulo Law School (FGV Direito SP), in partnership with Cebepej (Brazilian Center for Judicial Studies and Research), launched on...
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Faculdade de Direito de Vitória, from the Brazilian State of Espírito Santo, was the winner of the Moot Court Competition 2015, beating the American team of Tulane University after a tight final on Friday (March 6), at FGV's Rio de Janeiro Law School (FGV Direito Rio).The tight victory, by split decision of the jury ? with two votes in favor of...
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In an interview with The Brazilian Economy Magazine (Revista Conjuntura Econômica) ? produced by FGV's Brazilian Institute of Economics, (FGV/Ibre) ? Marcos Cintra, professor of economics at FGV, talked about the fiscal adjustment which has already started. According to the professor, this adjustment will be more recessive than necessary,...
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Over 25 executives from 12 countries ? such as Peru, Chile, Colombia, the United States, France, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazil ? are in China this week for the Shanghai module of the Corporate International Master?s (CIM).CIM is a global business management program, offered by FGV?s Brazilian School of Public and...
