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Nº 255 / APRIL 2011
Kambas do Bem: Three Years of Solidarity
and Mobilization
4 a new company to strengthen security
In order to consolidate its operations in the area of defense and security, the Odebrecht Organization has launched a new company, called Odebrecht Defesa e Tecnologia (ODT).
6 discussing sustainability Some 200 Members of the Organization’s companies participated in the first meeting of the Sustainability Knowledgeable Community Social-Environmental Theme Group.
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12 new braskem pvc plant Braskem laid the cornerstone for its
new PVC plant, located in the city of Marechal Deodoro, in Alagoas.
14 ‘friends who do good’: three years of actions in angola
Kambas do Bem, a group formed by wives of Odebrecht expatriates in Angola celebrated three years of volunteer work.
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24 new rural entrepreneurs The Education-Production Project, developed by the Odebrecht Foundation, is training new rural entrepreneurs in Bahia’s Baixo Sul region.
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20 clean waters project: excellence in management
The Clean Waters Project earned the Brazilian Habitat Quality and Productivity Program (PBQP-H) Award from the Ministry of Cities in the “Sanitation” category.
22 the right destination for cooking oil
The program “Get Smart - Water and Oil Don’t Mix,” implemented in Rio Claro by Foz do Brasil, arrived to other operations of the company.
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On April 7, the Odebrecht
Organization launched a new
company, Odebrecht Defesa
e Tecnologia (ODT), designed
to consolidate its operations
in the area of defense and
security. The new company will
concentrate its activities on the
development and production of
integrated public security and
national security systems based
on the customized use of the
top technologies available.
“Odebrecht Defesa e
Tecnologia is equipped to
manage and install major deve-
lopments,” said Roberto Simões,
Managing Director of Special
Projects and Investments
at Odebrecht Engenharia
Industrial and responsible for
ODT. “The company benefits
from Odebrecht’s international
experience designing projects
in highly complex environ-
ments, structuring the financial
architecture of investments, and
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A New Company to Strengthen Security
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primarily, absorbing, elaborating
and employing advanced tech-
nologies,” explained Simões.
One of the steps for ensu-
ring the feasibility of the new
business was the recent acqui-
sition of control of Mectron
Engenharia, a company from São
José dos Campos. With 20 years
of experience offering services
to the Armed Forces, Mectron
manufactures missiles and high
technology products for the
aerospace market, including
radars and aviation and commu-
nication, control and command
systems. The company is curren-
tly designing and manufactu-
ring aeronautical equipment for
onboard civil and military pla-
tforms for the aerospace market
in the avionics sector, as well as
energy, telemetry and telecom-
mand systems.
In 2010, Odebrecht establi-
shed a partnership with the
company EADS Defence &
Security to supply integrated
solutions in systems for the
Armed Forces and civil security.
The joint venture includes the
creation of a Brazilian industrial
base, but will also operate in
other countries.
The company also works in
partnership with the French
company DCNS to install
the naval shipyard and base
complex in Rio de Janeiro
that will serve as site for the
construction and operation
of four conventional subma-
rines and one nuclear sub-
marine under the Brazilian
Navy’s National Submarine
Development Program.
“Starting now, this operation
will take place inside ODT,”
said Simões.
ODT will produce integrated security system
using the best technologies and equipment
A New Company to Strengthen Security
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> knowledgeable community
Photos: Holanda Cavalcanti
Discussing Sustainability
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Some 200 Members participated in the Sustainability Knowledgeable Community Social-Environmental Theme Group
On April 4 and 5, some 200
Members of the Engineering
and Construction busi-
ness companies, Odebrecht
Oil and Gas, Odebrecht
Realizações Imobiliárias,
Foz do Brasil, Braskem and
ETH Bioenergia, both from
Brazil and other countries,
participated in the first mee-
ting of the Sustainability
Knowledgeable Community
Social-Environmental Theme
Group in São Paulo.
On the first day, participants
listened to testimonials by
the leaders representing the
Organization’s main stakehol-
ders - shareholders, clients,
financing and support enti-
ties, social and environmental
organizations - and discussed
the companies’ roles with
relation to sustainability, the
topic of engineering and best
practices in the sector. The
following day, Members sho-
wed cases of actions related
to sustainability at their pro-
jects.
