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 and Brazil, and at the same time promoting political and cultural links between the two partners.

Major EUBrasil Activities

Major EUBrasil Objectives • To create the EUBrasil Business Round Table where top political and economic actors, • To promote a strong and harmonious bilateral European and Brazilian, may meet and debate dialogue between economic and political actors issues of mutual interest. in Brazil and the EU. • To analyze the evolution of the bilateral dialogue • To seek out solutions to overcome the structural and to propose new measures to enhance obstacles inherent in relations between co-operation between the two communities. the EU and Brazil. • To create a strong network of associations of • To promote economic, cultural and social professionals and experts, European and Brazilian, co-operation. concerned with, or interested in, promoting bilateral • To support governmental initiatives for co-operation. the establishment of an Association Agreement, • To promote common plans in order to benefit and the creation of a free trade zone between from European co-operation initiatives and the EU and . in particular those regarding research and • To develop political communication aimed development. at promoting Brazilian interests in the EU and vice versa. 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 Telecom ” 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 ”

I think this initiative provides a unique opportunity to express the vision of European industry in Membership of EUBrasil is open to: “ general and of the telecommunications sector in particular. It finds its role in the context of high- • European and Brazilian companies level engagements which • Parliamentarians and elected officials seek to deepen relations • Experts and academics between the EU and Brazil, a nation which is increasingly demonstrating EUBrasil Board its growing importance in the international • Luigi Gambardella, President community • Elena Bonfiglioli, Board Member on behalf of Microsoft Cesar Alierta, • Fabio Colasanti, Board Member Executive Chairman Telefonica • 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 Foreign direct investments in Brazil • Alfredo Valladão, Board Member are important in order to increase mutual “ confidence between Brazilian and European entrepreneurs. Special Assignments It is necessary now to encourage the Brazilian • Ricardo Castanheira, General Manager Brazil, companies to develop their Brasília • Franco Perroni, Relations with European Institutions, international dimension by Brussels investing in the EU

Alfredo Valladão, EUBrasil Advisory Board President Advisory Board” EUBrasil • 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 How to become A member:

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EUBrasil Parliamentary Members

(updated October 2011) I have confidence in the value of your support for Members of the the continuing development and progress of the country. • Antonello Antinoro, Italy, EPP Group “ I can assure you that our • Hans van Baalen, The Netherlands, ALDE Group government team will work • Ivo Belet, Belgium, EPP Group hard for the welfare and • Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Portugal, S&D Group • Sergio Cofferati, Italy, S&D Group improvement of the quality • António F. Correia de Campos, Portugal, S&D Group of life of Brazilian families • 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 DILMA ROUSSEFF, • Christofer Fjellner, Sweden, EPP Group President of the Republic of Brazil • Béla Glattfelder, Hungary, EPP Group • Robert Goebbels, Luxembourg, S&D Group Members of the Brazilian Congress • Nathalie Griesbeck, , ALDE Group (Congresso Nacional) • Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Greece, EPP Group, Vice-President of the European Parliament • Senador António Carlos Valadares PSB, Senado Federal • Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler, Germany, S&D Group • Sebastião Bala Rocha PDT, Câmara dos Deputados • Antonio López-Istúriz White, Spain, EPP Group • Carlos Alberto Leréia PSDB, Câmara dos Deputados • Barbara Matera, Italy, PPE Group • Domingos Neto PSB, Câmara dos Deputados • Nuno Melo, Portugal, EPP Group • Benedita da Silva PT, Câmara dos Deputados • Emilio Menéndez del Valle, Spain, S&D Group • Moacir Micheletto PMDB, Câmara dos Deputados • Vital Moreira, Portugal, S&D Group, • Sandro Alex PPS, Câmara dos Deputados Chairman of the International Trade Committee • Anderson Ferreira PR, Câmara dos Deputados • Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Portugal, EPP Group • Arnaldo Jardim PPS, Câmara dos Deputados • Gianni Pittella, Italy, S&D Group, • Manuela d´Ávila PCdB, Câmara dos Deputados 1st Vice-President of the European Parliament • Vittorio Prodi, Italy, S&D Group • José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neira, Spain, At Microsoft we firmly believe that technology EPP Group, Co-Chairman of the Euro-Latin American can transform lives and people, allowing them Parliamentary Assembly to reach their full potential. • Amalia Sartori, Italy, EPP Group “ A digital agenda common • Helmut Scholz, Germany, GUE Group to the European Union and • Martin Schulz, Germany, President of the S&D Group Brazil will contribute to this • Csaba Tabajdi, Hungary, S&D Group • Nuno Teixeira, Portugal, EPP Group goal and will bring economic • Britta Thomsen, Denmark, S&D Group development • Gianni Vattimo, Italy, ALDE Group • Renate Weber, Romania, ALDE Group • Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Spain, S&D Group, Jean - Philippe Courtois, President Microsoft” International Chairman of the Mercosur Delegation

Business Members