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training programs
In partnership with the Institute of Performance and Leadership, Odebrecht has developed programs to support and reinforce the development of Partners for the practice of Entrepreneurship: PPE and PPE Master.
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On February 9, the Nova Transnordestina railroad, a project undertaken through an alliance established between Transnordestina Logística S.A. and Odebrecht Infraestrutura, received a visit by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
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communities undertaken with the communities
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In order to orient its social-environmental projects, ETH Bioenergia created the Social Energy Program for Local Sustainability, which works with a participative governance model in nine municipalities of four Brazilian states.
Next Edition: march 6, 2012.
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The Odebrecht Oil and Gas refinancing project for the construction of the NORBE VIII and NORBE IX drill rigs earned the Deals of the Year 2011 award in the Project Financing category, granted by the magazine LatinFinance.
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The South Inter-Oceanic Highway in Peru earned the most important global award in the expressway infrastructure sector: the 2011 Global Road Achievement Awards in the Program Management category.
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> people development
Odebrecht Has New Leade Based on the conversations with leaders from Odebrecht
Learn more about each program below:
Oil and Gas (OOG), Odebrecht Energia, Odebrecht Engenharia
held from January 16-20, 2012, and gathered 36
PPE
Industrial and Odebrecht
PPE is designed for those
Members. The event involved the presence of Contract
Infraestrutura, were developed
responsible for Program II
Directors Marcus Vinícius
two programs to support and
and those responsible for the
Reis Dias, from OOG, and
reinforce the development
Results Centers I with career
Henrique Paixão, from
of Partners for the practice
development programs
Odebrecht Infraestrutura;
of Entrepreneurship and for
focused on the contracts.
Sérgio Leão, the professional
a strategic, multidisciplinary
The course is structured
responsible for Sustainability
and global vision: the PPE
into four on-site modules that
at Odebrecht; Galbênia Costa,
(Program for Entrepreneurship)
last five days each, for a total
the professional responsible
and PPE Master (Master
of 160 hours. Each module
for Governance and the
Entrepreneurship Program).
addresses from two to three
AP Cycle at Odebrecht
The initiative involved
topics, such as the Odebrecht
S.A.; Heider Aquino and
a partnership with iPL -
Organization and its Different
Tiago Barreto, from the
Institute of Performance and
Businesses, Sustainability and
Finance Area of Odebrecht
Leadership.
its Main Concepts and Trends,
América Latina e Angola; the
Finances and their Elements
professionals responsible
Rezende, the professional
and Applications, Human
for People and Organization
responsible for People
Behavior and Leadership,
Enio Silva, from Odebrecht
and Organization of the
Communication, Negotiation,
Energia; José Claudio
Engineering and Construction
Client and its Market and the
Grossi, from OOG; and Paulo
Operations, the initiatives were
Entrepreneurship Cycle.
Quaresma, from Odebrecht
According to Antônio
created to support careers and
Infraestrutura, and André
accelerate the development
Paraná, from the P&O area
of Partners. “Our hope is that
at Odebrecht Engenharia
the participants transform
Industrial.
the knowledge acquired into
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The first meeting was
The second module will take
results in the contracts,” said
place in March, the third in May
Rezende.
and the fourth in July 2012.
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er Training Programs PPE MASTER PPE Master is designed for those responsible for the Results Centers II and III with
includes teaching material
practical dimensions.
aligned with the course
For the distance activities,
methodologies.
which are held between the
The first module took place
modules, Members use the
solid experience and the career
from February 6-10 of this year,
Corporate Portal as a support
development programs focused
with the participation of 36
tool, which serves as an interface
on the contracts.
Members and the following
for the exchange of materials
guests: Emyr Costa, Contract
and for interaction between
on-site modules with two topics
Director, those responsible for
educators and participants.
each, held over a five-day period
People and Organization Enio
During the programs,
with a total of 160 hours. The
Silva, José Claudio Grossi and
participants are prompted to
participants learn about the
Paulo Quaresma and André
reflect on “What they learned”
following topics: the Odebrecht
Paraná.
and “What they will take to the
The program consists of four
Organization and its Strategies,
The second, third and fourth
contract.” These reflections will
Self-Knowledge and Leadership,
modules will be held in March,
be organized into a structured
Communication, Sustainability
May and July 2012.
conversation Agenda with the
and its Foundations and Trends, Finances and their Risk Management, Negotiation,
Leader, generating a Summary METHODOLOGY
that will later be shared with the
The methodology adopted
Learning Team (group of eight
Strategy, Entrepreneurial
in the PPE and PPE Master is
Performance and Global Vision.
