The Distance Learning Program of Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV Online) has just received the Best of the Decade prize, awarded by the Brazilian Academy of Merit Awards (ABRAHM) - an entity maintained by the Center for Cultural and Business Integration of São Paulo (CICESP) - to entrepreneurs, personalities and authorities that stood out the most in the country. The award ceremony will be held on November 2nd, in São Paulo.In the same ceremony, the vice-director of FGV's Institute for Educational Development (IDE), Stavros Xanthopoylos, was granted the Commander decoration. It is recognition of the effort of the entire staff of FGV, especially the employees of FGV Online. I am proud to be head of a team that allowed me to achieve this feat, stated Xanthopoylos.FGV Online had already been previously bestowed by ABRAHM with the awards Featured Business of the Year 2013 and Education Merit Sovereign Order. FGV Online closes the year crowned as the best program of distance education in Brazil. 14 awards have been granted this year - recognitions in the corporate and academic spheres, said the deputy director.Besides FGV Online, the Accredited and Certified institution by FGV, Faculdade Arnaldo Horácio Ferreira (FAAHF), from Bahia, received the 2013 Top Quality Award - Gold Seal. The recognition of FAAHF as one of the best educational institutions of the country shows that IDE plays its role to improve the quality of education in Brazil, concluded Xanthopoylos.*In the photo, Stavros Xanthopoylos receives, on behalf of FGV Online, the prize Best of the Decade.