Agência Brasil*
Brasília – The Brazilian minister of National Integration, Geddel Vieira Lima, will participate in the event Open Days – European Week of Regions and Cities, to be held from today (8th) to next Thursday (11th), in Brussels, Belgium. By invitation of the minister at the European Commission, Danuta Hubner, Geddel Vieira Lima will take part in the seminar "The International Dimension of Regional Development Policies," which will take place tomorrow (9th), along with the Chinese and Russian Regional Development ministers.
For the first time ever, the event will count on the participation of a Brazilian government representative. The Ministry of National Integration will take to Europe a cartographic exhibition of the National Policy for Regional Development, established in February 2007 to reduce regional inequalities and to activate the development potential of Brazilian regions. Geddel will also talk about the Local Production Arrangements (APLs).
According to the Ministry of Integration, for the fifth edition of Open Days: European Week of Regions and Cities, approximately 5,000 representatives of European Union cities, regions and territories are expected. The theme for this year will be "Making it Happen: Regions Deliver Growth and Jobs."
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
