São Paulo – Brazilian agricultural attaché candidates have been participating since Monday (8) in Brasília in a preparation course for their missions. Those selected will take up positions in Colombia, Egypt, Morocco, the European Union, and Angola. Professionals will replace attaches whose terms are ending in the first four countries and regions mentioned. The role is being created in Angola at the Brazilian Embassy in Luanda.
The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply (MAPA) released the information. The training is carried out by the Rio Branco Institute, the diplomatic training academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a collaboration between the ministries of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs. The training takes place until Friday (12).
According to the release, agricultural attachés work to open, maintain and expand markets for Brazilian agribusiness. In coordination with the ambassador and other diplomats from the embassy or diplomatic mission, the attachés identify opportunities, challenges, and possibilities for trade, investment, and cooperation in the sector. The term of office of an embassy attaché is up to four consecutive years, non-extendable.
In the preparatory course, attaché candidates receive training on subjects such as the organizational structure of Brazilian diplomatic representations abroad, international cooperation and investment attraction, Brazilian agribusiness image, diplomatic language, technical, sanitary, and phytosanitary topics, negotiation tactics, and press, among others.
Currently, the Ministry of Agriculture has 28 Brazilian agricultural attachés assigned to Brazilian diplomatic representations worldwide. According to the release, there is a forecast of expansion, still in 2022, to 29 attachés in 27 posts. The note informs the five new attachés are expected to be appointed later this year and begin their missions at the beginning of 2023.
Translated by Elúsio Brasileiro
