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Sweden Brazil Innovation Initiative renewed until 2023

Published December 13, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Brasília

One more year in the shadow of Covid 19 is coming to an end, bringing hope for next year. The pandemic in 2021 severely affected Brazil and stopped us in the second year in a row from holding face-to-face events. However, it did not stop us for...

Celebrating a strong finish for the 10th anniversary of Sweden Brazil Innovation Weeks – And a peek into 2022

Published November 22, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Brasília

As mentioned in our previous post, this year is a special year as we between the 25th of October and 12th of November celebrated 10 years of Sweden Brazil Innovation Weeks. The last week had a strong focus on the OSI-Brasilia and the work in our...

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Sweden Brazil Innovation Weeks- First week

Published October 28, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Brasília

This year is a special year as we between the 25th of October and 12th of November are celebrating 10 years of Sweden Brazil Innovation Weeks. We are now rounding of the first week where we have had the focus on several high-level meetings between...

Global Innovation Index, Brazilian Unicorns and National Innovation Ranking

Published October 7, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Brasília

Brazil increased five positions in the Global Innovation Index (GII) in comparison with the 2020 ranking and is now in 57th place among 132 countries. The Brazilian placement, has however, been better, 10 places above now, obtained in 2011, when it...

Marina Week 2021 – Perspectives from Brazil and the Nordic countries

Published September 16, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Brasília

Join Marina Week! This event was designed to promote the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Ocean Sustainability (2021-2030), but due to the pandemic it was postponed to May 2022. However, this year we will have the Virtual Marina Week with...

Brazil and Horizon 2020

Published June 7, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Brasília

Brazil has always been very interested in participating in international cooperation projects. In FP7, Brazil had its greatest participation, but when the rules changed and the country became considered a high-income country, the projects with...

After 10 years and many successes, CISB wants to further boost Swedish-Brazilian cooperation

Published May 17, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Brasília

In May 2011, the Swedish Brazilian Research, and Innovation Centre (CISB), a non-profit association was founded in Brazil, and despite its short time of establishment, this institution plays an important role in the bilateral cooperation between...