The Department of Creative Economy of the Ministry of Culture (SEC / MinC) has started to grant awards to those included in the list of winning Entrepreneurial and Innovative Initiatives 2012. The results of the award were published in the Official Gazette (DOU) on 31 December last year.

The awards have a total value of 3.6 million reals to be distributed among the 150 selected initiatives in two categories. The first - New Models of Project Management and Business Creation – includes 100 initiatives that will each receive an individual award of 23,000 reals. The second - Creative Skills Training – includes 50 selected initiatives that each will receive an award of 26,000 reals.

The General Coordination of Entrepreneurs and Innovative Actions of the Department of Creative Economy (SEC) notes that the winners will be contacted according to the order of classification in case there are some problems with the non-regularized documentation.

http://www.cultura.gov.br/site/2013/02/22/premio-economia-criativa-9/