Ipea - Forum of Federations WorkshopConstantino Cronemberger Mendes

Coordinator of Federative Development Studies – Dirur/IpeaGeneral Coordinator of Interdepartmental Group of Federative Studies - Ipea

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Main objectives

• Presentating of two lectures of international experiences: Switzerland andBrazil;

• A debate with the posing question: “How to keep up with development ineconomic crises scenario? A federative approach”;

• Presentations of interdepartmental projects and studies within Ipea;

• Highlighting the main lines of research and find synergies with the work of theForum and Forum partners: projects and studies, books, seminars etc;

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Main objectives – cont.

• Releasing an e-Book “Brazilian federalism: issues for discussion”.

• Launching the “FoF regional office” at Ipea.

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IGFS Ipea – FoF activities 2012 - 2016

• Book on Brazilian Federalism: issues for discussion (portuguese) in 2012;

• Book on Latin America Federalism (portuguese) in 2014;

• Meeting of the Strategic Council of the Forum in 2014;

• Technical visit and workshop at Ipea in 2014;

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• Renewing the Interdepartmental Group of Federative Studies (IGFS) -Ipea Ordinance n. 200, 4th November 2014;

• Technical Cooperation Agreement Ipea – FoF signed in 16th July 2015;

• South Africa Conference: from 30th March to 1st April 2016;

• Workshop Ipea-FoF 29th September 2016.

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IGFS Ipea – FoF activities 2012 - 2016

• Object: “to establish a partnership in order to promote activitiesand projects on federalism, public policies, governance” and soon.

• Mechanisms: technical missions, network of experts, events(seminars, workshops etc), joint publications etc.

• FoF regional office for Latin America at Ipea.

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Ipea - FoF Agreement:

Lecture 1:

“Federal model, federal architecture and fiscal responsibility inSwitzerland”.

Mr. Hans Rudolf Altherr: Swiss Board member, Forum ofFederations.

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Lecture 2:

“Brazil’s Fiscal Responsibility Law and Constitutional AmendmentProposal n. 241 on New Fiscal Agenda in Brazil”

Bruno Fabricio Ferreira da Rocha, General coordinator, Secretariatfor Economic Monitoring (SEAE), Brazilian Ministry of Finance.

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Open Debate

Posing question:

“How to keep up with development in economic crises scenario? Afederative approach.”

• Conducted by Rodrigo Orair – Ipea/IPC

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• Diest: Antonio Lassance

• Disoc: Luciana de Barros Jaccoud

• Dimac: Claudio Hamilton Matos dos Santos

• Diset: Bernardo Alves Furtado

• Dirur: Alexandre Ywata and Constantino Mendes

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Projects Presentations of the IGFS - IPEA

Projects Dirur• What Can Brazil’s States Government Do? Comparative experiences of

Development (Aristides).• Regionalization of Federal Investments (Nelson).• Rural Policies and articulation between federal and states governments

(Murilo).

• Interdepartmental Group on Federative Studies (Constantino).• Public expenditures, federative arranjements and regional development (“).• Studies and Fiscal Results of Brazilian Public Administrations (Orair).• Sectorial studies: Agribusiness (Eustáquio); Water resources management

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• Federal Expenditures in Environmental Policies (Adriana)

• New Urban Agenda (Marco/Barbara)

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Remarks:

Constantino C. Mendes (Ipea) and Diana Chebenova (FoF).

Final Remarks:

Alexandre Ywata (Ipea).

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Proposals to 2017:

- Office’s staff: IGFS (Ipea) and FoF;

- Projects and studies: expenditure review, Canada/Australia cases,public consortia, etc.

- International Conference on Federalism in Brazil;

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- Technical mission: working group on federalism to visitCanada/Brazil;

- Networking with partners organizations;

- Creation of Website Ipea – FoF.

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• Releasing the book “Brazilian Federalism: issues for discussion”

• Launching the Regional Office of the Forum of Federations atIpea.

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