“Learning and sustainabili-
ty must be the community’s
two goals,” said Sérgio Foguel,
Discussing Sustainability
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member of the Odebrecht S.A. Board of
Directors. “Their installation marks a new
level at the Organization, together with the
new Sustainability Policy,” he said.
CONTRIBUTIONS BY SPECIALISTS AND
PROFESSIONALS
During the opening phase of the activi-
ties, Sérgio Leão, the professional respon-
sible for Engineering and Construction
Operation Sustainability, showed how the
theme has developed at the Organization
over the years, since the implementation
of the first Environmental Program in
1992. He cited the main advances: “Last
year, we conducted the first Inventory of
Greenhouse Gas Emissions, we revised
the Sustainability Policy and we expan-
ded the Odebrecht Award for Sustainable
Development,” said Leão. “This year,
we plan to gather the Sustainability
Knowledgeable Community and by 2013,
we want to create the International
Sustainability Award.”
Sérgio Foguel then shared tips for practi-
cing these concepts at the companies and
contract sites. For him, development, sustai-
nability and competitiveness are insepara-
ble concepts. “The issue must have econo-
mic, environmental, social, political and cul-
tural scope, promoting the social-economic
development of the communities in which
we operate,” Foguel explained.
The 2020 Vision and objectives for the
2011/2013 Period were addressed by Paulo
Lacerda, Vice President of Engineering and
Construction Operations. “We must walk the
path of the 2020 Vision, improving the exis-
During the days of the lectures, Members debated the themes presented and consolidated best practices
> knowledgeable community
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ting competencies and developing others,”
said Lacerda.
The Petrobras Sustainability Coordinator
- Engineering and Management Support
Department, Regina Brandão, discussed
the company’s Social Responsibility Policy
and the Brazilian National Economic and
Social Development Bank (BNDES) Head
of the Environmental Area (BNDES), Sérgio
Weguelin, talked about innovation and the
need to create economic indicators for the
theme.
To explore the relationship between
sustainability, companies and society, the
meeting included lectures by the Executive
Vice President of the Ethos Institute, Paulo
Itacarambi, and the Executive Vice President
of the Ecological Research Institute (Ipê),
Claudio de Pádua.
Itacarambi highlighted the importance
of the partnership between companies in
order to help build a sustainable and just
society. “Brazil is successfully reducing social
inequality and with the support of com-
panies and development of new technolo-
gies, we can accelerate this process,” said
Itacarambi.
LESSONS LEARNED
The end of the first day and the second
day were dedicated to exchanging expe-
riences among Members based on examples
of Organization company projects.
Paola Nacarato, from Odebrecht Peru,
and Gabriel Azevedo, Responsible for
Sustainability at Odebrecht Energia, des-
cribed the environmental licensing pro-
cess at the Chaglla Hydroelectric Power
During the days of the lectures, Members debated the themes presented and consolidated best practices
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Plant, a project recently acquired by the
Organization in Peru. Gabriel Azevedo
emphasized that the planning of social-
environmental actions should be among
the priorities at the start of the contract.
“The earlier we establish the social-envi-
ronmental initiatives in contracts, the
better,” said Azevedo. “The Sustainability
teams should be out in the field from the
very start to anticipate risks and oppor-
tunities,” he said.
Representing Odebrecht Venezuela,
Tania Boscan talked about how the
Maracaibo Plain Socialist Agrarian
Project is a model of integrated deve-
lopment in the region. “We described
how with the sum of the construction
work (infrastructure), together with
the human and productive component
(Members and production), we can
generate economic and social develop-
ment,” said Boscan.
The best practices of the PROSUB
Project, in Rio de Janeiro, and the Santo
Antônio Hydroelectric Power Plant, in
Rondônia, were outlined by Iva Paixão
and Silva and Ana Carolina Farias, both
from Odebrecht Infraestrutura, and by
Nelson Alves, from Odebrecht Energia.
Carla Pires, Responsible for
Sustainability at ETH, discussed social
energy and the biodiversity corri-
dors developed by the company, and
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Marcelo Valadão, Construction Director
at Odebrecht Realizações Imobiliárias,
revealed the “green certification” pro-
cesses undertaken by i-Tower, the deve-
lopment that recently arrived to São
Paulo.
