Yunus Centre to Sign Agreement with Brazilian Government
As a follow up of Professor Muhammad Yunus's meeting with President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, Ambassador Maria Edileuza Fontenele Reis, Under-Secretary General of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations, paid a visit to Yunus Centre yesterday at Mirpur and met with Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus to discuss range of future collaborations with the Government of Brazil. Professor Yunus visited Brazil last month where President Dilma showed keen interest in Social Business and expressed her desire to introduce Social Business to solve some of the major social problems of Brazil.Ambassador Reis discussed with Professor Yunus about the International Ibiza Fund of Brazil and sought his advice on ways to collaborate internationally with Professor Yunus on the use of this fund. This fund is already operating in Brazil, India and South Africa. In addition to this, she proposed that Ministry of Social Development sign an agreement with the Yunus Centre outlining collaborations in creating social businesses in Brazil. Professor Yunus and Ambassador Reis also discussed Brazilian government's intention to start an Institute of Social Business in one of Brazil's leading universities.
Ambassador Reis is the senior most diplomat responsible for matters pertaining to Asia with the Ministry of External Relations of Brazil.
