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ECONOMIC PREFEITURA DEVELOPMENT BELO HORIZONTE THE BEST TO LIVE AND INVEST

BELO HORIZONTE: STRATEGIC INFORMATION

QUALITY OF LIFE

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

EFFECTIVE LABOR COST

POTENCIALITIES, EDUCATION, R&D

TOURIST DESTINATION STRATEGIC LOCATION

DIRECT Lisboa INTERNATIONAL Orlando DESTINATIONS

ABOUT ONE-HOUR FLIGHT FROM Belo Horizonte OF 'S GDP 58% (RJ, SP, MG and DF)

Buenos Aires Source: IBGE FACTS AND FIGURES

VERY HIGH HDI (2010) 0.810 GDP (2014)* 0.805

US$ 33 bi 2.5 mi 0.810 17% Larger than Inhabitants* 0.799 HIGH HDI of GDP and Estonia (2015)

*Dollar exchange rate 12/30/2014 : US$ 1 = R$ 2,6575 Source: IBGE BH SP RJ Source: Bloomberg, PNUD.

3rd LARGEST BRAZILIAN METROPOLITAN AREA

7TH LARGEST METROPOLITAN AREA IN

A Bloomberg article (4/9/2017) defined Belo Horizonte as one of the world’s GDP at the (2014)* EPICENTER OF THE GLOBAL 5.8 mi US$ 74 bi Inhabitants* 0.774 38% “ GROWTH IN THE NEXT Larger than Luxembourg (2015) HIGH HDI of Minas Gerais GDP FEW DECADES Uruguai and Paraguay Population larger than ” Finland and Denmark

*Dollar exchange rate 12/30/2014 : US$ 1 = R$ 2,6575 Source: IBGE QUALITY OF LIFE

LOWER COST OF LIVING

The cost of living in Belo Horizonte is 43% lower INFANT MEDICAL HEALTH FACILITIES than in and MORTALITY (2009) PER 100,000 DOCTORS (2010) PER 1,000 INHABITANTS (2015) PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS INHABITANTS 51% lower than in BH 12.95 43 6.75 RJ 13.02 32 6.28 SP 13.15 21 4.65 RJ BH SP BH

Source: PNUD, IPEADATA, Brazil Medical Demography Survey Source: custodevida.com.br QUALITY OF LIFE

NUMBER OF HOMICIDES PER 100 THOUSAND INHABITANTS

60

50 48,46.46 46,87.87 43,6843.68 40

30 SECURITY 24.38 20 Security, Traffic, Civil Defense, Emergency Services, others. 10

0 2012 2013 2014 2015

Source: Atlas da Violência (2017) - IPEA/Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública INNOVATIVE CITY

A NEW FAB CITY PARTNER

The FAB City is a global project to PARTNER develop locally productive CITIES/ and globally connected Bhutan STATES self-sufficient cities Toulouse Sacramento Somerville de Chile Detroit Ekurhuleni Brest Cambridge Boston Kerala BELO HORIZONTE IS THE SECOND BRAZILIAN CITY Occitanie TO JOIN THE FAB CITY INITIATIVE (2018) Belo Horizonte INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

THE AMERICAN FUNDAÇÃO TORINO MAPLEBEAR SCHOOL OF ITALIAN SCHOOL BELO HORIZONTE CANADIAN SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

6 CONSULATES 36 HONORARY CONSULATES 16 CHAMBERS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE EFFECTIVE LABOR COST

3 rd PLACE IN THE ENDEAVOR RANKING OF SKILLED LABOR

Less expensive labor cost than in São Paulo and in Rio de Janeiro

R$ 5.750,00 R$ 6.675,00 R$ 7.325,00

Source: RAIS 2015-2016 EFFECTIVE LABOR COST IN BIG COMPANIES

DIRECTOR MANAGER The average salaries of directors of big companies The average salaries of managers of big companies in Belo Horizonte is 18% lower than in Rio de in Belo Horizonte is 22% lower than in Rio de Janeiro and 23% lower than in São Paulo. Janeiro and 23% lower than in São Paulo.