At the end of the meeting, the parti-
cipants gathered into groups to discuss
the content exposed during the two
days of lectures and to consolidate what
they learned for application in their res-
pective businesses. The document with
the conclusions will be published on the
Sustainability Community Page of the
Corporate Portal.
The community elected Caroline
Azevedo, who works on the Rio
Paraguaçu Consortium projects in
Bahia, to be leader of the Social-
Environmental Theme Group. Azevedo
will be assisted by Claudia Dias, from
Odebrecht Angola, and by Gabriela
Rocha, from Odebrecht Peru. Four Best
Practices themes were selected for
the next meetings. These include: Civil
Construction Waste, Social Technologies,
Infrastructure Development in Sensitive
Environments and Climate Change.
Regina Brandão, from Petrobras; Sérgio Weguelin, from BNDES; Paulo Itacarambi, from the Ethos Institute; and Sérgio Foguel, member of the Odebrecht S.A. Board of Directors; were some of the speakers at the meeting
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> chemicals and petrochemicals
On April 6, Braskem laid the cornerstone for its new PVC
plant, located in the city of Marechal Deodoro, in Alagoas. The
work has already begun, and during the construction period,
the new plant will generate approximately 2,500 direct job
opportunities.
The unit will begin operating during the first half of 2012 and
will receive investments of R$ 1 billion, the largest made by
Braskem in a single project since its foundation. Its production
capacity will be 200,000 tons of PVC per year.
The company, which already has a resin unit ins-
Jovens fazem
New Braskem PVC Plant
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Braskem already has a PVC plant in Marechal Deodoro. With the new unit, the company will produce 460,000 tons of resin per year
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talled in Alagoas, will produce 460,000 tons per year with the
new project. This will make the State the largest PVC produ-
cer in Latin America, helping to strengthen the existing trans-
formation center.
MEETING DEMAND
The installation of the new unit reflects the successful
moment experienced by Brazil’s civil construction market,
which has showed an increasing demand for PVC for use in
tubes, connections, profiles and frames. Last year, the growth
of activities in the civil construction and sanitation sectors cre-
ated an 18% increase in the demand for PVC in the domestic
market.
“The new plant confirms Braskem’s commitment to the deve-
lopment of the chemistry and plastics production chain in the
country and attests to its goal to keep up with its clients’ gro-
wth. In addition to this investment, the company inaugurated
a polypropylene plant in 2008 in the city of Paulínia [rural São
Paulo] and another green ethane plant in Triunfo [Rio Grande
do Sul] last year. “This demonstrates the company’s faith in
the sector and country’s development,” said Carlos Fadigas,
Business Leader.
From left to right: Cristiano Mateus, Mayor of Marechal Deodoro; Carlos Fadigas; and Téo Vilela, Governor of Alagoas, during the ceremony to lay the cornerstone for the new Braskem PVC Plant
WORKERS TRAINED FOR
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
Odebrecht Engenharia
Industrial, responsible for
the construction work for the
new Braskem PVC plant, is
training regional residents to
work on the project through
the Continued Professional
Qualification Program - Acre-
ditar (“Believe”). The courses
offered include those for
the professions of bricklayer,
welder, boilermaker welder,
electrician, assembler and
mechanic, and participants
receive certification from the
Alagoas National Industrial
Learning Service (SENAI).
Two groups of hardware
assemblers and another two
with carpenters, for a total
of 60 people, have already
completed the program.
The initiative recei-
ves the support of the
Alagoas State Fede-
ration of Industries,
the Ministry of Deve-
lopment and Hunger
Alleviation, State
Department of Labor,
Employment and
Income, the Alagoas
State Government and
Marechal Deodoro
City Government.
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‘Friends who do Good’: Three Years of Actions in Angola
Kambas do Bem celebrated three years of activities in Angola. Over 150 women have already participated in the group
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> social responsibility
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In April 2008, a group consis-
ting of women from different
countries established the first
contacts with the community
of Mussende, a site in which the
war refugees from the Province
of Malange in Viana have
taken up residence.
This gave rise to the
volunteer work of Kambas
do Bem (roughly translated
as “Friends who do Good”,) a
group formed by 100 wives
of Odebrecht expatriates in
Angola. Since then, the kambas
(or “friends”) have dedicated
their time to learning about the
reality of the capital’s needy
communities, identifying their
needs and organizing activities
that ensure the feasibility of the
proposed contributions.
