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- Law
![Oscar Vilhena, Maria H.T. Almeida and Armínio Fraga debate Brazilian democracy at Princeton]( "Oscar Vilhena, Maria H.T. Almeida and Armínio Fraga debate Brazilian democracy at Princeton")
Oscar Vilhena Vieira, the dean of Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo Law School; Maria Hermínia Tavares de Almeida, senior researcher at the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (Cebrap) and professor at the University of Sao Paulo; and Armínio Fraga, former president of the Brazilian...
- Administration
![FGV professor appointed member of United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration]( "FGV professor appointed member of United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration")
Alketa Peci, a professor at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV EBAPE) and president of the National Association for Graduate Studies and Research in Administration (ANPAD), has been appointed a member of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) by the UN secretary...
- Economics
![Global Barometers indicate slower growth in second half of 2021]( "Global Barometers indicate slower growth in second half of 2021")
In September, the Global Economic Barometers maintained the weakening trend begun in July, reflecting the slowdown in world economic growth in the second half of 2021. Despite this deceleration, the indicators remain high and compatible with the continuation of the current phase of global economic recovery.
The...
- Economics
![Manaus Free Trade Zone’s importance for Amazon’s development highlighted in webinar]( "Manaus Free Trade Zone’s importance for Amazon’s development highlighted in webinar")
Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo School of Economics (FGV EESP) will hold an online debate about the Manaus Free Trade Zone’s importance for the Amazon’s development on September 20, at 7 pm, on FGV’s YouTube channel. The event is part of the Amazon Dialogues, a digital platform to discuss topics related to sustainable...
- Administration
![Webinar looks at challenges and trends for organizations’ climate agenda]( "Webinar looks at challenges and trends for organizations’ climate agenda")
The Center for Sustainability Studies (FGVCes) at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV EAESP) will hold the 13th edition of the Brazilian GHG Protocol Program’s Annual Event on September 16, at 2 pm, on FGV’s YouTube channel. It will look at the financial markets’ expectations...
- Law
![Gypsum industry development plan for Sertão do Araripe is launched]( "Gypsum industry development plan for Sertão do Araripe is launched")
The Human Rights and Companies Center (FGV CeDHE) at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo Law School, in partnership with the International Labor Organization and Brazil’s Labor Prosecutors’ Office, has launched the 2030 Local Development Plan for the Gypsum Industry in Sertão do Araripe. The aim of this initiative is to present...
- Social Sciences
![Webinar looks at impacts of digital sociology]( "Webinar looks at impacts of digital sociology")
Fundação Getulio Vargas’ School of Social Sciences (CPDOC) will hold a webinar called “Digital Sociology in Debate” on September 16, at 2 pm, on FGV’s YouTube channel. The event will present an overview of the work of social scientists and their impacts, exploring their limitations and possibilities.
The mass use of digital...
- Economics
![Book on Brazilian economic policy in light of U.S. government plan is launched]( "Book on Brazilian economic policy in light of U.S. government plan is launched")
"Bidenomics in the Tropics", a book organized by economists André Roncaglia and Nelson Barbosa, has just been published by FGV Press. It compiles contributions by Brazilian specialists in core areas related to the Biden Plan. The book presents theoretical and historical reflections on economic development, sector analyses and...
- Economics
![Webinar looks at energy diversification in Brazil]( "Webinar looks at energy diversification in Brazil")
On September 13, at 6 pm, on FGV’s YouTube channel, FGV Energy will hold another webinar in the Energy in Focus series, this time to discuss the biodiesel market and energy diversification in Brazil. The event, called “Energy in Focus: Biodiesel and Energy Diversification”, will explore the future of biofuels in the country,...
- Law
![Nobel Prize-winning economist and president of Federal Supreme Court participate in international seminar]( "Nobel Prize-winning economist and president of Federal Supreme Court participate in international seminar")
Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Rio de Janeiro Law School will hold an international seminar called “Challenges of Modern Regulation” on September 14, at 10 am, on FGV’s YouTube channel. The online event, part of the school’s Project to Spread Knowledge of Law, Economics and Justice, will be opened by the president of the Federal...