Salary (thousand R$) Salary (thousand R$) BH RJ SP BH RJ SP

Administrative and Financial 16.4 18.6 23.2 Administrative and Financial 9.8 14.4 15.2 Commercial and Marketing 29.0 33.3 36.0 Commercial and Marketing 7.8 8.8 11.6 R&D 28.0 33.9 34.0 R&D 10.4 15.6 16.4 Resources 21.7 34.2 35.3 Human Resources 7.4 9.9 11.9 Irformation Technology 18.6 23.3 29.8 Irformation Technology 10.1 13.7 15.2 Operation 28.0 30.7 31.0 Operation 11.9 15.6 14.4 A GROWING SMART CITY

SMART PUBLIC LIGHTING LED lamps communicate with each other, allowing to change the intensity of the lighting and integrate the service with other equipment.

Pioneer in the use of this technology in Brazil

Savings of 45% in electricity energy consumption

The greatest public-private partnership of this segment operating in Brazil

Foto de acervo - site: bhip.com.br POTENTIALITIES

OPTIC FIBER NETWORKS Optic fiber coverage has increased more than 10 times in the last 7 years.

2009 - 52 km 2015 - 486 km 2016 - 671 km 2018 - 800 km* *in progress INNOVATION

ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEM Startup Communities: more than 400 multisector startups

100 OPEN STARTUPS - Brazil Ranking 2017 THE BEST STARTUP COMMUNITIES IN BRAZIL Spark Awards (2014/2015) 3 of the TOP 10 were from Minas Gerais INNOVATION

ONE OF THE MAIN STARTUPS COMMUNITIES IN BRAZIL, WITH MORE THAN 250 MULTISECTOR STARTUPS

8 ACCELERATORS 37 DIGITAL AGENCIES 256 STARTUPS 5 INVESTORS 2 INCUBATORS 10 COWORKING SPACES

LOCAL COMPANIES INNOVATION

ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEM

THE BEST PLACE FOR INNOVATIVE BUSINESSES IN BELO HORIZONTE

Some of the companies that have already settled in the park EDUCATION

THE CITY HAS 30,900 ENROLMENTS IN ENGINEERING COURSES

THE BEST BUSINESS SCHOOL OF LATIN AMERICA AMONG THE TOP 15 IN THE WORLD Executive Education Ranking - Open 2017 - Financial Times EDUCATION

MORE THAN 50 HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

More than More than 114 190,000 15,800 postgraduate courses classified enrolments in enrolments in technical as exeptional or excellent by the higher education and professional courses National Coordinating Agency (CAPES)

Federal University One of the main private The largest technological of Minas Gerais. universities in Brazil. teaching institution of Leader in patents in Brazil. The largest Catholic Minas Gerais. University in the world. Source: INEP; CAPES EDUCATION

WORLDWIDE RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED One of the TOP 400 • universities in the world • The best Brazilian university in teaching quality 2nd best ranking in Brazil/ARWU Ranking/2016 Among the TOP 10 universities • Among the TOP 3 in innovation • in Latin America Source: Folha de São Paulo Times Higher Education University Ranking 2016 Latin America University Ranking 2016

DEMAND LEADER IN PATENTS The most popular university among Leader among the research ENEM* applicants (2017) institutions in the deposit of *standardized Brazilian national exam that patents (patents of invention) high school students take to enter universities by residents Source: National Institute of Industrial Property EDUCATION

More than 56,000 students

102 undergraduate courses

393 graduate courses

Almost 2,000 teachers Recognized six times as the best 2,411 employees private university in Brazil THE LARGEST (Brazilian Student Guide) CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY IN THE WORLD Partnerships with 175 entities, like the Development Center of Fiat and , in 30 countries

Specializing in twelve areas of Engineering R&D INDUSTRIAL LABS

SENAI/FIEMG TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION CENTER & Beverage Automotive Surface Engineering PRESENCE OF IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGICAL PLAYERS IN THE COUNTRY

Environment Mechanic and special alloys

Mineral Processing Chemistry Metrology R&D

INNOVATION IN THE WORLD TECHNOLOGICAL FRONTIER

Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnics branch focused on applied research, founded in 2006 in Belo Horizonte

Two research fronts: Ceramic Microsystems and Organics Electronics. First reference center in the country and one of the world’s first CSEM’S SPIN-OFF in applied research, rapid prototyping The world’s largest infraestructure for the and manufacturing of prducts with production of organic photovoltaic films, known printed organic electronics. as OPV (Organic Photovoltaic).

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

BUSINESS CONSULTING AND AUDITING

Management consultancy headquartered PRESENCE OF GLOBAL CONSULTANCIES in Belo Horizonte, pioneer in the introduction of business management techniques in Brazil. Present in more than 30 countries.

