Alliance Française of Rio de Janeiro the Director of the Institute of international and strategic relations in Paris Pascal Boniface to present the Conference "Taliban of sport: What is the impact for a city which hosts an international event?”

The Alliance Française presents, in partnership with the Consulate of France and the Institut Français, a Conference of Pascal Boniface, on the impact of international events in major cities in the world. The meeting will be held on Monday, 11 April, às 19h30, in the Auditorium of the Alliance Française of Botafogo.

In the countdown to the Olympics Rio 2016 the city is preparing to receive 10.500 athletes from 206 countries. The Conference theme of Pascal Boniface will show the opportunities generated by the realization of events of this size, and will enhance the focus of transformations in cities that receive international events.

The Professor Pascal Boniface is the Director of the Institute of International and strategic Relations (IRIS), of Paris. He wrote or directed the publication of about 50 books with themes international relations, power relations between big powers, French foreign policy or the impact of sport in international relations. In addition, is editorialist in the papers La Croix (France), La Vanguardia (Spain) et Al Ittihad (United Arab Emirates).

Admission is free (According to the places available) and the lecture is held in French, no translation.

About the Alliance Française

The Alliance Française celebrated 130 years of activities in Brazil 2015. Besides being a reference in the language, she is, no doubt, the most respected institution and known the world, when it comes to the spread of the French language and Francophone cultures. She has, currently, more than 850 units 135 countries, where they study about 500.000 students. In France, it has schools and cultural centers for foreign students. Brazil has the world's largest network of French Alliances with 40 associations and 69 units.

It is the only institution in Brazil authorized by the Embassy of France, to apply the tests that give access to international diplomas DELF and DALF, recognized by the French Ministry of National Education. The French Alliance is also the center of official exams for the application of international tests valid for two years TCF (The French Knowledge Test) and TEF (French Assessment Test) and the national test valid for one year Capes (recognized by agencies CAPES and CNPq MEC). The French Alliance in Brazil develops partnerships with numerous French and Brazilian companies as well as being an essential actor Franco-Brazilian cultural dialogue.