Press Release: EU and Brazil launch policy dialogue on higher education and culture

Better policy cooperation in higher education and culture will be the main focus of an official visit to Brazil on the 3-9 April by Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth.

The Commissioner, who is making her first official visit to the country, will meet Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota, Minister of Education Fernando Haddad and Minister of Culture Ana Buarque de Hollanda in Brasilia. Her programme will also include high-level meetings in Rio de Janeiro and Salvador. The main objective is to launch EU-Brazil policy dialogues on higher education and culture. The discussions will also feed into the next EU-Brazil summit, due to take place in Brussels in October 2011.