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On May 29, the CPDOC of São Paulo received the British Ambassador Craig Murray, who is a writer and activist in defense of human rights. Murray is the author of the book ?Dirty Diplomacy?, exposing the backstage of the turbulent political situation in Uzbekistan ? where he worked as Ambassador from 2002 to 2004. He is graduated in Modern...
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The Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE), the Esade Business School and McDonough School of Business of Georgetown University made a partnership to create the Master's course Corporate International Master (CIM). The course is directed to experienced professionals and executives of Latin America, Europe and North...
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The Getulio Vargas Foundation, in a partnership with the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) and the University of Pennsylvania, carried out in June 3-5 the ?G20 Foreign Policy Think Tanks Summit?. The event gathered some of the most important think tanks of world foreign policy with the purpose to discuss the challenges faced by...
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FGV Projetos and BTG Pactual made an agreement to the creation of an investment fund based on biofuel production in Africa. The agreement was celebrated at BTG Pactual's headquarters in NY, where the Chairman and CEO of the investment bank, André Esteves, was awarded the prize Person of the Year, granted by the Brazilian-American Chamber of...
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On May 9, FGV's president, Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal, welcomed Argentina's Minister of of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Lino Barañao. The Minister's visit is part of the landmark agreement for technical and academic cooperation made between FGV and the Argentine State in April this year.In the morning, the Minister was...
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Fundação Getulio Vargas, on behalf of FGV Projetos, represented Brazil on the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Meeting in Paris. A knowledge partner of the organization since 2010, FGV ? deemed as one of the best 30 world think tanks ? addresses gender equality, education, employment, entrepreneurship and new socio-...
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Matias Spektor, coordinator of FGV's International Relations Center (headquartered in CPDOC) attended the meeting week of the ?Conference on Brazil: Domestic Factors Influencing the Rise to Global Prominence?, organized by the US Department of State's National Intelligence Council, in Washington D.C. The conference ha the purpose to discuss...
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FGV Projetos carried out in New York, on May 15, the event ?The World Economy and Brazil?, with professor Kenneth Rogoff. The breakfast is a partnership between FGV Projetos and the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, with the purpose to promote the exchange and dissemination of ideas on the Brazilian role in the world economy.Kenneth...
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The São Paulo Business Administration School of Fundação Getulio Vargas (EAESP) was accredited by EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System), the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), and renewed for another five years. The foundation audits, grants and recognizes the quality of business administration schools and their...
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The International Relations Center, in a partnership with Carnegie Endownment for International Peace, carried out, on May 16, the debate ?A Conversation on Nuclear Politics?. The discussion was attended by Carnegie Endownment's Vice-President George Perkovich, the member of the Commission of Nuclear Issues of the Council on Foreign Relations,...
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The Center for Social Policies (CPS) disclosed on Wednesday, May 16, during a press meeting at the Barão de Itambi street's building, the research ?Map of Digital Inclusion? ? made in a partnership with Fundação Telefônica. The work is the first of a series of studies on digital inclusion and mapping of several ways of access to digital...
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On Wednesday, May 9, the International Relations Center carried out the Europe Day Conference on the subject ?Perspectives for the Future of the European Union?. Made in a partnership with Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the conference was comprised of panels and roundtables that addressed the current crisis in the block and the future of the...
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Marcelo Neri, chief economist of FGV's Center for Social Policies (CPS), made two presentations for Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, UN's Ambassador for Microfinance.The first presentation took place at the event Expanded Access to Financial Services in Low Income Communities of Rio de Janeiro at the International Finance Corporation (IFC)....
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DIREITO GV promotes on May 17 and 18 the ILADD 2012 meeting to address the subject ?Constitutional Reforms and Models of Democracy?, gathering the main law jurists and thinkers of Latin America, from a genuinely regional perspective.At the meeting, the Argentine Roberto Gargarella will present a critical article of ample spectrum on the 200...
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The Graduate School of Economics (EPGE) carried out on May 7 the lecture ?Hard Evidence on Soft Skills?, with the Nobel Prize in Economics James Heckman. In his speech, Heckman demonstrated how non-cognitive skills developed during childhood and adolescence are decisive in the labor market and social life, and how such skills can be measured so...
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FGV's publisher has just launched its eBooks in ePub format. The prices of the new digital books will be up to 30% lower than printed versions, thus making it a more economical, practical and sustainable option.The publisher's catalog has been including PDF books for over three years; the new ePub format, however, is more modern, interactive...
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Professor Bianor Cavalcanti, international director of Fundação Getulio Vargas, participated as the main examiner of two Doctoral boards on Management at ISCTE ? Lisbon University Institute, on April 19 and 20.One of the thesis was about Transformational Outsourcing and Behavioral Leverage of Human Resources: A Portuguese-Brazilian Study?, of...
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FGV Projetos and Direito GV, along with the Association of Magistrates of the State of Rio de Janeiro (AMAERJ) are co-organizers of the World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability, an event pertaining to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), to take place from June 17 to 20, in Rio de Janeiro.The...
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FGV is the single Brazilian representative among the 21 undergraduate institutions whose business schools comprise the Global Network for Advanced Management ? an initiative by the Yale University, connecting schools, students, directors and deans with the purpose to educate leaders for the global economy and society.Being the first business...
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On April 24 and 25, the Social Sciences and History School (CPDOC) carried out the ?Second International Symposium on Hooliganism and the 2014 World Cup?. The meeting was coordinated by the professor and researcher of Social History of Sports and football club fans, Bernardo Buarque de Hollanda, with the purpose to address the challenges of...
