Cooperation for development

Cooperation and development are common themes for Brazilian foreign policy, present in different governments, in a lesser or greater degree. Brazil has participated in the evolution of international cooperation for development since the beginning, for many years as a recipient country and this is an important contribution to its economic, scientific-technological and social development. Over the years, Brazil built democratic institutions and state structures capable of contributing to the development of other countries. We note Brazil's recent interest in being an international protagonist in the area of development and, from this perspective; cooperation has become a valuable tool for building reputation. We can highlight that, since 1999, with the creation of the Ministry of Defense, it has become possible to think about a unified military-technical cooperation (MTC), an uncommon term in Brazil, which includes actions, programs and projects between the armed forces and police...

Cooperation and development are common themes of Brazilian foreign policy. Brazil has participated in the evolution of international cooperation for development since the beginning, for many years as a recipient country. Recently, Brazil has become interested in being an international protagonist in the area of development and cooperation. Since 1999, with the creation of the Ministry of Defense, it has been possible to think about unified military technical cooperation (MTC). In this Brazilian outlook for interaction in the 21st century, horizontal MTC stand out, with Africa being an area of attention. In this paper, we analyze aspects of Brazilian MTC with the Community of Portuguese Language Speaking Countries (CPLP). We consider the possibility that MTC can be presented as an element of Brazilian paradiplomacy for development. Unlike the Organization for the Cooperation and Economic Development (OECD), Brazil includes MTC as an element of development cooperation, believing that security and defense are issues directly related to development. The recent stage of the MTC of Brazil with CPLP states has resulted in more coherent defense, security and development policies linked to Brazil’s interests. Brazil created the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC). However, many of the MTC projects carried out by Brazilian armed forces with other countries are performed outside the Agency. Therefore, we analyze MTC through projects of the ABC, Ministry of Defense and the armed forces.