Danuta Hübner, Commissioner for Regional Policy, will today in Brasilia sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Brazilian Ministry of National Integration to set up a structured dialogue on regional policy. At the invitation of Mr Geddel Vieira Lima, Minister of National Integration, she will also open an EU-Brazil seminar on regional policy. The Memorandum of Understanding, signed by the European Commission and the Brazilian Ministry of National Integration, initiates cooperation such as:
- Setting up technical working groups and cooperation between regions on both sides; organisation of meetings (seminars, conferences) with experts, politicians, officials, private companies and
- Support from the European Union for reinforcing local structures and regional development agencies in Brazil;
- Exchanges of views on issues such as: multi-level partnership (involving regional and local actors, the private sector and civil society), strategic planning and evaluation of regional policy, development of administrative capacity;
- Information exchange on classification and definition of regions.
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