FDC and Green Rio/Green Latin America sign an agreement that provides for promotion and international training actions on Bioeconomy.

Belo Horizonte, June 30, 2023

Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC) and Green Rio established a partnership to organize and carry out scientific and educational seminars, in addition to FDC’s participation in the Green Rio event, which takes place from August 31 to September 2 in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

The agreement allows FDC to host online events promoted by both signatories of this agreement. During Green Rio/Green Latin America 2023, a series of international seminars entitled “Cenários do Sul Global/Global South Scenarios” will be launched, promoted by Fundação Dom Cabral, in partnership with Green Latin America. The panel with the presence of FDC at the Green Rio event, held at Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, will have the theme “Why is Global South a strategic theme for the planet?”.

“The partnership with Green Rio/Green Latin America will allow us to get closer to companies, governments and international organizations involved in the Bioeconomy and contribute to dialogues and training”, comments the Director of Global Strategy and International Relations at FDC, Viviane Barreto.

“We are happy to find in this partnership with FDC, in addition to a synergy of values, the possibility of promoting strategic themes of sustainable development for different audiences: from Small and Medium Enterprises to regional arrangements and international cooperation” said Maria Beatriz Bley Costa, Coordinator of Green-Rio/Green Latin America.

The agreement allows FDC to host online events promoted by both signatories of this agreement. During Green Rio/Green Latin America 2023, a series of international seminars entitled “Cenários do Sul Global/Global South Scenarios” will be launched, promoted by Fundação Dom Cabral, in partnership with Green Latin America. The panel with the presence of FDC at the Green Rio event, held at Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, will have the theme “Why is Global South a strategic theme for the planet?”.

The event consists of conferences with an arena and thematic rooms, with more than 90 lectures. In 2022, there were 93 exhibitors and 23 startups and more than 150 business meetings. This year, initiatives from Austria and France will be present, in addition to the AL Invest Verde program from the European Union.

About Green Rio/Green Latin America

Since 2012, when its first edition was recognized as a side-event at Rio+20, the Green Rio/Green Latin America event has been establishing itself as a platform for the Green Economy and Bioeconomy. This platform gathers 3 moments that interact during the event: the Fair, contemplating the space for exhibitors, the lectures of the Green Rio/Green Latin America Conference that occupy the plenary and two rooms for specific workshops, and the business meetings promoted by the organizers of the event.

Since 2017, during the Green Rio/Green Latin America, the German-Brazilian Bioeconomy Workshop has been held exclusively at this event. Technical and strategic issues regarding cooperation in the field of bioeconomy are discussed and defined in this bilateral meeting. Other countries also attend Green Rio seeking business opportunities and partnerships among them: Brazil, Germany, United States, Poland, Switzerland, Portugal, England, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, Bolivia, Honduras.

About Fundação Dom Cabral

It is a Brazilian business school that for 46 years has had the mission of contributing to the sustainable development of society through education, training and development of executives, entrepreneurs and public managers. FDC is among the best business schools in the world, ranked 7th among executive education schools participating in the Financial Times 2023 ranking.

In 2021, more than 37,000 professionals, including executives, entrepreneurs and public managers, passed through FDC. In the social field, FDC has initiatives for the development, training and consolidation of projects, leaders and social organizations, contributing to the strengthening and achievement of the results intended by these entities. Thus, in 2020 the executive school launched the FDC – CSCDS (Cardeal Dom Serafim Social Center), designed to support young people in socially vulnerable situations, popular entrepreneurs, social organizations and their managers, through development and training. In 2021, it launched the Seja Relevante portal, an information hub curated by FDC and proprietary content, which brings relevant news and information to anyone who wants to know what is most important in the area of career, management, business and social impact. Go to www.sejarelevante.com.br.

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