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The Forum of Federations conducts programming in Argentina and Brazil.

Argentina
The Forum began work with Argentina in 2002 when it co-organized workshops on fiscal federalism with the Canadian Embassy in Argentina and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).   

Following a needs assessment mission in the fall of 2006 and workshops on fiscal federalism and energy in March 2007, the Forum will develop a multi-year governance partnership program in Argentina. The program will focus on fiscal federalism, education and justice/courts.  

Past events in the Argentina program include:

• International seminar: Compare High Courts in Federal Countries
• Forum organizes fiscal event in the Senate of Argentina
• International Experts Tackle Fiscal Challenges in Argentina
• Round table on fiscal, economic and institutional challenges to federalism with provincial government members and Argentine senators - March 23, 2007
• Forum presentations on energy management comparing experiences in Canada, Australia and Argentina - Mar. 22, 2007. The presentation, which took place in Buenos Aires, was attended by members of the Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI).

Brazil 
The Forum of Federations has worked with the Fiscal Forum of Brazilian States (FFBS) and the Council of Secretaries of Finance (CONFAZ) since 2004.

The Forum has also worked with the Subchefia de Assuntos Federativos (SAF) of the Presidency in the field of intergovernmental relations. The SAF established a Comitê Federativo in 2003 between the federal government and the municipalities of Brazil seeking to strengthen their cooperation in fiscal, tax, and social reforms.  

The Forum of Federations hopes to also explore possibilities in the field of public security and challenges in managing metropolitan regions in a federation. The Forum is following the evolution of the creative Public Consortiums, which began as experiments of cooperation between municipalities to pool resources to build a hospital for example.

Recent events in the Brazil program include:

• Global Dialogue Country Roundtable - Brazil
• Tax reform and fiscal federalism in Brazil
• Forum assists in Canadian mission to Brazil
• Brazil considers value-added tax
• Forum assists in Canadian mission to Brazil (July 2007)
• Brazil considers value added tax (March 2007)
• Brazilian fiscal federalism study tour
• Brazilian Roundtable on Local Governments and Metropolitan Regions
• Global Dialogue International Roundtable: 'The Practice of Fiscal Federalism: Comparative Perspectives' and the World Forum on Fiscal Federalism
• Seminar on Fiscal Competition and Regional Imbalance

Forum of Federations president George Anderson speaks about fiscal federalism in Argentina.

A group of government finance officials from Brazil took part in a four-day study tour of Canada organized by the Forum of Federations.