Details about BRICS, news items, economic data on the member countries, the activity calendar, and frequently asked questions (FAQ) about the group can be found on the BRICS Brazil website, launched this Tuesday, February 11. Available in Portuguese and English, the site serves as the official platform for sharing information about Brazil's Presidency of the group and can be accessed at https://brics.br.

The site also provides information about previous summits and documents that guide the discussions on strengthening cooperation among Global South countries. The website content is produced by the Social Communications Secretariat of the Brazilian Presidency (Secretaria de Comunicação Social da Presidência da República/SECOM/PR). Institutional texts are provided by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministério das Relações Exteriores), while the site's structure was developed by the Brazilian Government’s Data Processing Service (Serviço Federal de Processamento de Dados/SERPRO).

Integrated communication strategy

In addition to the website, the communication strategy for BRICS Brasil works to produce news items and audiovisual materials, along with a team focused on covering the events scheduled for 2025, including ministerial meetings and technical seminars. The plan aligns with the priority given by the Brazilian Presidency to strengthening the institutional framework of BRICS.

Photographs from forum meetings will be available on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/people/bricsbrasil/.

For institutional videos and downloadable images from the covered events, visit the forum's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BricsBrasil2025.

What is the BRICS?

The BRICS is a group formed by eleven countries: Brasil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Iran. It serves as a political and diplomatic coordination forum for countries from the Global South and for coordination in the most diverse areas. 

In addition to these nations, BRICS also includes nine partner countries: Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan. Countries in this category may be invited to participate in discussions promoted by the mechanism, subject to the consensual approval of the member states.

Brazilian Presidency

Fostering discussions about cooperation for global health, inclusive global governance, artificial intelligence, financing to combat climate change, among others, Brasil has assumed the BRICS Presidency on January 1st, 2025. Under the theme “Strengthening Global South Cooperation for More Inclusive and Sustainable Governance”, the country has been acting on two main areas: Global South Cooperation and BRICS Partnerships for Social, Economic, and Environmental Development.

These agendas are reflected on six priorities: Cooperation for Global Health; Trade, Investments, and Finance; Climate Change; Artificial Intelligence Governance; Multilateral Architecture for Peace and Security; and Strengthening the Institutional Framework of the BRICS. Over 100 ministerial and technical meetings are scheduled to take place between February and July 2025 in Brasilia. The BRICS Leaders Summit is scheduled for July.

Brasil has just launched the BRICS Brasil Official Website