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New edition of the Ibero-American meeting of sustainable development

30/07/2009

July 30, 2009

Under the motto 'Global change in Latin America', will take place from 18 to 20 November 2009 in Foz de Iguazu (Brazil), the seventh edition of Eima, the Ibero-American meeting of sustainable development. This project of Conama Foundation for the Organization of this edition boasts Fundación Mapfre, the Government of the State of Paraná, through the Ministry of environment and water resources, Itaipu Binacional, as well as the support and collaboration of the Observatory of sustainability in Spain and the International Centre for sustainable development based in Panama.

The main objective of the Eima is set up as a forum for debate between professionals of various fields related to sustainable development, in order to enhance the exchange of information, experiences and knowledge among the Ibero-American professionals, in addition to promoting business contacts to search for compatible with sustainable development solutions.

The agenda of the meeting will be structured in two plenary sessions in the form of debate and three constituted sectoral forums, each of them, by a panel discussion and a working group. Forums dealt with in a multisectoral way the challenges of the company in the new context of the green economy, opportunities for cross-sectoral partnerships and the importance of development and sustainability strategies. He is, essentially, of a symposium in which participants have the opportunity to share knowledge and expand their networks of contacts, providing innovative insights and approaches which contribute to a consistent and realistic reflection.