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The Federal Government through the Ministry of Regional Development MDR promoted on Tuesday afternoon 31 the first of a series of training sessions on the Pro-Cities Program. Representatives of states and municipalities from the North and Center-West regions were present. In all 323 subscribers followed the lectures broadcast by the Pasta channel on YouTube.According to Cristiana Scorza Guimaraens general coordinator for the Analysis of Regional and Urban Structuring Projects at the MDR the choice of the North and the Center-West for this first activity was a way to encourage actors in these macro-regions to access the resources made available by the Pr -Cities. Launched in 2019 the program provides R1 billion per year to finance projects for the rehabilitation of urban areas and technological modernization of public services.This first seminar was aimed at the North and Midwest regions as few proposals from these regions have been requested so far. But the intention is for us to hold seminars aimed at all regions of the country informed the coordinator.The initiative coordinated by the MDR has two financing modalities. The rehabilitation of urban areas is aimed at strategies for implementing local development policies with a focus on improving public space and encouraging the occupation of idle properties in urban centers. The urban technological modernization is aimed at implementing and developing technological solutions and tools to optimize the provision of public services to the population and improve the quality of life in urban environments.States municipalities the Federal District or bodies of the respective direct and indirect administrations may submit proposals public consortia managing public bodies and respective concessionaires or permit holders companies participating in consortia that perform local or regional urban development functions such as specific purpose companies SPEs and private entities that have projects or investments in the area of urban development as long as authorized by the respective public power. The application of resources will respect the proportion of 70 for credit operations with public sector borrowers and 30 for operations with the private sector.The registration of projects must be done through the system available on the Ministry of Regional Development portal httpsservicos.mdr.gov.br. More information can be obtained by email .Financing conditionsCredit operations have a grace period of up to 48 months counted from the date of signature of the contract. The first disbursement for the projects must be made to the contracting party within 12 months. The maximum term for repayment of the financing is 20 years counted from the month following the end of the grace period. The interest rate charged is 6 per year plus the remuneration of the financial agent limited to 2 per year and the credit risk rate limited to 1 per year.The minimum amount for counterparts is 5 of the total amount of the financing in both modalities of Pr-Cidades. They may be integrated through the financial resources of entities or third parties including international ones and economically measurable real estate or services.
