S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 A preparatory course from the Brazilian federal government started this Monday (4) for agricultural attach\u00e9s to serve at Brazil\u2019s diplomatic missions around the world. Fourteen out of 28 professionals taking the course will be selected. The training is taking place in Bras\u00edlia until next Friday (8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The job of agricultural attach\u00e9s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The soon-to-be-appointed attach\u00e9s 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\u2019s Mission to the World Trade Organization in Geneva (Switzerland). Brazil currently has 40 agricultural attach\u00e9s in 38 posts abroad. The 14 new attach\u00e9s are expected to replace incumbents, and most will take office early next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While launching the course, the secretary for Trade and International Relations at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lu\u00eds Rua, said this is a decisive step in preparing the new attach\u00e9s. The joint secretary at the ministry\u2019s Secretariat for Trade and International Relations (SCRI), Marcel Moreira, a former attach\u00e9 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n