Research for sustainability is an important aspect of the German sustainability strategy. Given the global dimensions of many sustainability-related challenges, research for sustainability needs to be linked to international policies and international sustainability research. In this context, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has proposed the establishment of a dialogue on research for sustainability with Brazil to develop a joint strategy for long-term research on sustainability issues.
The dialogue with Brazil was initiated with a bilateral workshop (C1) on 13 March 2009, which took place in connection with the ECOGERMA trade fair. On this occasion, Federal Minister Prof. Annette Schavan and Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology Prof. Sergio Machado Rezende signed a declaration of intent concerning the German-Brazilian Dialogue for Sustainability on Research Cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation (12 March 2009).
The objectives of the dialogue between Germany and Brazil include:
In order to initiate and develop joint activities under the dialogue, the BMBF initiated the organization of the first of a series of research workshops, bringing together researchers, industry representatives and other stakeholders to discuss those issues at a scientific level.
The objectives of the workshop were:
Future themes between Brazil and Germany might be:
International competition of the BMBF for Research for Sustainability.
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German-Brazilian Research for Sustainability Conference: Proceedings
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German-Brazilian-Dialogue on Research Cooperation in Science and Technology and Innovation for Sustainability (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/_media/Joint_Declaration_of_Intent.pdf)
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Joint Declaration of Intent in Portuguese (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/_media/Declaracao_Conjunta_De_Intencoes.pdf)
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Document only available in Portuguese (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/_media/Brazil_National_Climate_Change_Plan.pdf)
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Ministério de Ciênca e Tecnologia (MCT) (URL: http://www.mct.gov.br/)
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in Portuguese and German (URL: http://www.ahkbrasil.com/index.asp)
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at the University of Witten / Herdecke gGmbH (URL: http://www.uni-wh-utm.de/index_en.html)
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A Brazilian-German cooperative research approach on biodiversity and sustainable land use in a region of the Southern Mata Atlântica in Brazil (URL: http://www.inbioveritas.net/)
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