Ministry of Integration and Regional Development
The Ministry of Integration and Regional Development is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil, established in 1999. On 1 January 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 1 January 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
List of ministers