Willing to fill the vacancies left by the national government, Axel Kicillof will reinforce its international agenda this week, with a trip to Uruguay to participate in the Regional Forum for Local Economic Development, which takes place between August 26 and 28 in the city of Montevideo.
After meeting weeks ago in Brasilia with the president of Brazil, Luis Inacio “Lula” Da Silvathe governor of the Province of Buenos Aires He will be in the Uruguayan capital on Wednesday, in what will be his third visit to the eastern country so far in 2024.
Axel Kicillof travels to Uruguay to participate in an economic forum
There he will participate in the 4th Regional Forum on Local Economic Development for Latin America and the Caribbean, an event that precedes the World Forum on Local Economic Developmentscheduled to take place in Seville, Spain, in April 2025.
The main objective of the conclave is to stimulate cooperation at the regional level in order to build more integrated and effective local economic policies.
Under the theme “Territorial alliances and challenges in the economic model of local development in Latin America and the Caribbean”The meeting will address issues such as local development, the environment, global agendas, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the world of work, human mobility, gender equality, innovation, knowledge production, alliances and cooperation.
Kicillof will speak at the closing panel discussion “New Challenges of the Local Economic Development Model”, which will take place on Wednesday, August 28, between 4:30 and 6 p.m.
They will speak with him Enrique IglesiasFormer Director of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); Pablo Costamagnafrom the National University of Rafaela and member of the Committee of the World Forum on Local Economic Development (WFLED); Patricia Pelua, President of the National Council of Councillors; Alicia Moreiro; Fabiana Goyeneche, dDirector of the International Relations and Cooperation Division of the Municipality of Montevideo; and Pierre Martinot-Lagardeof the ILO.
The mayor of Rosario will also be present at the event, Pablo Javkinwho will be a speaker on the panel ““Transforming public management, innovation for territorial development” and the meeting of the Executive Directorate of Mercociudades. Javkin’s agenda includes meetings with officials from the Montevideo administration.
At the end of July, Axel Kicillof had traveled to Uruguay, where he met with the mayor of the capital, Mauricio ZuninoThe meeting aimed to finalize details of the forum being held in that metropolis, in addition to exchanging experiences on management and deepening integration with the Province of Buenos Aires.
Taking advantage of his arrival, the Buenos Aires governor visited the former Uruguayan president Jose “Pepe” Mujica the former senator already Lucia Topolansky on his farm.
Axel Kicillof’s meeting with Lula Da Silva
Later, in mid-August, the former Minister of Economy was in Brazil, where he met with Lula Da Silva at the Planalto Palace. The photo marked a strong contrast with the government of Javier Milei, which rejects the management of the Brazilian leader and maintains strong ties with his opponent Jair Bolsonaro.
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The objective of the meeting was to strengthen economic and productive cooperation between Brazil and the Province of Buenos Aires. Also participating were the special advisor to the Brazilian presidency, ambassador Celso Amorim; and the Buenos Aires Ministers of Economy, Paul Lopezand Government, Carlos Biancoin addition to the head of the Brazilian Treasury, Fernando Haddad.
On his social media, Kicillof commented: “During a meeting that lasted about two hours, we were able to review with President Lula da Silva specific aspects of the integration between our countries and, above all, its importance for the development of the province of Buenos Aires.”
Source: Ambito
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