designed to integrate and relate
Each discipline is conducted
the Education Through and
Summaries, accompanied
by a teaching institution with
For Work actions, reinforcing
by the four Orienting DCs,
mastery of the content and
Presence Pedagogy and the
will form the Learning Log,
Dialogue between Leader and
reflecting the result of the
Led.
learning accumulated during the
The programs use lectures, exercises, customized cases,
Members). The consolidation of the
program. To learn more about the PPE
examples and situations taken
and PPE Master, please seek out
from daily life, promoting
the professional responsible for
connections between the
People and Organization (P&O)
participants’ conceptual and
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> infrastructure
An Axis for Development i On February 9, Nova
main projects under the
Transnordestina, a project
Brazilian Federal Government’s
Odebrecht, Managing
undertaken through
Growth Acceleration Program
Director of Odebrecht S.A.,
an alliance established
(PAC) and will maximize the
Tufi Daher Filho, President
between Transnordestina
potential of cargo transport
of Transnordestina Logística
Logística S.A. and Odebrecht
in Brazil’s Northeast region
S.A., ministers and other
Infraestrutura, received a visit
by connecting the states of
representatives from the
by Brazilian President Dilma
Pernambuco, Ceará and Piauí
companies, Dilma Rousseff
Rousseff.
along its 1,728 kilometers of
visited Lot 2, situated in
rails.
the city of Parnamirim, in
The railroad is one of the
Nova Transnordestina will connect the cities of Pernambuco, Ceará and Piauí along 1,728 kilometers of tracks
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Accompanied by Marcelo
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in the Brazilian Northeast Pernambuco, and learned
There are currently more
and Pecém Port in Ceará, as
about the grid assembly and
than 10,000 workers dedicated
well as to the municipality of
placement of the tracks. The
to the construction of the
Eliseu Martins in Piauí. “With
group also visited the industrial
railroad, which is divided into
Transnordestina, we have a very
construction site in Salgueiro,
11 lots and 25 work fronts.
big axis for development, both
located in Pernambuco’s rural
The project’s base is located
for the transportation of grains
region, where the president
in Salgueiro, the city that
as well as for the transportation
took part in a meeting with
represents the junction for the
of ore,” said President Dilma.
Odebrecht and Transnordestina
railway, which will extend to
directors.
the Suape Port in Pernambuco,
According to the president, the development will also
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> infrastructure
Accompanied by Marcelo Odebrecht and representatives from Odebrecht Infraestrutura and Transnordestina Logística S.A., the President of Brazil visited the railroad construction fronts
contribute toward the economic growth of the Northeast: “With this railroad, we have transversal lines responsible for connecting Brazil’s rural areas with the ports,” she said. “This means the increased capacity to sell foods and explore the region’s potential.” After its conclusion, Nova Transnordestina will have the capacity to transport cargo of up to 32 tons per line. Initially, the annual production through transportation should reach 30 million tons, and may even
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Dilma Rousseff met with the Members working at the project’s administrative site, located in Salgueiro, Per
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surpass 100 million tons once the signs are installed along the railroad. The main cargo transported along the railroad will be ore and grain, primarily from the Southeast of Piauí, in the region of Vale do Gurguéia, and from the Gesseiro Center, located at the border between Pernambuco and Piauí. Furthermore, the return freight of the trains will be able to carry, from the coast to the rural region, the main raw materials for the production process, such fuel and fertilizers, among others.
ernambuco
SUPPORTING SPORTS IN PERNAMBUCO’S BACKCOUNTRY In Pernambuco’s backcountry, Salgueiro is known as the city of soccer fanatics. Of the municipality’s 50,000 inhabitants, an average of 20% goes to the stadium on game days. Through a partnership established with the state and municipal governments, Odebrecht Infraestrutura completed the construction work to expand the Cornélio de Barros Stadium, increasing its capacity from 3,000 to 10,000 fans. Novo Salgueirão received new rows of grandstands, lighting towers, emergency exits and sideline benches and the circulation area was remodeled, with sites reserved for individuals with special needs. The remodeling project began in May 2011 and involved 250 local workers. According to Pedro Leão, Contract Director for the Nova Transnordestina construction work, the new space symbolizes an important legacy left to the population. “The stadium will be the stage to the emergence of great athletes and will help strengthen citizenship,” said Leão.
