Fundação Getúlio Vargas Fundação Getúlio Vargas Fundação Getúlio Vargas ("Getulio Vargas Foundation", often abbreviated as FGV) is a Brazilian higher education institution and think tank founded on December 20, 1944, with a mission "To stimulate Brazil’s socioeconomic development". Its initial objective was to prepare qualified people to work in public and private administration in Brazil. FGV is considered by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program of the "University of Pennsylvania" as top think tank in Latin America, best managed think tank worldwide and seventh best think tank in the world. FGV offers undergraduate programs, graduate & MBA programs, as well as Master's
Think tank inside the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, located in the South Region of the country, in the city of Porto Alegre. Instituto Liberdade is among the Top 40 think tanks in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the 2009 Global Go To Think Tanks Index a report from the University of Pennsylvania's Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP). Fundação Getulio Vargas (Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV)) is a Brazilian higher education institution. Its original goal was to train people for the country's public- and private-sector management. Today it hosts faculties (Law, Business, Economics, Social Sciences and