On March 31, the women
celebrated three years of activi-
ties and 15 completed actions,
such as the construction of
schools and vocational centers
during an event in the com-
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munity of Honga in Luanda.
The occasion also marked the
inauguration of the Honga
Community Center, with a chur-
ch, training room - where a con-
fectionary course is being held
- a sewing workshop, daycare
and health care unit. The chil-
dren and adolescents who take
part in the capoeira classes and
a dance group from Mussende
also performed for the guests.
“We are thankful to God, the
Angolan people, Odebrecht
Angola and the partner compa-
nies of and each one of the kam-
bas for the contributions they
have made toward the success
of these projects,” said Luciana
Arce, President of Kambas do
Bem and wife of Ernesto Baiardi,
the Odebrecht Managing
Director in the country.
“Through this support, we have
been able to bring the residents
of these communities hope for a
better future,” she said.
SOLIDARITY AND CAPACITY
FOR MOBILIZATION
After more than one year
of work in the community
of Mussende, the region
where Odebrecht under-
took the “Waters of Luanda”
Project in October 2009,
the kambas inaugurated
the Mussende School, which
offers primary level education.
The site was erected with
funds collected during parties
and events organized by the
group and with donations
from partner companies.
Consisting of six class-
rooms, an administrative
room, teachers’ room, library
and three training centers,
> social responsibility
In the Kimbundo dialect,
“Kambas” means “friends.”
The capoeira classes and a dance groups from Mussende and Honga performed on the date the Kambas celebrated their anniversary
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Sewing and cooking workshops and reading incentive programs are some of the actions promoted by the kambas in Mussende and Honga
the school assists 600 chil-
dren, adolescents and adults,
the latter during evening lite-
racy and vocational courses.
In partnership with the
Angolan Water Company
(EPAL), the kambas also ins-
talled a water fountain with
12 faucets, in addition to
promoting vocational cour-
ses for the professions of
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> social responsibility
bricklayer, baker and seams-
tress for 30 youth from the
region.
In Mussende, other par-
tnerships helped improve
the health of local residents.
With the support of a dental
clinic, over 50 children were
assisted last year, and the
Pediatric Hospital monitored
cases of serious illness iden-
tified in the community.
Other actions, such as
programs to encourage rea-
ding and writing, IT courses,
teacher training and the
development of menus for
schools - in partnership with
the NGO Children’s Pastoral -
were also developed during
the three-year period.
In the community of
Honga, the Monte Belo
Project area of influence, the
work began in November
2009, starting with the distri-
bution of hundreds of mos-
quito netting sets to prevent
malaria. Since then, the par-
tners have also built a tech-
nical training center, a home
for nuns from the region,
health care units and a day-
care, in addition to installing
a sewing workshop and trai-
ning and lecture rooms.
“What we are seeing now
are the fruits of what we
planted with our daily work,
reflected in the grateful smi-
les and looks from the chil-
dren, women and men who
The group of appro-
ximately 100 women is
divided into the follo-
wing areas of activity:
The Community team is
the one that establishes
contact with the local
beneficiaries. The Events
team organizes similar
parties and ceremonies
to obtain the resources
to be used in the pro-
jects.
The kambas from the
Sewing team produce
presents and gifts to be
sold at bazaars, which
they also hold, the Cash
team is responsible for
organizing donations
and the Communication
team publicizes the acti-
vities.
The children of the
kambas, who form the
Young Kambas, learn
about the importance of
solidarity early on. They
gather for Bible studies,
which is the base of the
project.
HOW THE KAMBAS ARE
ORGANIZED
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The parking lot of Odebrecht’s central construction site in
Luanda served as the stage for the second Karnaval do Bem,
held in March by the kambas. Over 1,000 people participated
in the party that featured lots of music, food and drink. Over
US$60,000 were collected through the sale of the tickets.
The funds will finance part of the construction of a daycare in
the community of Mussende, designed for children ages 3-5.
“Our goal is to make this project self-sustainable and we have
already received the support of the nuns who will coordinate
the activities,” said Luciana Arce, President of Kambas do Bem.
