Institutions receive funds for environmental, social, economic and cultural revitalization actions in the Doce River basin
The five partner institutions of the Young Leadership Training program began to receive funds for the execution of 58 projects. With support from the Renova Foundation, approximately R$1 million will be allocated to environmental, social, economic and cultural revitalization actions in 41 municipalities. The objective is to mobilize and engage young people aged between 15 and 29 in the process of repairing the Doce River basin. Click to see the selected projects in Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo.
The action is developed in partnership with the Community Center for Culture and Development (CPCD) Geraldo Perlingeiro Abreu Foundation; Integrated Center for Sustainable Development Studies and Programs (CIEDS) Minas Gerais Association of Family Farming Schools – AMEFA; and Lumiar Ambiental. Divided into five areas, each institution prepared an action project. The purpose was to create opportunities, through educational processes to promote youth participation and increase the possibilities of acting in local development, social and socio-environmental issues. The project also contributes to strengthening the network of actors and actions that work with youth protagonism, promoting practices for the revitalization of the region.
These are the projects developed by the partner institutions and the municipalities covered:
Minas Gerais Association of Family Farming Schools – (AMEFA)
- Passport for Revitalization Project
- Municipalities: Resplendor, Itueta and Aimores, in Minas Gerais and Baixo Guandu, Colatina and Marilandia, in Espirito Santo
Community Center for Culture and Development (CPCD)
- Jupiter Project
- Municipalities: Mariana, Barra Longa, Ponte Nova, Rio Doce and Santa Cruz do Escalvado, in Minas Gerais
Geraldo Perlingeiro Abreu Foundation
- Doce River Roots and Wings Project
- Municipalities: Bom Jesus do Galho, Bugre, Caratinga, Corrego Novo, Dionisio, Fernandes Tourinho, Iapu, Ipaba, Ipatinga, Marlieria, Pingo D’Água, Raul Soares, Rio Casca, Santana do Paraiso, Sao Domingos do Prata, Sao Jose do Goiabal, Sao Pedro dos Ferros, Sem-Peixe, Sobralia and Timoteo, in Minas Gerais
Integrated Center for Sustainable Development Studies and Programs (CIEDS)
- Doce River Young Leadership Project
- Municipalities: Belo Oriente, Naque, Periquito, Governador Valadares, Espadrilles, Tumiritinga, Galileia and Conselheiro Pena, in Minas Gerais
Lumiar Ambiental
- Lotus Project
- Municipalities: Aracruz and Linhares, in Espirito Santo
Background
In 2020, the Renova Foundation announced the Youth Agenda, with the aim of bringing together initiatives to mobilize and engage young people from the Doce River Basin.
In the first half of 2021, training courses were offered to around 1,200 young people. The classes included historical, socioeconomic and socio-environmental aspects related to the Doce River basin. Then, the institutions worked with their own conceptual methodology, proposed in the initial plan presented and approved in the RFP.