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A Program for the Communities U
Members of the Araguaia and Rio Taquari Center Thematic Commissions during the training meeting
In order to orient its socialenvironmental projects, ETH Bioenergia created the Social Energy Program for
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four Brazilian states in which the company operates. The program is structured into a
Local Sustainability, which works with a
Community Council and four Thematic
participative governance model in which
Commissions for each municipality,
the communities, city governments and
which cover the following topics: Culture,
companies jointly decide the priorities
Education, Production Activities and Health,
of the municipalities and which projects
Safety and Environmental Preservation. The
will be undertaken. The initiative, created
topics were chosen based on the Odebrecht
in 2010, is held in nine municipalities of
Organization’s Sustainability Policy, the
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Undertaken with the Communities United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Earth Charter. During 2011, a total of 20 projects were developed involving the participation of over 21,000 people in the cities of Cachoeira Alta, Caçu, Mineiros and Perolândia, in Goiás, Nova Alvorada do Sul and Costa Rica, in Mato Grosso do Sul, Mirante do Paranapanema and Teodoro Sampaio, in São Paulo, and Alto Taquari, in Mato Grosso. The company also organized 514 meetings and events and three Local Sustainability Seminars. In all of the municipalities, ETH promotes monthly meetings involving at least four forums: Community Dialogues (open to the community); Thematic Commission Meetings, Community Council Meetings (where the projects are Through the Health, Safety and Environmental Preservation Commission, ETH invested in Emas National Park in Goiás, a Natural Heritage of Mankind reopened in June 2011
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Carla Pires speaks to the public during the launch of the Social Energy project in the city of Perolândia, held in April 2011
discussed) and the Social Energy Cinema
CULTURE
(open to the community to raise awareness
Cultural Point of
about sustainability). The initial resources
Sustainability
come from the financing that ETH took out
The project undertaken in Teodoro
with the Brazilian National Economic and
Sampaio, Mirante de Paranapanema, Caçu,
Social Development Bank (BNDES).
Cachoeira Alta and Nova Alvorada do
According to Carla Pires, the professional responsible for Sustainability, the results of
of a sustainable cultural space in the
the actions reflect the growing leadership
municipalities.
exercised by the communities when it
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Sul will complete the first construction
The cultural centers, which consist of
comes to building the future of their
an exhibit area, auditorium, memorial,
municipalities and in terms of developing
literature, visual arts, dance, theater and
a closer relationship with the population.
music rooms, a library and experimental
Learn more about the main projects of the
kitchen, will collect rainwater for reuse and
Social Energy Program:
adopt practices such as biological sewage
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treatment, recycling and improved energy
country’s first sustainable school as part of
efficiency.
a project integrated with Cultural Point of Sustainability.
Cultural Activities Promoted in Mirante do Paranapanema,
The architectural project will serve as an example for the community and
the project is designed to recover the
will use practices such as rainwater
municipality’s artistic expressions and
storage, recycling and the composting
will offer six free cultural workshops to
of waste, biological sewage and grey
the population. The courses will develop
water treatment, “green” tiles for water
practical exercises and recreational activities
absorption, solar energy collection, the
to promote creativity, self-confidence and
reuse of materials, natural ventilation and
interaction among participants.
lighting, “green” sidewalks and permeable materials.
EDUCATION Sustainable School In Cachoeira Alta, ETH will build the
Training and Professional Qualification The project offers professional qualification for youth and adults from Teodoro Sampaio, Mirante do Paranapanema, Caçu, Cachoeira Alta and Nova Alvorada do Sul and promotes the insertion of workers into the job market. The initiative also involves a partnership with municipal governments, teaching institutions and specialized consulting firms. Over 1,100 people have already been trained, with approximately 80% hired by ETH. On February 2 and 3, ETH held a graduation ceremony for the project’s 241 students in the cities of Mirante do Paranapanema and Teodoro Sampaio. The participants received course
The Mato Grosso do Sul Center Council and Thematic Commission during the creation of“Flower of Sustainability,” a group dynamic exercise designed to promote the construction of topics in the areas of Food Security, Water, Local Economy, Energy and Technology, Species and Ecosystems and Human Interaction
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Family members attend the graduation ceremony of the Professional Training and Qualification Program students in Teodoro Sampaio on February 3, 2012
New professionals will be absorbed by the company’s two agroindustrial units (Conquista do Pontal and Alcídia) in the region. “Investing in qualification programs contributes toward the training of people and creates social-economic development opportunities for the region,” said Vitório Bredariol, responsible for the ETH São Paulo Center. Professional Qualification of the Teaching Staff The program offers a graduate-level course in Institutional Psychopedagogy to teachers from the municipal and state public and private schools in Mirante do Paranapanema, designed to train them to develop skills in students with learning
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ETH offers training in the communities and at city government sites for the completion of the projects
disabilities and to qualify local teaching. With 450 hours per class, the course is administered by professors from the São Paulo Cidade University - UNICID. ENVIRONMENT Urban Solid Waste Integrated Management Program The action is being implemented in Mirante de Paranapanema, Teodoro Sampaio, Caçu, Cachoeira Alta and Nova Alvorada do Sul with aims of fulfilling the Solid Waste Integrated Management Plans (PGIRS). The initiative also includes
Eduardo Piazzulunga, Mayor of Mirante do Paranapanema, and Juraci Bastor, People and Administration Manager of the ETH São Paulo Center, receive the municipality’s PGIRS
local technical training, environmental education related to waste management, the installation of an integrated selective collection system, treatment and disposal of urban solid waste and public policy actions, such as the improvement of the municipalities’ sanitary and environmental conditions. On February 9 and 10, in partnership with the city governments, Social Energy held public hearings in Mirante do Paranapanema and Teodoro Sampaio, respectively, to debate the municipalities’ PGIRS together with the communities. “The plans will help align the improvements in health conditions, odebrechtnoticias.com.br / no. 276 / february 2012
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> sustainability environmental protection and job opportunity generation in the region,” said Carla Pires. During a five-month period, the professionals diagnosed the waste treatment scenario in the two cities, and through analyses, they produced studies to assess compliance with legislation and opportunities for improvement. These studies were used to elaborate management plans that involve proposals to adjust the existing system. Carla Pires reinforced that putting the plans into practice is an example of the synergy between the community, government and company to define local priorities: “We are closer to the communities where we operate, allowing us to identify their real needs and, together, develop projects that help improve people’s quality of life,” she said.
