{"id":300274,"date":"2021-10-13T10:31:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T13:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=300274"},"modified":"2021-10-15T09:23:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T12:23:11","slug":"arab-chamber-pens-mous-with-invest-parana-fiep-itaipu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/arab-chamber-pens-mous-with-invest-parana-fiep-itaipu\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab Chamber pens MoUs with Invest Paran\u00e1, FIEP, Itaipu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai \u2013 The <strong>Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> (ABCC) signed three memorandums of understanding (MoU) in the opening of business seminar Paran\u00e1 Business Experience on Tuesday (12) morning in the Crowne Plaza Festival City Hotel in Dubai. The MoUs were signed with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.investparana.org.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Invest Paran\u00e1<\/a>, Paran\u00e1 State Industry Federation (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiepr.org.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FIEP<\/a>) and Itaipu Technological Park (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pti.org.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ITP<\/a>). Paran\u00e1 governor Carlos Massa Ratinho Junior (PSD) attended the event and participated in the signing ceremony. <em>Pictured above, signing of the MoU with ITP.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_300256\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-300256\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-09.11.02-2.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-300258\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-09.11.02-2-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-09.11.02-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-09.11.02-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-09.11.02-2.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-300256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Chohfi assina acordo com Fiep e Invest Paran\u00e1<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the first signing, ABCC president Osmar Chohfi, Invest Paran\u00e1 director president Eduardo Bekin and FIEP chairman Carlos Valter took on the stage and signed the documents together. The ceremony featured FIEP Governmental Relations Leticia Yumi and Paran\u00e1 governor Carlos Massa Junior, too.<\/p>\n<p>The cooperation agreements aim at establishing trade development and strengthening relations between the private sector of Paran\u00e1 and the Arab countries, thus connecting Brazilians and Arabs to bring about economic, social and cultural development as well as contributing to attract investments, reduce regional inequalities, create jobs and technical innovations, and others.<\/p>\n<p>Another MoU was signed between the ITP and the ABCC. The document was signed by ABCC president Osmar Chohfi and secretary-general Tamer Mansour, and ITP financial director Flaviano da Costa Masnik and head of business and innovation Rodrigo Regis de Almeida Galv\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<p>This MoU aims at furthering activities to develop innovative solutions with startups in several fields like networking events for generating business between investors and startups with strategic topics, B2Bs, and other activities.<\/p>\n<p>After the signing, ambassador Osmar Chohfi briefly addressed the three MoUs with FIEP, Invest Paran\u00e1 and ITP. \u201cThe MoUs aim at supporting the Paran\u00e1 state as it breaks into the Arab market,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_300262\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-300262\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-300262\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-10.59.54-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-10.59.54-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-10.59.54-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-10.59.54.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-300262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chohfi: Paran\u00e1 has a great exporting potential<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The agreement provides for partnerships with small- and medium-sized enterprises aiming at fostering trade as well as attracting investments in technology and the exchange of technical expertise on food security and logistics.<\/p>\n<p>Chohfi pointed out that Paran\u00e1 is a market with a great exporting potential and the one that exports the most poultry, besides ranking second in sugar sales to the Arabs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2020, Paran\u00e1 was the fourth biggest Brazilian exporting state to the Arab market,\u201d the ABCC\u2019s president said. He also congratulated governor Carlos Massa Junior for launching Paran\u00e1 international office in Dubai. Approximately 100 people attended the seminar.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_300263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-300263\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-09.11.03.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-300265\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-09.11.03-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-09.11.03-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-09.11.03-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-09.11.03.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-300263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Chohfi and Mansour presented the services of the Arab Brazilian Chamber to businesspeople<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Governor Carlos Massa Junior also spoke in the seminar. He said that sustainability is a global agenda and that Paran\u00e1 administration has worked hard for sustainability in the region, which brings benefits like a higher quality of life. \u201cConcern for the environment has also become a great business opportunity and helps open doors for Paran\u00e1-based companies,\u201d he said. He mentioned the beauty and wellness industry as a sector where sustainability is greatly relevant now and evoked the example of O Botic\u00e1rio, \u201cour great showcase that represents us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then Chohfi and Mansour talked to approximately thirty businesspeople in a meeting room on the business culture of the Arab world and the services that the ABCC provides.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Governor<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_300251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-300251\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-300251\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-08.54.34-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-08.54.34-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-08.54.34-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-12-at-08.54.34.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-300251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paran\u00e1 governor Carlos Massa Junior (L) talked with Arab Brazilian Chamber president Osmar Chohfi on the business opportunities with Arab countries for the state<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before the event started, governor Massa received Osmar Chohfi and Tamer Mansour for a brief talk. They discussed the potential of the country\u2019s southern state to do business and share experiences with the Arab countries, and Chohfi invited the governor to participate in the Halal Forum, a hybrid event to be held by the Chamber in December in S\u00e3o Paulo. The meeting featured the head of Paran\u00e1 office in Bras\u00edlia, Rubens Bruno, and consultant Degoncir Gon\u00e7alves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paran\u00e1 Business Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The seminar started on Monday (11) and brings together more than 50 companies that are participating in the commercial technical mission to Dubai, as well as companies and investors from several countries. Paran\u00e1 Business Experiences is an unheard-of event held to connect Paran\u00e1-based companies from several segments with investors and buyers from the UAE and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Paran\u00e1 Business Experience is hosted by Invest Paran\u00e1 in parallel to Expo 2020 Dubai. Paran\u00e1 is the first Brazilian state to take over Brazil pavilion in the world exhibition. Furthermore, Invest Paran\u00e1 has opened a commercial office in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-300254\">Government of Paran\u00e1<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-300262\">Government of Paran\u00e1<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-300251\">Government of Paran\u00e1<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A delegation of the government of Paran\u00e1 is in Dubai with businesspeople from different sectors. They will open an office of Invest Paran\u00e1 in the emirate, and they have taken over Brazil pavilion in Expo 2020 for a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2305,"featured_media":300254,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[24555,24554,24556,24553,24507,44314],"class_list":{"0":"post-300274","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-fiep-en","9":"tag-government-parana","10":"tag-governo-parana-en","11":"tag-governor-carlos-massa-ratinho-junior","12":"tag-invest-parana-en","13":"tag-invest-parana-en-2"},"wps_subtitle":"A delegation of the government of Paran\u00e1 is in Dubai with businesspeople from different sectors. 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