15 - 16 October 2024
XXI, E-building, Palais des Nations
Geneva

Study on economic complexity:
Leveraging economic complexity for diversification and investments

In partnership with SENAI and the port of Suape, UNCTAD presented a recent study on economic complexity carried out at the Suape Industrial Port Complex in Recife, Brazil. The session looked at key takeaways from the study and how it can be used to identifying sectors to diversify, add value, and boost exports in commodity dependent countries.

Moderated by Mrs. Luz Maria de la Mora, Director, Division on International Trade and Commodities, UNCTAD

Opening remarks by H.E. Mr. Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the WTO and other economic organizations

Presentations:

  • Introduction to Port of Suape: Mr. Márcio Guiot, President, Port of Suape
  • The role of SENAI in industrial development: Mr. André Pierre Mattei, Director, SENAI Institute of Innovation for Information and Communications Technologies
  • Presentation of economic complexity study: Mr. Clovis Freire, Officer-in-Charge, Commodities Branch, UNCTAD
  • Implementing the study results: Mr. Arthur Neves, Director, Industrial Development and Management, Port of Suape
  • The way forward: Mr. Márcio Guiot, President, Port of Suape

 

Event supported by the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the WTO and other economic organizations

Side event at the Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development, fifteenth session
 

 

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Strategic Pathways to Economic Complexity and Global Competitiveness
(UNCTAD/TCS/DITC/INF/2024/10) -  05 Nov 2024
 
Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota
Ambassador
Permanent Mission of Brazil to the World Trade Organization in Geneva

Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota as Permanent Representative of Brazil to the World Trade Organization and other economic organizations based in Geneva. 

He was previously the Consul General of Brazil in Tokyo (2021-2023) and Consul General of Brazil in Mumbai (2019-2021). Mr. Patriota served as the Special Representative of Brazil to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva (2018-2019), and before that the Deputy Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva (2015-2018). A career diplomat since 1983, he has been a delegate of Brazil accredited to the Organization of American States in Washington from 1990 to 1994, the Latin American Integration Association, in Montevideo from 1994 to 1997, the Embassy of Brazil in New Zealand from 1997 to 2000, the Delegation of Brazil to the WTO and the World Intellectual Property Organization, in Geneva from 2005 to 2008, and was twice posted at the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations in New York from 2008 to 10 and from 2013 to 2015. He was International Advisor to the Brazilian Minister for Science and Technology from 2003 to 2004 and Deputy Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of the Republic from 2010 to 2013.
 

Luz Maria de la Mora
Director
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Luz Maria de la Mora is the Director of UNCTAD's Division on International Trade and Commodities. As a former Vice-Minister for International Trade and decades of government and private sector positions, Ms. de la Mora developed a career in international trade policy, negotiation, operations, and trade promotion. 

During her tenure as Vice-Minister for International Trade of Mexico from 2018 to 2022, Ms. de la Mora led Mexico's trade and investment policy, overseeing fourteen free trade agreements with 51 countries. To bolster Mexico's development, she steered discussions in the World Trade Organization, the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement, Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, and Pacific Alliance, among others. She also coordinated policy dialogues and handled private sector consultations.

Ms. de la Mora holds a PhD in Political Science from Yale University, USA, a Master's degree in International Affairs from Carleton University, Canada, and a Bachelor's degree in International Relations from El Colegio de México, Mexico.

She is fluent in English and Spanish, and proficient in French.

Marcio Guiot
CEO
Suape Industrial Port Complex

Mario Guiot is the CEO of Suape Industrial Port Complex. With extensive experience in the port sector, Marcio Guiot has held executive leadership positions in several companies and has worked as a consultant on various projects in the sector. He served as director of Brasil Terminal (Port of Santos), Port of Itapoá, and Libra Terminais Santos. Additionally, he held the position of superintendent at Ceará Terminal Operator (CTO) in the Pecém Complex, located in Ceará.

Graduating in Nautical Sciences from the Merchant Marine Academy of Rio de Janeiro, Guiot holds an MBA from Fundação Dom Cabral, a specialization in ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) from the Administration Institute Foundation of the University of São Paulo (USP), as well as executive development courses in Brazil and abroad.
 

André Pierre Mattei
Director
Senai Institute of Innovation for ICTs (Brazil)

André Pierre Mattei is French-Brazilian and currently works as Director of the Senai Institute of Innovation for ICTs (Brazil), Vice President of the FLIC group (Brazil, France, and USA) and President of the startup GrapeHawk in France. He has post doctoral and doctorate training in computer science, a master’s degree in physics, an MBA in strategic management and processes and a degree in electronic engineering and a eronautical s ciences. He has experience as director of Brazilian and multinational companies, business development in LATAM, technical manager of aerospace programs, university professor (ITA, ISA SUPAERO and MIT), scientific researcher and military pilot.

Clovis Freire Junior
Chief of Commodity Research and Analysis Section, Commodities Branch
UNCTAD

Clovis Freire Junior is Chief, Commodity Research and Analysis Section, Commodities Branch, of the Division on International Trade and Commodities of UNCTAD in Geneva. He is an Economist specialized in economic diversification and strategies for building productive capacities in developing countries. His work supports the structural transformation and sustainable development of commodity-dependent developing countries. He has over 20 years of work experience in the United Nations in programmes related to commodity dependence, least developed countries, technology and innovation for development, and disaster risk reduction. He holds a degree in Computer Engineering from the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA), Brazil, a Master’s degree in Computer Sciences from the University de Brasília (UnB), an MBA in Strategic Management of Information Systems from the Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), Brazil, and a PhD in Economics from the Maastricht University, in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Co-organizer(s):
Port of Suape, Brazil
Sponsor / funding:
SENAI (Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial), Port of Suape

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