The Mayor of Nova Alvorada do Sul, Arlei Barbosa, inaugurated the city’s new clinical analysis laboratory last June
leadership of youth at institutions in the city, in addition to orienting the
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
relationship between parents and children.
Healthy Lifestyle The program is designed to raise the awareness of the Cachoeira Alta
The Nova Alvorada do Sul clinical analysis
community as to the importance of healthy
laboratory was the first project undertaken
lifestyle habits, environmental preservation
by the Social Energy Program. Inaugurated
and the practice of citizenship through
in June 2011, the space received
courses, lectures and activities.
investments for improvements in physical
The main focus of the action is to encourage adolescents to develop healthy behaviors, promoting the
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Clinical Analysis Laboratory
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and operational infrastructure. The new resources allowed for an expansion in the capacity of exams offered
animal feed during the dry period. The initiative is tied to the Dairy Basin Development Project, undertaken in partnership with the municipal government to meet the demands of the region’s school lunch program. Ribeirão dos Paulas Community Garden The action is designed to guarantee the supply of organic produce in Cachoeira Alta by using a community product system that excludes the use of fertilizers, pesticides and growth regulator products. The project also includes training for settlers and small rural producers, the necessary environmental adjustments to the property, area zoning, installation of an irrigation kit, installation of a by the laboratory. The average number of
processing space and acquisition of a
analyses performed per month increased
vehicle for product transportation.
from 1,100 to 1,800.
Sustainable Organic Produce
PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES
Production
Animal Nutrition
Undertaken in Nova Alvorada do Sul
The Animal Nutrition Project – Support
and involving farmers from the region
for the Milk Production Chain, is designed
and settlement producers, the project
to maximize the potential milk production
helps disseminate practical knowledge
in Teodoro Sampaio, in addition to
for the production of circular gardens
promoting the implementation of nutrition
through an agro-ecological system that
techniques for dairy cattle, based on the
excludes the use of fertilizers, pesticides
production of sugarcane to supplement the
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> oil and gas
The Best Financing Project i The Odebrecht Oil and Gas (OOG) refinancing
geared toward the financial
Entrepreneurship Support
market.
- Finances at Odebrecht
project for the construction
The award ceremony
Energia, all of whom
of the NORBE VIII e NORBE
was held on January
participated in the first
IX drill rigs won the Deals of
19 in New York. Mário
negotiation, received the
the Year 2011 award in the
Augusto, responsible for
trophy of distinction.
Project Financing category
Entrepreneurship Support
in Latin America, granted by
- Finances, Helena Ramos,
replaces the financing
the magazine LatinFinance,
from the Finances Area,
through banks and
considered one of the most
both at OOG, and Marco
export credit agencies
prestigious publications
Rabello, responsible for
for fundraising in the
The winning project
international financial market, in which there was the maintenance of the same previous structure of guarantees tied only to the program’s assets. In the amount of US$ 1.5 billion, LatinFinance considers the project bond developed by OOG to be a market reference for others, helping to create what is considered a “new, growing and important class of assets.” The magazine further affirms that by beginning the exploration in the pre-salt layer, Petrobras, an OOG client, is expanding the horizon of financing for Marco Rabello, Helena Ramos and Mário Augusto represented OOG during the award ceremony held in the United States
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the construction of drill rigs, and accordingly, the banks
in Latin America will have to open up space in
Infrastructure Finance, Marine
In 2010, the same
their balances for these types
project was awarded by the
Money and International
of credit.
magazines Project Finance and
Financing Review.
