December 3rd and 4th, 2001
With: João Sayad (Financial Secretary - Municipal Government of São Paulo); Marcos Mendes; Mailson da Nóbrega; Norman Gall (Fernand Braudel Institute); Andrew Foster (England Audit Commission), José Roberto Afonso (BNDES), Pasqual Maragall (Mayor of Barcelona, 1982-97), Carol O'Cleireacain (former Financial Controller of New York City), professor Yoshiaki Nakano (FGV-SP, former Secretary od the Treasury for the State of São Paulo).
The large Brazilian cities suffer from problems such as housing deficits, inadequate waste management, inefficient public transportation, pollution, unorganized growth, and growing pressure on public services. During this event, solutions for several of the main causes for the following problems were identified and demonstrated: corruption, poor administration, political disputes between levels of state governments and metropolitan governments and the unjust share of fiscal resources in the federation.