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Opportunities for Collaboration
On the
Water Issue:
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SEMAPA, the local water company in Rio de Janiero, has forwarded to the Secretariat a description of four types of technical assistance required by the company for their continued effective management of water resources in the region. We are distributing this request to selected members of the Commission network who may be able to assist in meeting the SEMAPA needs. For SEMAPA to succeed, the company needs the volunteer assistance of experts who can provide advice based on their greater experience with developing water utility infrastructures.
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The Secretariat plans to develop an on-line discussion group for La Coordinadora that can facilitate communication among the separate communities that face similar challenges of equitable water resource management. Such communication is essential to establishing the dialogue among various stakeholders that can help bring the benefits of globalization to communities throughout the world.
As a result of the Community Building Meeting:
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The Secretariat is working with Candido Mendes to organize a meeting between the principals of the Seattle WTO protests and Latin American civil society leaders to be hosted by a Brazilian university.
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The
Secretariat is working with Ruth Escobar to distribute environmental public
service short films produced by the Hollywood based organization, ECO.
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The Secretariat is working with Candido Grzybowski to involve the Commission in the activities of the World Social Forum, including several presentations on the Commission's activities at the 2002 Porto Allegre conference.
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The Secretariat is working to establish a relationship between the Ayrton Senna Foundation and the State of the World Forum's Whole Child Initiative to collaborate in certain child education issues in Brazil. The non-profit Ayrton Senna Foundation in Sao Paulo is directed by Viviane Senna, the sister of the Brazilian world champion auto racer, Ayrton Senna. When Ayrton was killed in the 1994 Grand Prix event, Viviane established the Foundation with his sizable fortune to, in honor of her brother's wishes, assist underprivileged children in Brazil. The Foundation has become a leading force in encouraging private-sector support in health care and education for poor children throughout Brazil.
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