{"id":212202,"date":"2019-04-11T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T10:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=212202"},"modified":"2019-04-12T18:57:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T21:57:16","slug":"uae-announces-zayed-sustainability-prize-in-sao-paulo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/uae-announces-zayed-sustainability-prize-in-sao-paulo\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE announces Zayed Sustainability Prize in S\u00e3o Paulo"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The Consulate of the United Arab Emirates in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, held a lunch this Wednesday (10) to announce the Zayed Sustainability Prize that recognizes sustainable projects in different areas. The prize will have its 11th edition in 2020 and has open registrations worldwide until May 30. The event took place at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong>\u2019s headquarters in S\u00e3o Paulo and gathered representatives from schools and state and city departments of education, entrepreneurs, S\u00e3o Paulo state government authorities, and diplomats.<\/p>\n

Speeches were delivered by the UAE general consul Ibrahim Salem Alalawi (photo above), S\u00e3o Paulo state Environment undersecretary Eduarto Trani, S\u00e3o Paulo state secretary of Culture and Creative Economy coordinator Antonio Lessa, and S\u00e3o Paulo city Foreign Relations secretary Luiz Alvaro Salles Aguiar de Menezes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a very important prize to help building a future with alternative energy sources for the next generations, as well as providing a priceless cultural interchange,\u201d said consul Alalawi, who thanked the Arab Brazilian Chamber for the support providing the space for the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a space for the Arabs, and it is with great honor we receive such an event, which is closely related to the Arab Brazilian Chamber’s mission, specially to announce a prize so important,\u201d said Arab Brazilian Chamber president Rubens Hannun during the lunch. In addition to Hannun, Arab Brazilian Chamber CEO Tamer Mansour and vice-presidents Riad Younes, Osmar Chohfi and Mohamed Murad were also present . The physician and former minister Jos\u00e9 Goldemberg, who won the prize in 2013 at the category Life Achievement also participated in the lunch.<\/p>\n

According to Katia Gutierrez, responsible for the Zayed Prize in Brazil, this is a great opportunity to raise global awareness to Brazilian sustainable projects. \u201cThis prize is life-changing and has zero cost for the finalists who get to present their projects in Abu Dhabi,\u201d she stressed. According to Gutierrez, around 50 Brazilian projects have already been registered. \u201cWe hope we will have not only Brazilian finalists this year but also a Brazilian winner, she said.<\/p>\n

The public-school Prof. Dimas Mozart e Silva, from Taquarituba, a town with 20,000 inhabitants in S\u00e3o Paulo, was a finalist in the Global High Schools category in 2017 and 2018<\/a>. Last year, another Brazilian school in Bras\u00edlia was also a finalist, the Centro Educacional Agrourbano Ip\u00ea. From the school Dimas, teacher Viviane Cristina Ramos and the students Rafael Ferreira Oliveira and Vinicius Henrique Silva made a presentation talking about the project Nossa Escola Sustent\u00e1vel <\/em>and the experience of going to Abu Dhabi as the prize\u2019s finalists.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a very enriching experience both individually and collectively for the school, we became an example of a sustainable small community and we wish other schools have this opportunity; the young protagonism is key for this project\u2019s success,\u201d said Oliveira, who traveled to Abu Dhabi as the prize\u2019s finalist last year; now he has graduated from high school and is in college, thinking about teaching.<\/p>\n

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