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Sebrae

Coordinates: 15°48′58″S 47°53′18″W / 15.816°S 47.8882°W / -15.816; -47.8882
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Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas
AbbreviationSebrae
Formation1972 (1972)
Location
Coordinates15°48′58″S 47°53′18″W / 15.816°S 47.8882°W / -15.816; -47.8882
Chairman
Luiz Eduardo Pereira Barretto Filho
Websitewww.sebrae.com.br

SEBRAE or Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas (Portuguese: Brazilian Micro and Small Enterprises' Support Service), is a Brazilian autonomous social institution part of the Sistema S whose aim is to foster the development of micro and small enterprises, stimulating entrepreneurship in the country .

Founded in 1972 with the name of CEBRAE (Centro Brasileiro de Apoio à Pequena e Média Empresa),[1] it was an entity associated with the Brazilian federal government. In October 1990, it was renamed Sebrae (Serviço Brasileiro de apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas), detaching itself from public administration and becoming an autonomous, non-profit social service.

Sebrae's current chairman is Luiz Eduardo Pereira Barretto Filho. The president of its National Deliberative Council is Roberto Simões.

References

  1. ^ "Sebrae comemora 40 anos de história com livro, mostra e memorial". Folha online. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  • [1] Official site in English