XXV. National Forum - Foundation Office Brazil
Event Reports
What exactly do we actually expect of an economic model? With this question, Dr. Schmidt began his lecture. The balance between fairness and an efficient market outcome appears as a challenge. Social policy as support for risk-taking and economic initiatives is therefore at the core of the model of the social market economy, which seeks to connect, according to one of the founding fathers Alfred Mueller Armack market efficiency with social compensation.
Find Prof. Dr. Schmidts full speech >>here
Celebrating its silver jubilee, the annual recurring event "National Forum" is taking place from May 13th to 16th. This event was launched by the former Minister of Planning, João Paulo dos Reis Velloso and brings together decision-makers representing government, industry and civil society, promoting a platform for an open and constructive dialogue. The vision of this series of events is to foster the development of Brazil through an open discourse.
The title of this year’s gathering is "Tomorrow’s Brazil- The Magic of Development”. The presentations and round tables focus on three main topics: "The third industrial Revolution", "On the path to a developed Brazil" and "A middle class nation and its powers of transformation".