The awarded refinancing project was developed for the construction of the NORBE VIII and NORBE IX drill rigs
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> peru
International Award for So The South Inter-Oceanic
Achievement Award in
entity that promotes the
Highway in Peru earned
the Program Management
development of safe and
the most important global
category.
sustainable road networks
award in the expressway
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Granted by the
– the award highlights the
infrastructure sector:
International Road
quality standards applied
the 2011 Global Road
Federation (IRF) – the global
to the development of the
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Ronny Loor and Delcy Machado receive the trophy for the 2011 Global Road Achievement Award, granted by the International Road Federation
outh Inter-Oceanic world’s main infrastructure
of Integration and
the South Inter-Oceanic
projects that respect the
Development,” showed the
Concessionaire (South IIRSA),
environment.
management of the South
CONIRSA, Conservación
Inter-Oceanic Initiative
Internacional and the
called “Inter-Oceanic
(iSur) – a strategic alliance
ProNaturaleza Foundation.
Highway - a Corridor
between Odebrecht Peru,
The award also recognized
The winning project,
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> peru the work of the involved
important external
teams and professionals
recognition for the
from the companies
entire team that made
that are undertaking the
the client’s dream come
construction work and
true and worked on the
from the country’s Ministry
construction and operation
of Transportation and
of South IIRSA Sur along
Communications.
the stretches 2 and 3,
iSur contributes toward
allowing for the beginning
sustainable development
of the so-called regional
and the conservation of
integration between Peru
the zone of influence along
and Brazil,” said Ronny Loor.
stretches 2 and 3 of the
According to Loor, through
highway, from Urcos (Cusco)
iSur it was possible to
to Iñapari (Madre de Dios),
harmoniously consolidate
benefiting more than 20,000
efforts with organizations,
people.
institutions, municipalities,
The award ceremony
regional governments and
took place on January 24 in
communities with aims
Washington DC and involved
of contributing toward
the presence of more than
sustainable development
250 delegations from all
and the conservation of the
over the world, including
highway’s zone of influence.
authorities, ambassadors,
“Up until present we have
IRF representatives and
directly benefited more than
the general public. Patrick
2,500 families,” he said.
Sankey, Executive President of IRF, delivered the award
Concessionaire received
to Ronny Loor, Investment
the 2010 Global Road
Director of the North
Achievement Award for the
IIRSA and South IIRSA
work undertaken during the
concessionaires, and Delcy
construction of Stretch 1
Machado, Executive Director
of the North Inter-Oceanic
of iSur.
Highway, which connects
“The award is a very
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In 2011, the North IIRSA
Tarapoto to Yurimaguas.
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The South Inter-Oceanic Initiative supports the sustainable development of the communities located between Urcos and I単apari, benefiting more than 20,000 people
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> fast notes
Odebrecht Among 10 Companies of Executives’ Dreams On February 13, the human resources
the Odebrecht Organization in 9th place
consulting firm DMRH and Nextview, a
as the Company of Executives’ Dreams.
research company focused on trends in
The study was designed to understand the
people management and development,
executives’ perspective on the company
disclosed the first study that identified the
of their dreams, the motives behind their
desires and values of executives working in
choice, professional accomplishment,
Brazil.
retention and leadership.
The study – conducted in November 2011
In June of last year, Odebrecht was among
with 5,300 executives from all age groups at
the Top 10 Companies of Youths’ Dreams in a
the country’s largest companies — indicated
study elaborated by Cia. de Talentos.
Foz do Brasil Helps Reduce Diarrhea in Santa Gertrudes Foz do Brasil began
Correa.
operating in Santa
among the population is
Gertrudes, a municipality in
related to the water quality.
undertaken by the Getúlio
the rural region of São Paulo,
According to the study, the
Vargas Foundation
at the end of 2010, and since
diarrhea rate has dropped
(FGV) indicates different
then it has been making
30% since the start of 2011.
development rates as
investments to advance
“Besides representing a
the result of investments
sanitation in the region.
great advance in sanitation,
made in the sanitation
the improvement in the
sector, such as the 25%
city’s Health Surveillance
water distributed in Santa
reduction in the number of
and Epidemiological
Gertrudes reduced costs
hospital admissions due to
Surveillance areas disclosed
in the public health area,”
gastrointestinal problems
an analysis showing that
said Health Surveillance
in municipalities with water
the significant reduction in
Inspector, Adriana Fabiana
and sewage treatment.
