Federal Center for Technological Education, Rio de Janeiro Wins SIFE Brazil National Competition
Release Date: 7/17/2008
Sao Paulo, Brazil — The Federal Center for Technological Education, Rio de Janeiro SIFE team was named SIFE Brazil National Champion and will advance to represent Brazil at the SIFE World Cup in Singapore this October. Six teams participated in the Brazil National Competition 15 July, and more than 150 people attended this event, including leading business executives who judged the competition.
Every country that operates a SIFE program is eligible to conduct a national competition for the teams in that country where each SIFE team presents the results of their outreach projects to determine which teams made the most impact on their communities. The national champions then face each other at the SIFE World Cup. Forty-two SIFE teams are expected to participate in this year's international competition.
A full schedule of SIFE national competitions is available here.