SEBRAE: Small Business in the Rio+20 World Conference

From the 13^th to the 22^nd June 2012 , the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) – Rio+20 will take place in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil with a focus on two themes: a green economy in the context of sustainable development poverty eradication and the institutional framework for sustainable development.

The Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service-SEBRAE, which celebrates this year its 40th anniversary, is taking part in Rio+20 considering it a great opportunity to introduce the small business sector in the global agenda towards sustainable development.

SEBRAE strongly believes that small business support institutions have an important agenda to set regarding sustainable development and could significantly enrich the debate on this matter. For this reason, SEBRAE will organize on June 21^st a workshop in Rio de Janeiro, called SEBRAE+20, as part of the official Rio+20 program to discuss the role of such institutions on the sustainable small business development agenda.

For more details,

 Source: INSME