The Ministry of Integration and Regional Development ( pt, Ministério da Integração e Desenvolvimento Regional, abbreviated MIDR) is a
cabinet-level
federal
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ministry in
Brazil
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, established in 1999. On January 1, 2019, the Ministry of National Integration and the
Ministry of Cities were merged and transformed into the
Ministry of Regional Development. It was recreated on January 1, 2023.
Responsibilities
The ministry oversees following responsibilities:
* Formulate and conduct the integrated national development policy
* Formulate regional development plans and programs
* Establish integration strategies for regional economies
* Establish guidelines and priorities in the application of resources from financing programs referred to in the Federal Constitution
* Establish guidelines and priorities in the application of resources from the Amazon Development Fund and the Northeast Development Fund
* Establish norms for compliance with the financing programs of constitutional funds and the budgetary schedules of regional investment funds
* Monitor and evaluate integrated national development programs
* Civil defense
* Works against droughts and water infrastructure
* Formulate and conduct the national irrigation policy
* Public works in border strips
References
External links
Official site
Integration and Regional Development
Brazil, Integrationand Regional Development
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