São Paulo – A preparatory course from the Brazilian federal government started this Monday (4) for agricultural attachés to serve at Brazil’s diplomatic missions around the world. Fourteen out of 28 professionals taking the course will be selected. The training is taking place in Brasília until next Friday (8).
The job of agricultural attachés entails finding opportunities for Brazilian agriculture, keeping track of trade barriers, promoting the image of the industry, facilitating market access, and building dialogue with local authorities and businesses, according to the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The soon-to-be-appointed attachés will assume posts in Australia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Canada, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Thailand, Vietnam, Economic Organizations in Paris (France), and Brazil’s Mission to the World Trade Organization in Geneva (Switzerland). Brazil currently has 40 agricultural attachés in 38 posts abroad. The 14 new attachés are expected to replace incumbents, and most will take office early next year.
While launching the course, the secretary for Trade and International Relations at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Luís Rua, said this is a decisive step in preparing the new attachés. The joint secretary at the ministry’s Secretariat for Trade and International Relations (SCRI), Marcel Moreira, a former attaché to Saudi Arabia, said these professionals support the building of bridges with different parts of the agribusiness supply chain and that in addition to technical knowledge, they must possess interpersonal skills and be aligned with national interests.
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Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
