The former Minister of Defence and the Supreme Federal Court, Nelson Jobim, on August 18th, will give an Aula Magna lecture of the MBA in International Relations from the city of São Paulo. The debate will focus on the agenda of the Defence and the Brazilian foreign policy, with mediation of the teacher and coordinator of the course, Oliver...

The Center of Political Sciences (CPS) announced on July 31st, its new study The Beginning, the End and the Digital Media Coverage, Capacity and Convergence, conducted in partnership with the Fundação Telefônica. Using newly available micro data from the Census 2010 and digital data from over 150 countries, the research continues the studies on...

FGV carries out, in November of this year, the workshop International sports and business: the soft power of the nations and the impact on the mega events, which takes place during the Soccerex Global Convention. The event will provide an analysis of the legacy, successful results and failures of the mega events like the Olympic Games in...

On July 25, the FGV Management carried out the ?I Diálogos Business and Design?, in a partnership with the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED), an extended idea of the original ?Diálogos, Cultura e Inovação? (?Dialogues, Culture and Innovation?) that took place in 2010.On this first edition of the event, the coordinator of the FGV's Cultural...

What is the difference between rich and poor countries? What are the concepts and theories about development? What is the influence of public administration and corruption on poverty? Those are some of the matters addressed in the course What Makes Poor Countries Poor? to be given by professor Mariana Prado, from the University of Toronto, at...

Back to Brazil from the trip to Beijing, where its members attended the China-Brazil Workshop on Economic Climate Monitoring Study on July 11 ? organized by the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBSC), official statistics bureau of that country ? IBRE's team brought experiences from the event, let alone the knowledge they provided to the...

Professor Michel Prieur ? Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences of Limoges, France ? was at DIREITO RIO as visiting professor and gives several workshops this week on Environmental Law. The events, organized by the Program on Law and the Environment (PDMA), will be attended by guest professors and jurists of the Public Defender?s Office, Public...

On July 5 and 6, the Center for Research in Law and Economics (CPDE) of DIREITO RIO Law School organized, in a partnership with the Université de Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle), the colloquium ?Analysis of the Brazilian Public Policies?. It took place at the Institut des Amériques, in Paris.The professors from DIREITO RIO, Melina Rocha Lukic and...

On July 4, FGV Projetos launched in Brasilia the Nacala Fund ? trilateral cooperation agreement between Brazil, Japan and Mozambique, which will contribute to the development of Nacala Corridor, northern Mozambique. The project is a brand new initiative promoted by the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC), FGV, Japan International Cooperation...