Marusa Freire:
Chief Counsel at the Center for Legal Studies of the Legal Department at Central Bank of Brazil and Researcher of the Faculty of Law at University of Brasília.

Current Research Project:
"Social Money: Constitutional Dimension of Complementary Currency Systems".

Purpose of the visit to Croatia:
To attend the CGAP/MFMI (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor/Microfinance Management Institute) training event: Building Inclusive Financial Systems for the Poor - How Funders Can Make a Difference, in Dubrovnik, from Sept. 8-12.

Purpose of the meeting with Crom Time Bank:
To learn more about their experiment with alternative money in Croatia.
(Interview the organization for the research on Social Money).

The meeting with Marusa Freire from Brazilian Central Bank

My idea about this meeting was a reciprocal interview with Miss Marusa Freire.
I have prepared a list with a very serious political and economic questions.
Talking with her, i have desisted from this intention.

Marusa Freire is a very kindly and open person, so we exchanged views on various issues.
Regarding on Crom Alternative Money, she is the first one that broke the ice,
and we are very grateful to her for this meeting.

Language of open doors and the spirit of international cooperation:
With the hope that this door of cooperation will remain open and that will open many other doors,
we are waiting Miss Marusa Freire for the official version of the meeting.



Sheraton Panorama Hotel, Zagreb, 06.09.2008.
Marusa Freire and Duric Aljosa