Agencia Brasil

Brasilia – The Minister of Institutional Relations, Jaques Wagner, participates this Friday (11), in Brussels, Belgium, on the debate about the contribution of organized civil society for the restructuring of the World Trade Organization (WTO). He will talk about the subject with the President of the European Economic and Social Committee, Anne Marie Sigmund.

According to the Secretariat of Institutional Relations, the theme has been one of the concerns of the Brazilian government, in the context of the changes that will need to be introduced in the multilateral organizations involved with the improvement of world governance.

Brazil’s Economic and Social Development Council (CDES) has participated on the Work Group of the International Association of Economic and Social Councils. After several meetings in June, the Group approved a report where they make several recommendations regarding the role of the organized civil society for the WTO.

Translation: Andréa Alves