Energy from Urban Waste
Several new projects to be initiated in Southern Brazil. There are cities in Brazil planning to generate their own energy from organic matter (waste, agricultural waste and animal waste). In the city of Curitiba – capital of Paraná State (South Region of Brazil) is creating a pilot project that provides not only the use of urban […]
Read MoreNIDERA reconfirms their investment in Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil continues to be an attractive market to invest, mainly in the areas of agriculture and logistics. Nidera Sementes (HQs in NL) reconfirmed this month the expansion of their operations in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, with three new units for receiving grain. The investment will be around 15 million dollars. The […]
Read MoreRead the interview of Dutcham Magazine with Freek van Eijk on Circular Economy: "How a small country can inspire Brazil"
Managing Director of Acceleratio and one of the specialists in Circular Economy in the Netherlands, Freek van Eijk, explains in the latest issue of the Dutcham Magazine the global need for moving to a circular economy and how the Netherlands can inspire Brazil in facing its challenges. The interview with Freek van Eijk by the Dutch […]
Read MoreStart Up weekend comes to Uberlândia
One of the most important events dedicated to StartUps will once again land in Brazil. Start Up Weekend will take place in the western Minas Gerais city of Uberlândia from 20 to 22 of May. Developers, software specialists and entrepreneurs will gather in a 3-day event to present their ideas and projects and also to […]
Read MoreUrban Mobility Seminar: The Dutch Experience
On 23 of September the Netherlands Business Support Office – NBSO Brazil held a Holland Branding Event on the theme of Urban Mobility in the form of a seminar. The seminar was organised together with DER – the Department of Roads and Infrastructure of the State of Minas Gerais – and took place within the […]
Read MoreWatch the online presentation of NBSO Brazil
Part one (online presentation given in English on February 5 2015) Part two
Read MoreNew development in alternative energy solutions
Alternative solutions to strengthen Brazil´s energy mix have been intensively discussed over the years. New projects in energy generation will become a priority, since the fear of new blackouts in the current electrical power systems has increased due to continuing drought. Thus, the federal government, through its Ministry of Mines and Energy, has published an […]
Read MoreUrban Health Business visit
In the first week of May, five Dutch enterprises (presentations follow below) visited Brazil to present their expertise in the Urban Health sector and develop cooperation with local partners. In the context of modern day Brazil, having large urbanised areas dealing with water usage, polution and other environmental en societal questions, the Dutch companies answer […]
Read MoreEigen bijdrage voor uitgebreid informatiedossier
voor Duitsland, Frankrijk en Brazilië Vanaf 1 mei 2015 vragen het netwerk van ambassades, consulaten en Netherlands Business Support Offices (NBSO’s) in Duitsland, Brazilië en Frankrijk en de Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO.nl) een eigen bijdrage van € 200 aan ondernemers voor Informatie op Maat (IoM). De invoering van de eigen bijdrage is onderdeel van […]
Read MoreLiving Lab and the Biobased Economy
The state of Minas Gerais prominence in agrarian studies is a result of decades of investments in its Universities and Technical Institutes that have contributed to the better usage of the soil and new practises in its vast countryside. On the other side, The Netherlands, a country that has learned from its natural demands, has […]
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