Sustainability and CDM projects in the Brazilian sugar cane sector: a discussion on the economic-financial aspects

The study discusses how the revenue from the sale of Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) can contribute to the attractiveness of investment in projects of bagasse-based cogeneration. It was observed that revenue from CERs is probably not enough to make these investments acceptable in the economic and financial aspect. However, this study speculates that Clean Development Mechanism projects will be strategic to build a positive image concerning the social responsibility and sustainability of the business in the Brazilian sugar cane sector.

Financing for sustainable development: visions and proposals for action from a Latin American and Caribbean perspective

Foreword Throughout the preparatory process for the World Summit on Sustainable Development and at the Summit itself, which was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002, discussions were dominated by one central concern: the need to define and reach consensus on concrete, quantitative goals, with fixed deadlines for implementation, which were to supplement the Millennium Development Goals and facilitate progress towards an effective transition to sustainable development. Participants at the Summit explicitly affirmed the need, as a matter of urgency, to identify the financial and technical resources whereby sustainable development would become a reality and benefit directly and particularly rural and urban communities in the developing countries. The document we are now presenting is the outcome of extensive discussions held at a high-level forum during the Johannesburg Summit. Led by representatives of the Government of Mexico, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Andean Development Corporation, those discussions were based on the ECLAC/UNDP study entitled Financing for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean: from Monterrey to Johannesburg, which considers the opportunities and challenges for improving prospects for investment and financing for sustainable development and underscores the need to establish a new balance between the market economy and public interest through joint public/private initiatives that combine market innovation, social responsibility and appropriate regulations. Other eminent persons attending the event included heads of State, such as Gustavo Noboa, then President of Ecuador; Enrique V. Iglesias, President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); José María Figueres, Managing Director of the Global Agenda of the World Economic Forum and former President of Costa Rica; and Gro Harlem Brundtland, the legendary figure who pioneered sustainable development. Valuable contributions to the discussions were made by Yolanda Kakabadse, President of the World Conservation Union; Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz, head of the Unit for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of the Office of the President of Mexico; Cecilia López, former Minister for the Environment of Colombia; and Juan Carlos Maqueda, then Vice President of Argentina. The views emerging from the forum as set forth in this document are designed to facilitate and promote application of the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development within the framework of the Millennium Development Goals and the commitments assumed at the International Conference on Financing for Development, which was held in Monterrey, Mexico. We also aspire to continue moving forward with the adoption of measures and policies to increase investment and financing for sustainable development as well as to foster partnerships between the public and private sectors and nongovernmental organizations. We recognize, in this context, the importance of strengthening and improving public and private institutions in order to meet the operational needs associated with the effort to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and pursue the Plan of Implementation formulated in Johannesburg. We trust that this document will contribute to in-depth discussions on the application of the Plan of Implementation in the relevant forums, in particular the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. The Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development opens up new opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean to renew and revive their own regional agenda -with emphasis on global and especially regional public goods- and to interweave it more cohesively with the global agenda in order to promote the common interests of Latin America and the Caribbean more forcefully in international development forums. The regional agenda and the global agenda cannot be separated in a contrived manner; indeed, to an increasing degree, what we are witnessing are global environmental processes which call for action at the local level. The achievement of sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean, where the necessary economic, social, environmental and geopolitical conditions are combined, requires a subtle balance between the market economy, the State and the citizen. Such a balance will result in the consolidation of democratic governance in the service of human development. VICENTE FOX President of Mexico JOSÉ ANTONIO OCAMPO Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) ELENA MARTÍNEZ Assistant Aministrator and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ENRIQUE GARCÍA Executive President, Andean Development Corporation (ADC)""

O Agronegócio e o problema do trabalho infantil

This article attempts to identify and analyze the motives that led several sectors of agro-business to engage in the struggle for the eradication of child labor in Brazil, as launched by international organizations for the defense of children's and adolescents' rights. It is our hypothesis that economic globalization and the internationalization of children's rights have given visibility to the problem of child labor, thus demanding the mobilization of entrepreneurial sectors linked to agro-business productive chains in Brazil. The article is divided into four inter-related sections. In the first one, we attempt to provide evidence for the interference of social and labor problems within the ambit of the economic activities of the agro-business sector, within the current context of globalization. This is followed by a study of major UN, UNICEF and ILO investments to internalize children's rights and policies to combat child labor, giving salience to their repercussions in Brazil. In the third section, we analyze strategies adopted by firms linked to agro-business with the purpose of avoiding the use of child labor within their productive chains. Finally, we seek to understand the motivations that have led agro-businessmen to take part in the struggle against child labor. We conclude that firms linked to agro-business took up the project of combating child labor in virtue of the internationalization of children and adolescents' rights, the inclusion of social issues in international markets, the intensification of the fiscalization of public power, the growth of action around entrepreneurial social responsibility and increased consumer consciousness.

