The main points of this article are extracted from a research project that is currently underway entitled "Strategic Public Strategies of Sub-National Governments Within the Context of the Processes of Latin American Global Insertion and Integration" carried out by researchers from Fundap (Foundation for Public Administration), Cedec, and the Catholic University of São Paulo. Reference will be made to a section of the study dealing with the participation of civil society in regional development, in this case, in the context of Mercosul.
sub-national governments; civil society; Mercosul