Abstract
On January 12, 2015, it came into validity the Metropolis Statute, Law number 13.089, which establishes general guidelines for planning, management and execution of public functions of common interest in metropolitan areas and urban agglomerations, aside from instituting rules on planning integrated urban development and other interfederative governance tools. This article analyzes this law, with special focus on particular aspects of interfederative governance, tracing its concept, characteristics, principles and guidelines. Therefore, an exploratory method or descriptive/causal was used; previous literature was reviewed. Understanding that it is imperative that administrators adjust themselves to new forms of governing, in which common interest outweigh individual´s interest, that represents interfederal governance when considering regional development. Other legal rules that cooperate with the Metropolis Statute and the Statute of the City must not be disregarded, but it remains to investigate and encourage practices of governance that are concerned about the community of a region and, even more, of the country.
Keywords:
Statute; Interfederative governance; Metropolis