In the Summit Joint Statement parties emphasized the crucial role academic cooperation and mobility play to promote growth and jobs.

They decided to enhance EU-Brazil dialogue and cooperation in education, training and research, building on existing policy instruments and programmes, such as the EU's Erasmus Mundus and Marie Curie programmes, and Brazil’s “Science without Borders” mobility scheme.

The EU and Brazil also acknowledged their common cultural heritage and reaffirmed their commitment to foster cooperation on culture to the benefit of their citizens. At a more general level, on the issues related to assessing and measuring the diversity of cultural expressions, notably in the context of the ongoing UNESCO work on this topic.

At the margins of the Summit, Commissioner Vassiliou signed a Joint Programme on Culture with her counterpart Minister de Hollanda , focusing the next 4 years of cooperation on cultural diversity, cultural heritage and the development of a sustainable cultural and creative economy.

A first culture roundtable will take place on 5 October in the presence of both the Commissioner and Minister de Hollanda.

 Joint Programme on culture

Press release of 4/10/2011