Annual Report 2018

8 Sergio Franklin Quintella Vice President of Fundação Getulio Vargas CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Sergio Franklin Quintella The year 2018 was also very fruitful in FGV's participation in seminars abroad and in the promotion of debates. T The year 2018 was a difficult year for the Brazilian economy, with re- percussions in the area of education. Educational institutions, such as FGV, were affected in some way by the difficulties of the economy. The Foundation, however, has maintained its leading positions. All of its Law, Ad- ministration, Economics and Mathematics schools, in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, from the academic standpoint, have achieved first place or outstanding positions in the Education rankings. This is the result of a correct strategic vision and the continuous effort of teachers and students. One highlight of this leading position is the success of the Foundation, through the IDE (Institute for Educational Development), which, through its nu- clei in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Brasilia, as well as through its group of af- filiates, worked intensively in the area of executive education, distributed across Brazil, with several thousands of students in the lato sensu graduate courses. The new fact was the insertion of FGV in the context of primary and sec- ondary education. Our goal was to meet the needs of the areas of content management and transmission in the classroom, observed in these two seg- ments of public and private education networks, which are reflected in the undergraduate and graduate levels. Several agreements with states and mu- nicipalities were signed to initiate the training of teachers and deans through distance education - after all, it would be impossible to provide all this training in person. The performance in basic education is a new face of FGV, which for many years has specialized in higher education in Economics, Administration, Law, Mathematics, and Social Sciences. Another innovation is the expansion of FGV's activity in the international field, with the opening of an office in Cologne, Germany, aiming at providing services to international companies. This initiative will also favor the capture of investments from foreign companies in Brazil. FGV's arm abroad may become another source of revenue for the country. The year 2018 was also very fruitful in FGV's participation in seminars abroad and in the promotion of debates in the Foundation's units on topics relevant to the future of Brazil. The Foundation brought together the public, ministers of state, ministers of higher courts, governors, company presidents, deputies, senators and mayors to discuss issues related to national develop- ment in meetings open to public participation. Several debates were held, without any political-partisan connotation, with extremely positive results. The year 2018 was, therefore, quite profitable. We were able to maintain our high quality of teaching and projects, advance in the degree of interna- tionalization, and increase our collaboration to qualify the debate of issues of extreme importance for the country's development. Annual Report 2018 9 LETTER FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT

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