International management consultancy, headquartered in Belo Horizonte, present in the FDC rankink and mapped by the report Source Global Research, British institution of reference in researches in the segment. BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

Latin American or Brazilian headquarters in Belo Horizonte

Brazilian headquarters and the Brazilian multinational and the The largest construction Integrated producer of The world's largest second largest factory of the largest car rental network in in Latin America Flat Stainless and steelmaker world, in the Belo Horizonte Latin America Electric Metropolitan Area

Brazilian Multinational, one of One of the most solid and World leader in the One of the main private Hexagon Mining has its headquarter the global leaders in the important groups in the Brazilian manufacture of seamless groups in Brazil's of Latin America in Belo Horizonte. market for refractory solutions electric energy segment tubes electricity sector It is a Swedish company that integrates planning, operations, and safety solutions for mining.

Brazilian headquarters of the The largest flat steel Security Spanish Multinational Manufacturer of heavy duty Indian multinational, a global producer in Latin America vehicles, trucks, buses and leader in technology services utility vehicles and consulting BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

Main multinational companies in Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT |

ONE OF THE MAIN LATIN AMERICA CLUSTERS OF LIFE SCIENCES +310 +4,100 COMPANIES JOBS IN THE SECTOR

A state-owned research center, responsible for creating new drugs, vaccines and diagnostic methods.

Local research institution linked to the state government of Minas Gerais that promotes public health research.

Main producer of cardiac biological valves, exported to 130 countries. Of the total produced in Brazil, 90% is destined for export. The company is also a leader in the supply of heart valves with in Brazil.

Sources : RAIS/MTE IT ENVIRONMENT

More than More than 1,100 7,400 3,100 IT 19,000 software developing jobs in software companies in jobs in the sector and licensing companies developing and Belo Horizonte licensing companies

One of the company’s largest operations centers in the world, where more than a thousand people work

One of the BPO companies world’s leader

The largest developer of ERP in Latin America. The Minas Gerais unit is one of the five software factories of the company in Brazil

Sources: RAIS/MTE CNAEs : 620, 631,639 R&D

THE ONLY GOOGLE R&D 200 highly CENTER IN LATIN AMERICA qualified engineers

One of the three company centers in the world with acess to the search algorithm R&D

UFMG’S DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Accredited as EMBRAPII Unit (Brazilian company of industrial research and innovation) to work in the area os Software for Cyber - Physical Systems

Historically among the TOP 3 Brazilian computer science courses

Origin of Akwan, a company that was later bought by Google, becoming one of its R&D center R&D

AERONAUTIC STUDIES CENTER - CEA

10 prototypes completely developed by CEA

2nd Embraer workforce provider in Brazil

• 2015 - The “Anequim”, aircraft designed by CEA, broke five world speed records* • First Brazilian airline with primary structure made entirely of carbon fiber

*Speed over 3km with restricted altitude, speed over 15km, speed over 100km closed course, speed over 500km closed course, time to climb up to 3000m R&D

MOBILITY TECHNOLOGY CENTER (CTM)

Achievement of advanced studies in fuels, combustion, engines and vehicles Unique in Brazil to have the entire cycle of integrated fuel studies Technical and scientific cooperation between FCA and CTM in the field of engineering of engines

12 high-tech laboratories for mobility RD&I CULTURE AND

PAMPULHA MODERN ENSEMBLE The was the center of a visionary garden city project created in 1940 in Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais State

UNESCO WORLD HERITAGES CULTURE AND TOURISM

PRAÇA DA LIBERDADE Cultural Circuit

Housed in a historic area of Belo Horizonte (MG)

The largest integrated set of culture in the country, with twelve museums and cultural spaces CULTURE AND TOURISM

BRAZILIAN CAPITAL OF THE BARS

Belo Horizonte is the city with the highest number of bars and restaurants per capita in Brazil (about 10 thousand)

A craft beer production center CULTURE AND TOURISM

BELO HORIZONTE IS PART OF THE WORLD CALENDAR OF ERUDITE MUSIC

MINAS GERAIS PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Twice elected the best erudite group in Brazil

MINAS GERAIS HALL The beginning of a new era. A place where your experience with the Philharmonic will be enhanced.

CULTURE AND TOURISM

THE LARGEST OPEN SPACE ART CENTER IN LATIN AMERICA

One of the most important contemporary art collection in Brazil

One of the 25 best museums in the world (TripAdvisor/2014) THANK YOU!

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ECONOMIC PREFEITURA DEVELOPMENT BELO HORIZONTE