During the past week, the
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A recent study
Santo Antônio HPP to Begin Construction of GG4
The procedure to remove the water and clean the site that will house the Santo Antônio HPP GG4 lasted three months
In February, the Santo Antônio Civil Consortium (CSAC) finalized the work to
the water’s oxygen level. In January of this year, the CSAC team
remove the water from the site where the
completed a procedure to interrupt the
fourth Generation Group (GG4) of the Santo
course of a 5,000- m2 island that was heading
Antônio Hydroelectric Power Plant will be
toward the Santo Antônio HPP gates. The
constructed in Rondônia. The GG4 will house
work lasted two days and used cables and
at least 12 bulb turbines with a generation
buoys to prevent the fragmentation of the
capacity of up to 859 MW of energy.
insula, which was anchored to the bank of the
The pumping began in November 2011,
Madeira River.
a period during which workers completed the cofferdam construction, which allows for access to the Madeira River bed region. The activities were undertaken with the monitoring of a team specialized in the rescue of aquatic fauna (ichthyofauna) in an area of approximately 400,00 m2 and up to 42 meters deep. Over 5 million m3 of water were transported and the fauna was preserved through the use of techniques that maintain
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> fast notes
Odebrecht Realizações Launches New Institutional Catalog The new Odebrecht
included in the portfolio for
session to illustrate the
Realizações Imobiliárias
each Brazilian region where
catalog’s pages. Just like
(OR) institutional catalog
OR operates, together with
the focus on people, the
for the year 2011-2012 has
the concepts and pillars
proposal was to maintain
just been launched.
that structure the company.
the creative line, developed
The publication gathers all of the developments
In 2011, all of the OR leaders took part in a photo
from its very creation. According to Paul Altit, Entrepreneurial Leader, the leaders portrayed represent their teams and everything that they have been and will be capable of achieving. “The catalog reflects the business positioning that the portfolio of unique projects is the result of the work of the leaders and their teams, which use the TEO [Odebrecht Entrepreneurial Technology] to seek the permanent Satisfaction of our Clients,” said Altit. View the new OR institutional catalog. Access: http://www. orealizacoes.com.br/ catalogo/
In the institutional catalog, the OR leaders represent their teams and the company’s accomplishments during the past year
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Braskem Honors Inventors With aims of promoting the protection of intellectual capital through Patents (PI), Utility Models (UM) and Industrial Drawing (ID), Braskem created the Inventor Incentive Program. The company currently has more than 400 registered patents. In order to honor the inventors from 2011 – professionals that registered patents in Brazil
Braskem pays tribute to the Members/inventors who registered their patents in Brazil and in other countries in 2011
and abroad –, the company organized a dinner in São
associated with innovation,
thanking the participants
Paulo on February 7 with
and you are a part of this,” he
for their efforts last year
the presence of Carlos
said.
and requested that they
Fadigas, Entrepreneurial
The 18 Members
Leader, as well as other
present received
leaders.
trophies symbolizing
encourage their colleagues to protect their ideas. Any Member can be an
the achievement of the
inventor. The contributions
of the event, Fadigas
patents. “This type of action
can range from innovations
congratulated the Members
motivates the inventors and
in products, processes and
who helped increase
other Members who are still
applications to a simple
Braskem’s knowledge.
developing their ideas,” said
improvement. Innovation
“The patent represents
Roberto Werneck, one of
is one of the pillars of
the materialization of the
the professionals honored.
the Braskem 2020 Vision:
During the opening
knowledge we possess at
Edmundo Aires,
“Be the global leader in
home,” said Fadigas. “It brings
responsible for Corporate
sustainable chemistry,
me enormous satisfaction
Innovation & Technology
innovating to better serve
to look at the newspapers
Entrepreneurship Support,
people.”
and see Braskem’s name
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> fast notes
Partnership Combines Environmental Conservation with Generation of Work and Income
Aerial view of the municipality of Igrapiúna, one of the regions benefitted by the partnership
Responsible for the recovery and conservation of flows of life in the Pratigi Environmental Protection Area (EPA), located in the Bahia
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farmers, orienting them as to the appropriate handling of cultivations. Lasting 36 months and with financial
Southern Lowlands, the Land Conservation
investments of R$ 2.3 million, the action will be
Organization (OCT), supported by the Odebrecht
initiated in March of this year and will benefit
Foundation, sealed an important partnership
500 families residing in the municipalities of
with the Regional Action Development Company
Igrapiúna and Piraí do Norte. The proposal is
(CAR), an entity associated with the Bahia State
to install Agroforest Systems as a strategy for
Government. The partnership will allow for
promoting a local economy in sustainable
the implementation of the project “Production
bases, valuing the natural assets that exist in the
Conservation: New Arrangements as a Strategy
territory and maintaining environmental services
for Territorial Development in Sustainable Bases,”
aggregated with the generation of work and
designed to provide technical support to family
income.
