In July, representatives from the public and private sectors, think tanks, and academia, discussed topics common to Brazil and Africa, explored ways to bring the two regions together, and inaugurated, in practice, a new phase of inter-Atlantic interaction.

The seminar "Assessing and Redefining Policies towards Africa in a New Global Scenario: Intersecting Perspectives between Brazil and Morocco" was jointly organized by the Centre for Studies in Integration and Development (CINDES), the Moroccan OCP Policy Center and the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI), with the support of the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI).

The main topics addressed were the African development trajectory, the remaining economic challenges the continent faces, the Brazilian strategy regarding Africa, the Brazil-Morocco relationship, the complementary productive sectors between the two countries, and future prospects for integration. The conclusion reached during the seminar was that Morocco may possibly represent a gateway for Brazil into Africa in general, and to sub-Saharan Africa in particular, and that, at the same time, Brazil acts as Morocco's gateway into South America.