Investe SP brings together representatives from 21 countries to introduce its new website Find a Business Partner
Among the participants of the event, held at the Agency’s office in São Paulo, were government entities, chambers or commerce and foreign investment promotion agencies
Investe SP
On December 09, Investe São Paulo promoted the second Meeting with Diplomatic Missions, Investment Promotion Agencies and Chambers of Commerce. Held at the agency’s office, the event was attended by representatives of 21 organizations from 13 countries who were able to have a closer look at the work of Investe SP and its new website Find a Business Partner.
During the opening of the meeting, the president of Investe SP, Luciano Almeida, said the agency was at the disposal of the participating countries to strengthen the economic relations and investments between these nations and the state. “We have already received the flow of large multinational investments over the past two years. Today, we are receiving the second flow, which consists of small and medium enterprises which supply, in their countries of origin, to large corporations. With the website Find a Business Partner, we are able to accelerate the process of arrival of entrepreneurs who need a local partner,” he said.
The presentation of the website Find a Business Partner was made by the director Sérgio Costa. The virtual environment gives the opportunity for national and international companies to enter into partnerships, create companies, find representatives for imports or exports and exchange technologies to invest in the state of São Paulo.
The director explained step-by-step how to register the companies on the website and highlighted the possibilities of other entities to also be registered on the website’s database. “You, who are already in contact with the companies, can also register on the website, publishing or searching for business opportunities for entrepreneurs who are in contact with you,” he said.
The representative of Pro Mexico, Carla Correa, highlighted the initiative and compared it to the system already used by the Mexican investment promotion agency. The representative of Taiwan Trade Center in Brazil, Sueli Imanisi also highlighted the interest of the Taiwanese entity in introducing the website to companies coming to Brazil next year.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, the representative of Quebec government, José Castro, asked the director to schedule an immediate meeting to introduce the website to the entity’s employees in order to train them to disclose it in future meetings with potential investors.
The director Sérgio Costa asked the entities at the event to register and use the website so that they would have their own impressions and help improve the tool. “We have a constant concern in improving the website Find a Business Partner and you, who already know the companies, can give us the feedback necessary to increasingly make it better,” he said.
Planning
After the presentation, the entities could discuss the plans of Investe São Paulo for 2015. The purpose of the debate was to plan with the represented entities the establishment of partnerships and cooperation agreements to increase the flow of foreign investments in São Paulo next year.
The topics presented by the participants will guide the international actions and planning of the missions of Investe SP for 2015.
The event was held by the Management of Business Development and Institutional Relations of Investe São Paulo.