Last week, the professor and coordinator of CPDOC in São Paulo, Oliver Stuenkel, participated in the 2012 BRICS Think-Tanks Forum. The meeting was held from September 26-28 in the city of Chongqing, in southern China.
 

The forum brought together more than 40 representatives of think tanks from Brazil, India, Russia, China and South Africa to discuss the adjustment of the BRICS' development model, the feasibility of creating a joint Development Bank and cooperation among the countries.