Assistência Odontológica em Crianças com Paralisia Cerebral e Perspectivas Tecnológicas de Reabilitação

The improvement of oral health and quality of life is closely related to transdisciplinary dialogue, technological development and social responsibility. In patients with cerebral palsy, the lesion of motor areas of the brain compromises the development and function of the craniofacial complex. Considering all the ethiopathogenic conditions, the treatment of such patients involves great difficulties. The dentist and other professionals related to their rehabilitation need to deal with difficulty in chewing, respiration, phonation, besides the poor oral hygiene resulted from abnormal involuntary movements of facial and masticatory musculature, tongue, and upper limb. It is also relevant the lack of understanding about the importance of oral health care due to mental deficits of these individuals. This study aims to review some aspects of oral health in patients with cerebral palsy proposing rehabilitation associated to technology. Few studies concerned about the effectiveness of therapies for oral rehabilitation in patients with cerebral palsy. Laser therapy, electromyography, electrostimulation and LED therapy should be analyzed as options for treatment of patients with cerebral palsy. Following research projects should focus more attention on the dynamic and oral function of these patients to achieve positive repercussions in their overall health. © ArquiMed, 2010.

Contabilidad regulatoria, sustentabilidad financiera y gestión mancomunada: temas relevantes en servicios de agua y saneamiento

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Towards a strategic CSR: A Brazilian case study

Purpose - Organisations may be considered, at the same time, either part of the problem or part of the solution for the social-environmental crisis that is occurring. To be part of the solution, they must head for a strategic management of corporate social responsibility (CSR). The objective of the present study is to identify and analyse the interfaces between theoretical models of strategic implementation of CSR and the variables and major players involved in this process. Design/methodology/approach - This is a qualitative research using a case study strategy. The company chosen for this case study has been highlighted as one of the best national companies to work for, with significant social responsibility indices. Findings - The case study found some results, such as the importance of aligning with human resource management for strategic implementation of CSR and the integrative characteristic between different workers, that are essential for this process. Originality/value - Only a few international articles discuss CSR in Brazil. The results could be useful for classes focusing on Doing business in Brazil. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

In memory of Pedro Vuskovic

For those of us who shared many years of friendship and professional collaboration with Pedro Vuskovic, the news of his recent death in Mexico has been the cause of great sorrow, not only because of the circumstances of his death, following a cruel disease that gradually sapped his physical -but not intellectual- strength, but also because it signifies the loss of a great Latin American, of a teacher who helped shape so many generations of young people in our region, and of a companion during so many days of intellectual strivings and political struggle. Pedro joined the Commission in 1950, shortly after its birth as an institution. For nearly 20 years he served it brilliantly in a professional capacity, with his career in ECLAC culminating in the position of Director of the Development Division. He played a crucial role in structuring and disseminating the thinking of ECLAC during a time when the very air teemed with the ideas and concerns of a pleiad of gifted economists and social scientists. These were the post-war years, the 1950s and 1960s, when we all had to "construct" Latin America. Pedro Vuskovic laid many of the bricks in that collective theoretical and political edifice which has been of such importance to the countries of the region. Concurrently, he served as a professor in ECLAC and ILPES training programmes while at the same time teaching classes at the schools of economics and sociology at the University of Chile and the School of Economics at the University of Concepción. When he left ECLAC, Pedro plunged wholeheartedly into the academic world, serving as the Director of the Institute of Economics of the University of Chile, and then went on to claim a position at the forefront of Chilean politics. In November 1970 he was named Minister of Economic Affairs by President Salvador Allende and in June 1972, took over the cabinet-level position of Executive Vice President of the Production Development Corporation (CORFO);, where he served until September 1973. When political events carried him into exile in Mexico, which generously welcomed him as it did so many other Latin Americans who faced similar problems, Pedro carried on his valuable academic work, first at the Economic Research and Teaching Centre (CIDE);, where he directed the Institute of Economic Studies of Latin America, and later at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in the Humanities at the National University of Mexico (UNAM);, where he was named to the position of Coordinator for a programme on poverty and development options in various countries of Latin America. Although he will be remembered for his important political role, Pedro's work as a scholar and as an economist deserve special mention. He was a brilliant speaker, at the same time both methodical and incisive, who mastered his subjects with great wisdom and intellectual breadth, and he derived a special joy from being with young people, from providing them with intellectual stimulation and receiving it from them in turn. The many generations of Latin American students who were fortunate enough to have him as a teacher can attest to this. Pedro Vuskovic brought to his work as a researcher and teacher a deep sense of political and social responsibility which moved him to espouse the cause of Latin America 's poor and dispossessed, whose position he had come to understand very early on in his life through the many studies he carried out in this area while at ECLAC. He was tenacious in upholding his ideas and principles, he lived in accordance with them, and he championed them in all the forums open to him, in both the political and academic worlds, to the end of his days. His friends and colleagues also remember his geniality, his sense of humour and great personal warmth -traits which were coupled with an unshakable loyalty to his principles and values. Our farewell is deeply felt; Pedro Vuskovic has left us a legacy of memories and lessons that we will always hold close to our hearts. On behalf of his friends and colleagues, Jacobo Schatan, former Director of the Joint ECLAC/FAO, Agriculture Division