- Economics
![Webinar looks at energy and development in Amazon]( "Webinar looks at energy and development in Amazon")
Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo School of Economics (FGV EESP) will hold an online debate on energy and development in the Amazon on September 13, at 7 pm, on FGV’s YouTube channel. The event is part of the Amazon Dialogues, a digital platform to discuss topics related to sustainable socioeconomic development in the...
- Administration
![Workshops debate health insurance litigation, quality of medical care and patient experience]( "Workshops debate health insurance litigation, quality of medical care and patient experience")
Workshops debate health insurance litigation, quality of medical care and patient experience
The Center for Health Planning and Management Studies (FGVSaúde) at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV EAESP) is holding a series of workshops on different health-related subjects. The...
- Economics
![Economic recovery challenges to be debated in online seminar]( "Economic recovery challenges to be debated in online seminar")
The world is going through a new phase, less frightening than the one at the height of the pandemic, but less promising than that in the first half of this year. How will this context affect Brazil’s economic recovery, as inflation accelerates and fiscal uncertainties remain? This and other matters will be discussed at the “Third ...
- Institutional
![FGV Knowledge launches training program for insurance brokers]( "FGV Knowledge launches training program for insurance brokers")
As of September, Fundação Getulio Vargas is accepting applications for the first class in its Training Program for Insurance Brokers. Designed in two modalities, the initiative provides special qualifications through which brokers can boost their professional career and stand out in the job market.
Aimed at both new brokers and those...
- Regulation
![Regulation in Numbers Project sets up Airport Infrastructure Regulation Committee]( "Regulation in Numbers Project sets up Airport Infrastructure Regulation Committee")
On August 27, the Regulation in Numbers Project at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Rio de Janeiro Law School set up the first of a series of sector committees that will be part of the project’s latest phase. The first meeting of the Airport Infrastructure Regulation Committee featured Professor Sérgio Guerra, the school’s dean, who gave an overview of...
- International Relations
![Governor and mayor of Rio de Janeiro participate in debate on development of cities of the future]( "Governor and mayor of Rio de Janeiro participate in debate on development of cities of the future")
As part of the Italy-Rio de Janeiro Research to Business (R2B) initiative, organized by the Italian Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro and Italian Embassy in Brazil, FGV Europe is working with these organizations to hold a webinar called “Second Research to Business Meeting, 2021 – Development of Projects for Cities of the Future in Brazil...
- Regulation
![Webinar looks at energy transition and climate change]( "Webinar looks at energy transition and climate change")
Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Center for Regulation and Infrastructure Studies (FGV CERI) will hold a webinar called “Energy Transition Dialogues – Episode I” on September 8, at 2 pm, on FGV’s YouTube channel. It will look at the World Energy Transitions Outlook, a report that sets out possible paths for the world to achieve the...
- Institutional
![History of philosophy is debated in new book about Spinoza]( "History of philosophy is debated in new book about Spinoza")
First published in 1968 and republished in 1988 by Éditions de Minuit of Paris, the book “Individual and Community in Spinoza” by Alexandre Matheron now has a Portuguese version for the Brazilian market, published by FGV Press. It was translated by engineer Martha de Aratanha and professors Baptiste Grasset and Emanuel Rocha...
- Law
![Entries open for fourth edition of Best Practices in Regulation Awards]( "Entries open for fourth edition of Best Practices in Regulation Awards")
The Center for Research in Law and Economics (CPDE) at FGV’s Rio de Janeiro Law School, in partnership with the Regulation in Numbers research project, is now accepting entries for the fourth edition of the “FGV Rio de Janeiro Law School Best Practices in Regulation Awards”. The awards are aimed at recognizing and highlighting...
- Administration
![Connected education policy best practices report launched in webinar]( "Connected education policy best practices report launched in webinar")
On September 2, at 2 pm, on FGV’s YouTube channel, the Center for Excellence and Innovation in Education Policies (CEIPE) at Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV EBAPE) will launch a report on best practices in implementing the BNDES Connected Education Initiative (IEC-BNDES), during a webinar...
