The Italian embassy in Brasilia recently organised an Italian business mission to the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul in collaboration with the Consulate General of Porto Alegre and the Italo-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. The participating delegation consisted of director of tourism promotion for the 2015 Milan EXPO Alessandro Mancini, deputy director of the San Paolo ICE officeLoriannaCeccarelli and ENIT Latin America director Salvatore Costanzo. Other participants included representatives of the Milan PROMOS desk and the Ministry of the Environment desk at the San Paolo ICE, in addition to 11 Italian firms operating in the sectors of renewable energy, O&G and agri-business.
Focus on bilateral scientific cooperation
The mission, which was analogous to those recently carried out in the Brazilian States of Bahia and Paraná, and that followed on a visit to the State in October 2013 by Italian ambassador to Brazil RaffaeleTrombetta, set up meetings at the Trade Federation, the Tecnopuc technology park, the State secretariats for economic development, infrastructure and logistics. Our embassy also joined the industrialists’ federation in organising a seminar on business opportunities in the region. The mission devoted special attention to increased bilateral scientific cooperation, in the context of which Italian businesses visited the technology park in order to explore opportunities for collaboration with the local research institute.
