EUROPe AND BRAZIL WORKING TOGETHEr
is a non-profit-making association
created with the aim of supporting
the development of successful business
relations between the European Union
and Brazil, and at the same time
promoting political and cultural links
between the two partners.
Major EUBrasil Activities
Major EUBrasil Objectives
• To promote a strong and harmonious bilateral
dialogue between economic and political actors
in Brazil and the EU.
• To seek out solutions to overcome the structural
obstacles inherent in relations between
the EU and Brazil.
• To promote economic, cultural and social
co-operation.
• To support governmental initiatives for
the establishment of an Association Agreement,
and the creation of a free trade zone between
the EU and Mercosur.
• To develop political communication aimed
at promoting Brazilian interests in the EU
and vice versa.
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• To create the EUBrasil Business Round Table
where top political and economic actors,
European and Brazilian, may meet and debate
issues of mutual interest.
• To analyze the evolution of the bilateral dialogue
and to propose new measures to enhance
co-operation between the two communities.
• To create a strong network of associations of
professionals and experts, European and Brazilian,
concerned with, or interested in, promoting bilateral
co-operation.
• To promote common plans in order to benefit
from European co-operation initiatives and
in particular those regarding research and
development.
EUBrasil contributes to enhancing the bilateral
dialogue between the two partners by, among
other measures, establishing a communication forum
that brings together all the interested stakeholders,
and by promoting bilateral meetings and
co-operation initiatives at various levels.
It is my conviction that
EUBrasil has all the potential
to become a pillar in the
relations between Europe and Brazil.
In fact, stimulating the strengthening of co-operation
between the parties will play a very important role
in the development of the two economic areas Zeinal Bava, CEO Portugal Telecom
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Economic co-operation between Brazil and Europe has enormous
potential for growth. We must work together, Brazilians and Europeans,
to realise this potential in the form of greater investment and increased
trade between the two areas. For this we need a more ambitious
agenda between Brazil and Europe Luigi Gambardella, President EUBrasil
Membership of EUBrasil is open to:
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• European and Brazilian companies
• Parliamentarians and elected officials
• Experts and academics
EUBrasil Board
• Luigi Gambardella, President
• Elena Bonfiglioli, Board Member on behalf
of Microsoft
• Fabio Colasanti, Board Member
• Fernando de Almeida, Board Member on behalf of AIP
• José Luis Díaz de Mera, Board Member
on behalf of Telefónica
• António Manuel Robalo de Almeida,
Board Member on behalf of Portugal Telecom
• Alfredo Valladão, Board Member
Special Assignments
• Ricardo Castanheira, General Manager Brazil,
Brasília
• Franco Perroni, Relations with European Institutions,
Brussels
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I think this initiative provides a unique opportunity
to express the vision of European industry in
general and of the telecommunications sector
in particular. It finds its role in the context of highlevel engagements which
seek to deepen relations
between the EU and
Brazil, a nation which is
increasingly demonstrating
its growing importance
in the international
community ”
Cesar Alierta,
Executive Chairman Telefonica
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Foreign direct investments in Brazil
are important in order to increase mutual
confidence between Brazilian
and European entrepreneurs.
It is necessary now to
encourage the Brazilian
companies to develop their
international dimension by
investing in the EU Alfredo Valladão,
EUBrasil Advisory Board
• Alfredo Valladão, President
• Carlo Binetti, Member, Economist
• Lourdes Casanova, Member, INSEAD
• Pedro da Motta Veiga, Member, CINDES
• Murillo de Aragão, Arko Advice
• Victor do Prado, Member, WTO
• Renato Flôres, Member, FGV Rio de Janeiro
• Paolo Guerrieri, Member, Uni Roma
• Georges Landau, Member, FAAP São Paulo
• Andrés Malamud, Member, Universidade de Lisboa
• Detlef Nolte, Member, GIGA Hamburg
• Sandra Polónia Rios, Member, CINDES
• Vera Thorstensen, Member, FGV São Paulo
• Ramón Torrent Macau, Member, Uni Barcelona
• André Urani, Member, IETS
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President Advisory Board EUBrasil
How to become A member:
Association Internationale Sans But Lucratif (AISBL)
www.eubrasil.eu
[email protected]
EUBrasil Parliamentary Members
(updated October 2011)
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Antonello Antinoro, Italy, EPP Group
Hans van Baalen, The Netherlands, ALDE Group
Ivo Belet, Belgium, EPP Group
Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Portugal, S&D Group
Sergio Cofferati, Italy, S&D Group
António F. Correia de Campos, Portugal, S&D Group
Viorica Dancila, Romania, S&D Group
Mário David, Portugal, EPP Group
Edite Estrela, Portugal, S&D Group
José Manuel Fernandes, Portugal, EPP Group
Ilda Figueiredo, Portugal, GUE Group
Christofer Fjellner, Sweden, EPP Group
Béla Glattfelder, Hungary, EPP Group
Robert Goebbels, Luxembourg, S&D Group
Nathalie Griesbeck, France, ALDE Group
Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Greece, EPP Group,
Vice-President of the European Parliament
Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler, Germany, S&D Group
Antonio López-Istúriz White, Spain, EPP Group
Barbara Matera, Italy, PPE Group
Nuno Melo, Portugal, EPP Group
Emilio Menéndez del Valle, Spain, S&D Group
Vital Moreira, Portugal, S&D Group,
Chairman of the International Trade Committee
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Portugal, EPP Group
Gianni Pittella, Italy, S&D Group,
1st Vice-President of the European Parliament
Vittorio Prodi, Italy, S&D Group
José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neira, Spain,
EPP Group, Co-Chairman of the Euro-Latin American
Parliamentary Assembly
Amalia Sartori, Italy, EPP Group
Helmut Scholz, Germany, GUE Group
Martin Schulz, Germany, President of the S&D Group
Csaba Tabajdi, Hungary, S&D Group
Nuno Teixeira, Portugal, EPP Group
Britta Thomsen, Denmark, S&D Group
Gianni Vattimo, Italy, ALDE Group
Renate Weber, Romania, ALDE Group
Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Spain, S&D Group,
Chairman of the Mercosur Delegation
I have confidence in the value of your support for
the continuing development
and progress of the country.
I can assure you that our
government team will work
hard for the welfare and
improvement of the quality
of life of Brazilian families DILMA ROUSSEFF,
President of the Republic of Brazil
Members of the Brazilian Congress
(Congresso Nacional)
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Senador António Carlos Valadares PSB, Senado Federal
Sebastião Bala Rocha PDT, Câmara dos Deputados
Carlos Alberto Leréia PSDB, Câmara dos Deputados
Domingos Neto PSB, Câmara dos Deputados
Benedita da Silva PT, Câmara dos Deputados
Moacir Micheletto PMDB, Câmara dos Deputados
Sandro Alex PPS, Câmara dos Deputados
Anderson Ferreira PR, Câmara dos Deputados
Arnaldo Jardim PPS, Câmara dos Deputados
Manuela d´Ávila PCdB, Câmara dos Deputados “
Business Members
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At Microsoft we firmly believe that technology
can transform lives and people, allowing them
to reach their full potential.
A digital agenda common
to the European Union and
Brazil will contribute to this
goal and will bring economic
development ”
Jean - Philippe Courtois,
President Microsoft International