BRICS, A NEW GLOBAL PLAYER IN THE

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 BRICS MEANS ……

25% of the world GDP (measured

in PPP of national currencies)

30% of the Earth’s territory

45% of the world population

 DYNAMICS OF THE GDP OF ADVANCED
ECONOMIES
AND BRICS COUNTRIES
2010 2011 2012 2013
World output 5,3 3,9 3,5 3,9
United States 3,0 1,7 2,6 2,3
Euro Area 1,9 1,5 -0,3 0,7
Japan 4,4 -0,7 2,4 1,5
Average 3.1 0,8 1,4 1,5

Russia 4,3 4.3 4,0 3,9

China 10,4 9,2 8,0 8,5
India 10,8 7,1 6,1 6,5
Brazil 7,5 2,7 2,5 4,6
South Africa 2,9 3,1 2,6 3,3
Average 7,2 5,4 4,6 5,4
 COMMON INTERESTS OF
BRICS NATIONS
Desire to reform the outdated financial and economic architecture
of the world which ignores the growing weight of BRICS/EMDC

Common commitment to principles and norms of international law,

rejection of policies of armed pressure and infringement upon
sovereignty of other nations

Common challenges and problems related to the needs of

modernization of economy and social life

Mutual complementarity of a wide range of sectors of national

economies
 BRICS: FORMATS OF INTERACTION
Summits

Meetings of Foreign Ministers

Meetings of High Representatives responsible for national security

affairs

Meetings of Ministers of Finance and Central Bankers

Meetings of Ministers of Health

Meetings of Ministers of Agriculture

Meetings of Heads of Statistical Agencies

 BRICS: FORMATS OF INTERACTION
Meetings of Senior Officials on Science, Technology and Innovation

Working Group on cooperation in agriculture

Working Group on cooperation on health affairs

Meetings of Heads of Competition Authorities

Accompanying events:

Conference of think tanks

Business Forum
Forum of Banks of Development
Forum of Partner Regions
 Delhi Action Plan
1. Meeting of BRICS Foreign Ministers on sidelines of UNGA.
2. Meetings of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on
sidelines of G20 meetings/other multilateral (WB/IMF) meetings.
3. Meeting of financial and fiscal authorities on the sidelines of
WB/IMF meetings as well as stand-alone meetings, as required.
4. Meetings of BRICS Trade Ministers on the margins of multilateral
events, or stand-alone meetings, as required.
5. The Third Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Agriculture, preceded by
a preparatory meeting of experts on agro-products and food
security issues and the second Meeting of Agriculture Expert
Working Group.
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6. Meeting of BRICS High Representatives responsible for national
security.
7. The Second BRICS Senior Officials’ Meeting on S&T.

8. The First meeting of the BRICS Urbanisation Forum and the

second BRICS Friendship Cities and Local Governments Cooperation
Forum in 2012 in India.
9. The Second Meeting of BRICS Health Ministers.
10. Mid-term meeting of Sous-Sherpas and Sherpas.
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11. Mid-term meeting of CGETI (Contact Group on Economic and

Trade Issues).
12. The Third Meeting of BRICS Competition Authorities in 2013.
13. Meeting of experts on a new Development Bank.
14. Meeting of financial authorities to follow up on the findings of
the BRICS Report.

15. Consultations amongst BRICS Permanent Missions in

New York, Vienna and Geneva, as required.
16. Consultative meeting of BRICS Senior Officials on the margins of
relevant environment and climate related international fora, as
necessary.
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17. New Areas of Cooperation to explore:
(i) Multilateral energy cooperation within BRICS
framework.
(ii) A general academic evaluation and future long-term
strategy for BRICS.
(iii) BRICS Youth Policy Dialogue.
(iv) Cooperation in Population related issues.