Paraiba is selected for craft fair in New York

              The renaissance lace paraibana transcends boundaries and will be brought to the United States. The artisan Maria das Dores Silva Ramos, who is part of the Craft of Paraíba (PAP), was selected to participate in the exhibition Women Brazilian Artisan, which will be held at the United Nations in New York in September this year .

                The event provides the opportunity contemplated in professional development through exhibitions, participation in lectures, media outreach, among other actions forming. The intention is to investigate the current situation of handicrafts in the country, establishing an exchange between the different regional realities.

Project selection was made by a committee composed of professionals from the Brazilian Association of Export Handicrafts (Abexa), Brazilian Handicraft Program of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade and the Brazilian Service of Support for Micro and Small Enterprises (Sebrae) . We selected 15 artisans in 12 states that best represented the national handicrafts.

"Since January, we began to encourage artisans to enroll in the exhibition. Among more than a thousand subscribers, the art of Dorothy was selected along with 14 other artisans from all over Brazil. This opportunity is fantastic because it will promote a more intense opening not only her job, but the renaissance lace paraibana as a whole, for the international market, "said the manager of Crafts Program of Paraíba, Ladjane Barbosa.

SINE REGISTRATION BEGINS FOR PEOPLE TO WORK IN CALL CENTER COMPANY

The National Employment System of João Pessoa (Sine-JP) has started the registration of resumes of those interested in working in the call center unit to be installed in João Pessoa in the next three months. The project will generate approximately three thousand direct jobs between telemarketing, general services, electrician, plumber and administrative services. The Municipality of João Pessoa (pmap) signed a letter of intent to build the company.

The coordinator stressed that the main intention is to provide employment opportunities to youth and adults who are looking for their first job. "We will take into consideration when choosing those candidates who have more ease of communication, good diction, who are seeking their first job and have completed high school," he explained.

Brazil, Betting on Innovation and Investment in Technology.

             2013 will be an important year for Brazil. Since taking office in January 2011, President Dilma Rousseff has seen economic growth contract by almost 5% during her first year and dwindle to around 1% in 2012. High business costs and taxes, indebted consumers, low levels of trade, a tight labor market and devaluation of the Brazilian real have combined to create the “Brazil cost,” pushing prices of Brazilian goods higher than those produced by the country’s Latin American neighbors. Rousseff wants to turn Brazil’s fortunes around, and her economic mission is to push GDP to 4% in 2013.To achieve her goal, investment will need to rise by 25% to match the investment-to-GDP ratio acheived by neighbors like Chile and Peru, all of which grew more than 4% last year. With an economy worth $2.5 trillion, the country brought in over $65 billion in foreign direct investment in 2012. Innovation is widely seen as key to Brazil’s potential success, harnessing the nation’s creativity to shift its commodity-based past into a competitive and technology-driven future. Last August, the president unveiled plans to spend $66 billion on infrastructure over the next 25 years, with more than half invested in the next five to get the country moving. Significant cuts in interest rates will help fuel credit, and tight fiscal policy has kept public debt and deficits under control. The upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil and the 2016 Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, the nation’s art and culture capital, have prompted a regeneration boom in the city. The Rio Negócios Web portal, created by Hélio Viana, president of World Sport Business and Júlio Bueno, Secretary of Economic Development, is an online marketplace set up to ensure that homegrown businesses supply global events and earn a share of the spending.Due to a 250% increase in social spending on key areas like health and education during the last 15 years, 40 million people escaped poverty in Brazil during the last decade. Recent reductions in power prices, coupled with record-low unemployment, are giving businesses and consumers renewed cause for optimism. If Rousseff’s policies pay off in 2013, this promises to be an ano maravilhoso or “wonderful year” for Brazil.

1st day operating with new flights "Blue / Trip" in João Pessoa

Started this week at the Airport of João Pessoa, the new flights "Blue / Trip."

The new flights are direct links to Fortaleza and Maceio. Another route, which will be made possible with these new flights will be Salvador.

The Airport of João Pessoa grows along with the city.

Companies from Portugal and Italy are looking for new routes in Paraíba

The participation of Paraíba in the 22nd edition of BNTM 2013 (Brazil National Tourism Mart) in Salvador (BA), begins to generate positive results. The 'Destination Paraiba' is inserted in the catalogs of two tour operators in Europe. Executives operators 'Just Brazil', Italy, and 'Sun Holiday', of Portugal, met with the President of the Paraibana Company of Tourism (PBTUR), Ruth Avelino, on Thursday (11), and signaled the inclusion of trips to Paraiba in their publicity materials.

The flow of tourists visiting the Paraíba has been increasing, reported the president of PBTUR. Last year, only João Pessoa received more than 1 million tourists who occupied the hotels throughout the year. "We had no off-season in 2012," he said, emphasizing that the average hotel occupancy reached nearly 70%. "We also recorded growth in the number of passengers embarked and disembarked at the airport Castro Pinto, an average over all the years," he said.