Invest RS and the Secretariat for Economic Development (Sedec) held the first official work meeting this Tuesday (10/12). The objective was to start the action plan for 2025, focusing on RS’s international presence at fairs, events and missions to countries that are strategic for the State. Sedec and the agency will work together to attract investments and open new markets for products from Rio Grande do Sul, working to identify, map and analyze potential businesses.

For the head of Sedec, Ernani Polo, the missions are the way for many companies to access markets that, alone, would not be possible. “It is the role of public authorities to provide this alternative for entrepreneurs”. To achieve this, Polo highlighted, planning is necessary in relation to logistical and scheduling issues. “We are going to make a map to check which places will be most productive and which fairs will give the State the most return,” he said.

The president of Invest RS, Rafael Prikladnicki, reinforced Polo’s speech about carrying out a survey of which countries would be interesting to promote products from Rio Grande do Sul. “We have a team in place that has already started to analyze how we can contribute and add value.” One of the strategies considered is to connect the planning of international presence to the priorities of the Economic, Inclusive and Sustainable Development Plan.

Also participating in the meeting were the director of Intelligence and Strategy at Invest RS, Caroline Bucker, the general director of Sedec, Leandro Evaldt, the deputy general director, Roger Pozzi, the director of the Department of Commercial Promotion and International Affairs (DPCI), Evaldo da Silva Júnior, the deputy director of the DPCI, Sebastian Watenberg, the executive secretary of the State Council for Debureaucratization and Entrepreneurship, Diogo Leuck, and the Sedec advisor, Cynthia Bonatti.