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Starting this week, those passing by Fundação Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro will be able to check out the Interactive Lounge. The project, designed to dynamically present FGV?s history, makes use of Empowered Reality concepts ?a reality enhanced by computational intelligence effects ? to increase attractiveness and enrich the interactive...
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FGV?s International Intelligence Unit (NPII) promoted the lecture series ?Tehran, Ramallah and Doha ? Memories of the Active and Generous Foreign Policy, led by former minister Celso Amorim. The event, which took place last month, addressed three cases narrated by the speaker in a book released this year, with one common subject: the...
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Fundação Getulio Vargas, in partnership with LinkedIn, has just released the FGV Finder, an application that suggests the most suitable MBA and post-graduate courses for professionals who seek advanced training. The app analyzes and combines the professional and educational data and interests added by the user in his/her LinkedIn profile, and...
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Marcelo Neri, from FGV?s Centre for Social Policy (CPS) and EPGE - Brazilian School of Economics and Finance, attended the World Social Science Forum 2015 in Durban, South Africa. The congress brought together more than 1,000 researchers from 84 countries and, at the end of the four-day event, a statement on Global Inequality, delivered to the...
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An entrepreneurial initiative that intends to innovate the market of goods delivery in Brazil. That is the proposal of BEEP.TECH, a startup created by Diego Figueredo, undergraduate student in Management Processes from FGV?s Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE), and Danilo Falcão, who is returning from Europe after...
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The wine market in Brazil and the world, its challenges and opportunities will be addressed during the seminar Wine and Market 2015, sponsored by Fundação Getulio Vargas and Baco Mídia, next Tuesday, September 29, in Rio de Janeiro. The meeting, which will bring together wine experts from Brazil and abroad, is part of the program of the Rio...
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The Group for Research on Human Rights and Business (GDHeE) of FGV´s São Paulo Law School (Direito SP) took part in the seminar ?EU-Brazil Business and Human Rights?, held in Brasília, on September 16.Organized by the EU Delegation in Brazil and the Office for Human Rights of the Presidency, in partnership with the National Confederation of...
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Students of FGV´s São Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP), with the orientation of Maurício Morgado, marketing professor and researcher at the School?s Center of Excellence in Retail, won the contest of cases Redesign Award 2015 - Retail Professionals of Tomorrow, held during the LATAM Retail Show late last month, in São Paulo....
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Gregory Michener, a professor at FGV?s Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE), Gregory Michener, was invited by Mexico?s Federal Institute for Access to Public Information and Data Protection (IFAI) to speak at the 2015 National Week of Transparency, to be held on October 5-9. The event will bring together authorities,...
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The deterioration of the macroeconomic scenario observed in recent months reflected in the revision of the prospects of economists from FGV?s Institute of Economics (IBRE), gathered during the Economic Analysis Seminar held September 14, in Rio de Janeiro. GDP projection for 2015 moved from a contraction of 1.8%, published in the seminar of...
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Founded in 1995, after the conclusion of the Uruguay Round, which consolidated the rules of international trade regulation, the World Trade Organization (WTO) completed 20 years of existence. But what will happen in the next 20 years? Will the WTO survive the proliferation of plurilateral agreements, which are being negotiated mainly among the...
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Deborah Vieitas, former undergraduate and graduate student of Fundação Getulio Vargas, was appointed CEO of Amcham Brazil (American Chamber of Commerce). She will take the position this October and will be the first woman at the head of the institution in 96 years.The executive has extensive experience ? as director of large companies in the...
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The director of FGV?s Centre for Regulation and Infrastructure Studies (CERI), Professor Joisa Dutra, participated in the Workshop on Energy Market Integration. The event, organized by the Brazilian Committee of the Regional Energy Integration Commission (BRACIER) with the support from the Electric Power Trade Chamber (CCEE) and the National...
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FGV?s São Paulo Law School (Direito SP) and Rio de Janeiro Law School (Direito Rio) had an excelling participation at the Moot Court competition, ranking first and second places, respectively, in the Southeast Regional of the Brazilian Arbitration Competition. In addition to the excellent result of the schools, Gregory Perry Ubillús, second-...
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Mario Telò, Political Science professor at LUISS Guido Carli University, taught a short course for undergraduate students in History and Social Sciences at Fundação Getulio Vargas. The exchange, which took place in late August, was part of a partnership between FGV?s Center for International Relations, based at the School of Social Sciences (...
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FGV?s Brazilian School of Economics and Finance (EPGE) released the information for the Direct PhD in Economics?selection process, with registrations until October 19. Applicants may apply for the process even if they did not attend a Master?s degree at the School.In order to train scholars in tune with the latest world trends in all relevant...
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Last week, researchers from the Public Policy Analysis Division (DAPP) presented to the Brazilian National Immigration Council (CNIg), the first results of the project developed on the subject to the Ministry of Labor and Employment (MTE). Developed in partnership with FGV Projects, the study aims to improve the structure of the Brazilian...
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The August edition of FGV Energy?s Energy Affairs Newsletter features, on its editorial, an environmental licensing analysis for the energy sector in Brazil. The newsletter mentions the origins of the environmental licensing process, as well as its major players involved and stages. It also describes some current obstacles for the process in...
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The professors of FGV?s School of Social Sciences (CPDOC), Bernardo Buarque de Hollanda and Alexandre Morelli, participated in the XXII Congress of the International Committee of Historical Sciences (ICHS) in Jinan, China. The event was held for the first time in Asia on August 23-29, and it was organized by ICHS in partnership with the...
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After 20 years of the enactment of the Concession Law, Brazil still faces new challenges to continue with the process. Throughout these two decades, several changes have been observed, such as the mechanism to select contractors, the elaboration of contracts, forms of allocation and risk sharing between the Grantor and the Contractor ? means of...
