Ministry of Integration and Regional Development

The Ministry of Integration and Regional Development (Portuguese: Ministério da Integração e Desenvolvimento Regional, abbreviated MIDR) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil, established in 1999. On January 1, 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 January 1, 2023.[2]

Ministry of Integration and Regional Development
Ministry overview
Formed29 July 1999
1 January 2023 (recreation)
Dissolved1 January 2019
JurisdictionFederal government of Brazil
HeadquartersBrasília, Distrito Federal
Annual budgetR$ 6 billion (2015)[1]
Minister responsible
Websitewww.gov.br/mdr/pt-br

Responsibilities

The ministry oversees following responsibilities:[3]

  • 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

References
  1. Portal Orçamento (October 2014). "Projeto de Lei Orçamentária para 2015" (PDF). Senado federal. p. 21. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  2. "Ministério da Integração Nacional". Governo do Brasil. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  3. "Ministério da Integração Nacional".



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