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RBS Story Highlights Work of Foz do Brasil in Uruguaiana The residents of Rio Grande do Sul learned a bit more about one of the initiatives undertaken
suffered for years with the strong taste of the water in the summer. “I trust Foz,” she said.
by Foz do Brasil in the city of Uruguaiana: the
The topics had repercussions and earned
elimination of the water odor due to the high
recognition in the state with statements made
volume of algae in the Uruguai River – a problem
by residents, such as Maria de Lurdes da Silva
experienced by the population with the arrival of
Freitas, who praised the mobile laboratory
summer.
service offered by Foz do Brasil. The story was
In order to resolve the problem, Foz do Brasil
featured on Bom Dia Rio Grande (“Good Morning,
conducted several studies and determined that
Rio Grande”), a morning television news program
it needed to change one of the products used
that leads the audience ratings in Rio Grande do
to treat the resource, adopting chlorine dioxide.
Sul, and on RBS Notícias, a news program that
“Today, our water has changed and I am drinking
achieves 75.9% of audience, both broadcasted
it right from the faucet,” said Etelvina Maria de
on RBS TV – an affiliate of the Globo Network in
Almeida Carrazoni, a native of Uruguaiana, who
the region. Click here to view it.
During a statement made to RBS TV, resident Maria de Lurdes praised the service provided by Foz do Brasil
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> fast news – people development
Conclusion of Fourth Acreditar Junior Group
Since the start of the program in August 2009, Acreditar Junior has already trained more than 800 youth, children of the Members of the Santo Antônio Hydroelectric Power Plant
Working in partnership with Brazil’s National
discipline and qualification and helped her choose
Industrial Learning Service (SENAI), Odebrecht
her professional future. “Acreditar will help me enter
Energia held the graduation ceremony for the
the job market,” said the daughter of João Medeiros
fourth group participating in the Acreditar (Aspire)
da Silva, Crane Operator at the Santo Antônio
Junior Program on February 3 in Rondônia. The
HPP construction project. Proud, the Members
initiative is directed at the children of Santo
expresses his satisfaction at seeing his daughter
Antônio Civil Consortium (CSAC) Members ages 14
graduate: “It was the point of departure for her to
to 17 studying at least at the sixth grade level.
have an excellent career,” he said.
A total of 197 youth participated in the group, receiving free courses in the trades of Automobile
During the ceremony, Antônio Cardilli – the professional responsible for People and
Maintenance Mechanic, Diesel Engine Maintenance Organization and Institutional Relations at the Mechanic, Motorcycle Maintenance Mechanic,
Santo Antônio HPP and the creator of Acreditar
Building and Industrial Installation Electrician and
and Acreditar Junior – declared that the program
Production Assistant during a one-year period.
is a way of giving the Rondônia population back
Kellen Stefany Costa Silva, age 15, took part
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the affection and trust it has bestowed in the
in the Production Assistant course and wants to
plant construction. “Knowledge is something that
study civil engineering in college. According to the
nobody can take from you,” said Cardilli. “Believe in
youth, the program provided her with maturity,
your dreams.”
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Learning Opportunity for Pernambuco Youth “The experience is changing my life,” said
the classroom and are monitored up-close by
José Alves da Silva. “I learn a lot every day and
the leaders,” said Ana Carolina Sousa, from the
have the opportunity to see things I never
People & Organization area.
knew about before.” The Pernambuco native
According to Sousa, after the end of
is part of a group of 67 youth participating in
the program – which lasts one year – the
the Young Apprentice Program, developed
participants can be contracted: “We have several
by the PTA POY PET Installation Program,
youth that began as apprentices,” said Sousa. This
which involves the construction of the Suape
is the case of Luana Kelly Santos, Administrative
Petrochemical Complex in Pernambuco currently
Assistant in the Financial area, who participated
being undertaken by Odebrecht Engenharia
in the program in 2010 and was contracted after
Industrial.
its conclusion. “As a Young Apprentice, I found
The program is designed to train participants,
the support I needed to learn, since I did not
aligning theoretical knowledge – with classes
have any professional experience,” said Santos.
administered by Brazil’s National Industrial
“The monitoring I received was very important.”
Learning Service (SENAI) – and practical
In all, the PTA POY PET Installation project has
activities. The students are qualified for the
already trained 80 youth in trades from the civil,
trades of bricklayer, carpenter, assembler and
electromechanical and administrative areas. “Our
hydraulic plumber. “At the construction project,
goal is to contract an additional 15 people from
the youth learn in practice what they study in
the current group,” said Sousa.
