

Brazilian Agribusiness Forum
With institutional support from IBREI, the event highlighted how agribusiness and the environment serve as driving forces for Brazil’s development. The event took place on April 19, was completely free, and featured prominent figures from both the private sector and public authorities. It covered diverse topics, focusing on the most urgent and current issues facing the country. Key topics included environmental challenges, investment opportunities, the importance of technolog


Business Talks Slovenia
On April 6, 2021, the President of IBREI, Maurício Prazak, and IBREI’s International VP, Arthur Martinho, participated as guests of honor in the Business Talks program, a Slovenian business network led by Ante Milevoj. The program, attended by an audience and authorities from various countries, focused on IBREI’s role in the international arena. The program’s interviewer, Ante Milevoj, was recently appointed IBREI’s International Representative in Slovenia. Together with IBRE


Meeting with the President of OBME – Brazilian Organization of Women Entrepreneurs
IBREI’s International VP, Arthur Martinho, and Vera Grigolli will meet with the President of OBME – Brazilian Organization of Women Entrepreneurs, to align new strategic partnerships with associations from the textile sector in South and Central America.


CIN FIEP Meeting
On May 5, 2021, IBREI met with the International Business Center of the Federation of Industries of Paraná to strengthen the relationship and discuss the institutional cooperation agreement between the organizations. The aim of the agreement is to combine efforts to provide companies in the state with new opportunities for preparation and access to the international market. More details about a joint action plan to be developed between the institutions will be announced soon.


2nd High Level Meeting Brazil-Índia
On May 5, 2021, continuing the meeting held on March 3, 2021, the IBREI and the Embassy of India in Brazil organized the second edition of the High-Level Meeting Brazil-India – a gathering that brought together government institutions from Brazil and India to exchange know-how and design joint initiatives to promote the development and international market access of micro and small enterprises. In the first meeting, senior government officials from both countries met to share


World on Focus – China
On May 6, 2021, the event World on Focus: China took place. Hosted by IBREI’s new Institutional Ambassador to China, Daniel Lau, the event covered various topics related to the Chinese economy and its integration with Brazil. Among the main topics discussed were: – Belt & Road Initiative– Chinese Investments in Brazil– Growing Sectors and Opportunities– The New Chinese Consumer– Introduction to the Chinese Digital Economy– Introduction to the Pillars of Chinese Business Etiqu


Work of the BRICS Working Group 2021
Since March 2020, IBREI has expanded its participation within the BRICS Business Council, now having members in all internal working groups. With even more members now composing the groups, IBREI reinforces its engagement. In the current composition, the following associates formally represent the Institute before the Council: Financial Services WG – Gustavo Gomieiro – Ana Paula M. Távora de Castro – Felipe Cervone – Marcus Vinicius Digital Economy WG – Thiago Cezar – Lucas M


Marcus Vinicius de Freitas: what rules the world?
In 1865, the American William Ross Wallace created a refrain that became a proverb, emphasizing the power of motherhood: Because the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. Wallace understood that the direction of society is shaped within the walls of the home. Mother’s Day was created by Ann Jarvis, who, two years after her mother’s passing, began a campaign to establish the holiday on May 12, 1907. In Brazil, the holiday arrived a few years later, in 19


The LGPD and the Data Privacy Professional
The world was already migrating to a digital revolution, where adaptation to new consumption parameters, interaction with data analysis were necessary, within a corporate Darwinism perspective (whoever adapts survives). In this context, the COVID-19 pandemic was a catalyst for this process of transformation of human behavior, by creating new patterns of relationships, whether in the private sphere or in the work environment. Interactions and communications via apps and platfo


Far Beyond the LGPD: Challenges for the ANPD and CNPD
Created in 2018 and enacted in 2019, the ANPD (National Data Protection Authority) is the federal body responsible for supervising and enforcing the LGPD (General Data Protection Law) . Meanwhile, the National Council for the Protection of Personal Data and Privacy (CNPD) is an advisory body to the ANPD, composed of both government and civil society members. Its creation is based on Article 58-B of Law No. 13,709/2018 (LGPD – General Data Protection Law) . Among its main re







































