Salvador and the United Kingdom have signed a cooperation agreement for projects

Salvador and the United Kingdom have signed a cooperation agreement for projects

Mayor Bruno Reyes and Martin Richard Wally, director of the United Kingdom’s director of trade, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the Palacio Thom de Souza on Monday (7) to attract investment and further boost economic growth in the Bahian capital. To foster partnerships and contacts with each other through public and private companies in both locations. The initiative provides for participation in events that focus on improving and exchanging experiences in the fields of education, science / health, infrastructure, finance, community development and sustainability.

This initiative expands the functions of the Office of Community Governance, which created the Department of International Trade, an Operations Unit for External Affairs. The partnership between the Municipality of Salvador and the Ministry of International Trade of Great Britain and the United Kingdom of Northern Ireland will facilitate the joint implementation of projects and activities in a number of areas.

The mayor noted that the deal is a way to look for alternative ways to create employment and income in the city. “This new folder will restructure the Government Secretariat (Chekhov) without incurring additional costs or creating new posts. On the other hand, it invests and provides additional conditions for the search for technological cooperation partnerships in this globalized world, adopting solutions that have already been successfully implemented in other countries so that we can use them successfully here. Improves people’s lives even more. ”, Announced.

The director of the UK Trade Department said the memorandum would help further strengthen the partnership between Britain and Salvador. “We have specific areas in this agreement that we want to focus on, and we want to improve the lives of people in the UK and Salvador.

Ana Paula Matos, Seco’s deputy mayor and secretary, stressed the importance of seeking international partnerships to implement projects in the Bahian capital. “We understand that this is a crucial moment in the global economy, in sustainability and in the face of global challenges, in the pursuit of globalization, finance, technology and more knowledge. It is our responsibility to identify the best management and community development practices in the world and to look for opportunities for all, “he explained.

Collaboration

In the field of education, discussions aimed at establishing bilingual education, with English as a second language for specific purposes, and discussions on the quality and application of English teaching and technologies in education (EdTech). For life sciences and health, the agreement brings proposals for innovation in the fields of digital health (health tech) development and diagnosis and genetic analysis.

In infrastructure, this is the method of Building Information Modeling (BIM), which focuses on the transfer of technologies for smart cities and good practices for public procurement. The cooperation aims to follow the “ESG” approach to joint ventures in the economic, investment and open banking and fintex sectors.

A central department that discusses key global communities and provides support for activities related to mutual cooperation and the exchange of good practices and technical cooperation. For community activities, the partnership contributes to the exchange of good practices and the expansion of joint strategies for projects in the area.