A comunicação da informação de interesse público no Ministério Público do Estado do Mato Grosso do Sul

Pós-graduação em Comunicação - FAAC

ECLAC Notes Nº 51

Social Cohesion: Inclusion and a Sense of Belonging in Latin America and the Caribbean Fiscal Policy in Boom Times Op-ed by ECLAC's Executive Secretary, José Luis Machinea: For Latin America and the Caribbean, a Time of Opportunities and Threats Highlights: eLAC2007 Regional Action Plan: New Regional Group Works for an Inclusive Information Society. By Marta Maurás, Secretary of the Commission, ECLAC Indicators Corporate Governance, Social Responsibility and Business Strategies in Latin America Recent titles Calendar of events

O psicológico na rede socioassistencial de atendimento à crianças e adolescentes

Pós-graduação em Psicologia - FCLAS

Processo de decisão na adoção de inovação em empresas sucroenergéticas do centro–oeste do Estado de São Paulo

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Energia na Agricultura) - FCA

A educação estatística: uma investigação acerca dos aspectos relevantes à didática da estatística em cursos de graduação

Pós-graduação em Educação Matemática - IGCE

Práticas e técnicas agroextrativistas: um estudo de caso com famílias no pólo rio Capim do PROAMBIENTE

O Programa de Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Produção Familiar Rural na Amazônia PROAMBIENTE, traz em sua proposta alternativas de uso dos solos e das florestas para a produção familiar. A comunidade de Monte Sião situada no município de São Domingos do Capim e participante do PROAMBIENTE foi a área escolhida para este estudo que trata das práticas sócio-culturais associadas as técnicas de produção de sistemas agroextrativistas de dez famílias que apresentam um histórico de utilização dos recursos biofísicos, tais como a extração do látex de seringais nativos, exploração madeireira lenhosas e sistemas intensivos de produção agrícola que a partir dos anos de 1990 adotaram os Produtos Florestais Não Madeiros PFNM como um elemento diferencial para a reprodução da agricultura familiar enquanto unidade de produção e consumo.

O respeito à lei e à ordem: presbiterianos e o governo militar 1964 - 1985

Pós-graduação em História - FCLAS

Saúde e qualidade de vida no Serviço Público Federal: uma abordagem a partir do programa para servidores implantado na UFPA

Esta pesquisa trata da Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho, um estudo realizado a partir dos documentos publicados sobre as ações e programas propostos pela Diretoria de Saúde e Qualidade de Vida da Universidade Federal do Pará, destinados aos seus servidores. O objetivo geral foi levantar documentos que dessem conta da história de criação da DSQV, explicitando sua ligação com a Pró-Reitoria de Desenvolvimento e Gestão de Pessoal da UFPA observando-se o alcance das ações propostas em número de servidores atendidos por esses programas. Tomou-se por especificidades descrever o percurso traçado pela DSQV a partir do seu surgimento no ano de 2005, até alcançar as ações e programas propostos para 2010. Fazer levantamento da legislação federal voltada à garantia de benefícios que contribuam para a qualidade de vida dos servidores públicos e analisar a proporção tomada pelas ações e programas implantados pela DSQV, no que concerne ao número de servidores alcançados. A escolha do campo e população deu-se, a princípio, em função do próprio programa de mestrado ser destinado aos servidores dessa organização e ter como foco pesquisa na área da administração pública, sugerindo como lócus essa universidade. A pesquisa caracteriza-se de um estudo exploratório e descritivo, baseado em dados de fundamentação teórica a respeito do tema e documental, analisando os relatórios de gestão entre os anos de 2006 a 2010 na PROGEP/DSQV/UFPA. Os resultados obtidos apontam para ações desenvolvidas pelas coordenadorias que compõem a DSQV, no qual o destaque são os atendimentos feitos pela Coordenadoria de Vigilância à Saúde do Servidor através do SIASS com a realização de perícia multidisciplinar implantada em 2010, o que é um diferencial nessa atividade, bem como, os afastamentos de servidores por adoecimento, por meio das varáveis gênero, lotação e natureza da perícia. Também foram levantadas as ações realizadas pelas Coordenadorias de Apoio Psicossocial e Qualidade de Vida e Responsabilidade Social, para análise do alcance de cada uma delas em número de ações e programas existentes e de servidores atendidos. A pesquisa buscou ainda analisar os valores propostos por cada setor investigado a fim de deslindar do ponto de vista da axiologia, ou seja, da filosofia o sentido da presença de cada um desses valores como um fator a ser compartilhado pelos servidores da Universidade Federal do Pará.