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Teles Pires HPP Receives Young Partners On February 6 and 7, Odebrecht
circuit, the last located along the right
Energia promoted the Young Partner
bank of the Teles Pires River. Members
Program Welcome Meeting for nine
of the People and Organization area and
Members of the Tele Pires Hydroelectric
Antônio Augusto, Contract Director at
Power Plant (HPP), currently being built in
the Teles Pires HPP, also took part in the
Mato Grosso. During the event, participants
meeting.
listened to presentations about the project
The Young Partner Program is designed
and heard general orientations about the
to identify and invest in professional youth
Human Resources Policy and program.
who have the potential to become future
Oriented by Matheus Gontijo and André
leaders and entrepreneurs. The selection
Queiroz, Production Managers, the Young
was held last year in five Brazilian capitals:
Partners visited the construction site
Belo Horizonte, Recife, Rio de Janeiro,
and office and lodging installations, the
Salvador and São Paulo. In all, Odebrecht
construction of the bridge and generation
Energia contracted 31 youth.
For a two-day period, the nine Young Partners at the Teles Pires HPP participated in presentations about the project and visited the construction work
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Odebrecht International Promotes Distance Undergraduate Course
Students from the Business Administration course gather for on-site classes
In partnership with the International Continued Education Association (AIEC), Odebrecht International is offering an undergraduate distance education course in Business Administration for Members working in Mozambique. In the city of Tete, where the company develops the Moatize Coal Project – a coal mining development for the company Vale –, the course was initiated in 2011 and 30 students are currently enrolled, including Odebrecht and Vale Members. The distance undergraduate course allows professionals to continue with the course even if they move to another country. AIEC is a Brazilian institution that was formed to train professionals in business, process and people management.
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Odebrecht Energia Holds 2012 Supervisors Meeting The General Supervisors
Held in Rio de Janeiro from
projects. “We left the event with
include a group of strategic
February 10-12 with aims
information that helps us face
professionals for Odebrecht
of addressing topics related
future challenges,” said Gilson
Energia, since they have
to the Supervisors’ role as
Aguiar, General Supervisor of
ample technical knowledge
Leaders, generating synergy
Rock Excavations for the Santo
acquired through Education
and promoting the sharing of
Antônio Civil Consortium.
Through Work at the
ideas and good practices, the
company’s projects, aligned
event gathered 66 Members
topics discussed will serve as the
with leadership capacity
working on the construction of
foundation for the actions to be
and successor training. With
the Santo Antônio, Teles Pires
implemented at the company
this in mind, the People and
and Simplício Hydroelectric
construction sites, aiming to
Organization area promoted
Power Plants as well as
strengthen the Supervisors’ role.
the 2012 Supervisors’ Meeting.
the Furnas modernization
The conclusions as to the
The speakers included Renato Baiardi, member of the Odebrecht S.A. Board of Directors, Daiha Blando, Managing Director at Energia Brasil, Mário Lúcio Pinheiro, Contract Director at the Santo Antônio HPP, and Enio Silva, responsible for P&O and Communication at Odebrecht Energia. The meeting also included the closure of the Supervisor Development Program (PDS) and the graduation of its participants. The Members also visited tourist points in Rio de Janeiro.
The General Supervisors of Odebrecht Energia visited the Christ the Redeemer Statue and Sugarloaf Mountain
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Angolan Photographers Participate in Workshop
Holanda Cavalcanti, Photography Editor for Odebrecht Informa, administers a workshop for Angolan photographers
On February 10, Odebrecht Angola promoted a photography workshop administered by
toward the teams’ alignment,” he said. During the meeting, the editor showed
Holanda Cavalcanti, Photography Editor
the photography practices adopted by
for the magazine Odebrecht Informa with
the magazine to produce news stories,
the participation of 17 people, including
encouraged participants’ creativity and
assemblers, company Members ad professional
promoted the exploration of ideas to inspire the
photographers.
photographers. “The workshop was an excellent
The meeting was designed to clarify the
opportunity for us to learn about Odebrecht’s
publication’s photographic editorial line and
standards and will certainly contribute toward
that of the Organization’s other publications
the improvement of the work undertaken,” said
and the image quality standards used for the
professional photographer Kamene Traça.
companies’ archive. “The meeting was positive
At the end of the meeting, the participants
in terms of allowing everyone to understand
received copies of the autographed book Ê
the publications’ editorial line,” said Cavalcanti.
Povo Ê (“It’s People It’s”) written by Holanda
“I believe that these initiatives help contribute
Cavalcanti. odebrechtnoticias.com.br / no. 276 / february 2012
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