KARNAVAL DO BEM GATHERS OVER 1,000 PEOPLEcame to see the world diffe-
rently through the opportu-
nities they were offered,” said
Arce. “All of this motivates
us to continue along this
path of sewing good deeds
and recognizing the value of
human beings,” she said.
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> sanitation
The Clean Waters Project, undertaken by
Odebrecht Infraestrutura in Vitória, Espírito
Santo, received the Brazilian Habitat
Quality and Productivity Program (PBQP-H)
Award from the Ministry of Cities in the
“Sanitation” category at the end of last
year. During the award ceremony, Sérgio
Neves, Managing Director, received the
plaque and trophy from then Minister of
Cities, Márcio Fortes.
The PBQP-H Award disseminates the
quality concepts of Brazilian construction
companies and recognizes the organiza-
tions’ performance. “We were able to show
the Ministry of Cities team that when it
comes to our project, theory is practiced
with quality,” said Danilo Ribeiro, Contract
Director.
In December of last year, Sérgio Neves received the PBQP-H Award from then Minister Márcio Fortes
Clean Waters Project: Excellence in Management
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MEMBERS INVOLVED IN EACH STAGE
Encouraged by the Quality area, last January
the Members of Clean Waters began the regis-
tration process for the award with several
different training sessions.
Three months later, they elaborated the
Management Manual, a document that pre-
sented the development’s initiatives, consi-
dering the two main issues evaluated by the
program: improvement of the habitat and
production modernization in the civil cons-
truction sector. The final report was divided
into two parts: presentation of the Odebrecht
Organization and the actions undertaken by
the project.
Clean Waters gathered several different
Organization actions, such as, for example, the
application of people development programs
such as Introduction to Culture, Young Builder
and Entrepreneur Development (PDE), and
used the Action Program (AP) of the leaders
and their teams as the main management
tool. The report also describes the diffusion of
experiences through the seven projects pre-
sented during the 1010 Destaque Award and
the relationship with clients and suppliers.
After guaranteeing the 500 points necessa-
ry during the first stage, the following phase
involved the visit of a member of the Ministry
of Cities team to the Odebrecht Infraestrutura
offices to evaluate the presented initiatives
up-close.
In December 2010, the project was finally
announced as the only winner in the
Sanitation category, achieving the highest
score of 900 points.
The Clean Waters
Project involves the
construction of 180
km of collection
and pumping syste-
ms, 16 crude sewa-
ge lift stations, a
treatment plant and
20,000 household
connections. The
construction work
should be comple-
ted in October of
this year.
An aerial image shows the expansion work for
the Mulembá Sewage Treatment Plant (STP),
which will treat 100% of the sewage from Grande
Vitória
Clean Waters Project: Excellence in Management
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> environment
Created in 2009 at the Rio
Claro Foz do Brasil unit, located
in rural São Paulo, the program
“Get Smart - Water and Oil Don’t
Mix” arrived to other operations
of the company in the neigh-
boring cities of Limeira and
Santa Gertrudes. Through envi-
ronmental education actions,
the initiative demonstrates the
correct disposal of cooking oil,
which is extremely harmful to
the environment.
The program is developed
through awareness raising lec-
tures held at municipal schools,
which then become collection
points for used cooking oil. A
partner company removes the
material and pays for the collec-
ted volume. This money is then
directed at the teaching insti-
tutions themselves. Last year
in Rio Claro, 12,000 liters of oil
were collected.
When dumped into sinks,
drains and toilets, the oil creates
a crust along the piping, and
over time, leads to the blockage
of the networks and backflow
of sewage. In rivers, oceans and
lakes, the substance generates
a thin layer on the surface that
hampers the oxygenation of the
water and aquatic life.
EXPANDING INITIATIVES
Santa Gertrudes earned eight
cooking oil collection points,
seven at municipal high scho-
ols and one at the Foz do Brasil
head office.
In Santa Gertrudes, the program “Get Smart - Water and Oil Don’t Mix” distributes funnels and explanatory brochures to municipal school students
The Right Destination for Cooking Oil
The program was launched at
the Joaquim Raphael da Rocha
Municipal School and gathered
150 children. Mayor João Carlos
Vitte, Municipal Secretary of
Education, Edna Buoro Jorge,
Foz do Brasil Environmental
Director, Heitor Vitalli, and the
company’s Coordinator in the
city, Rogério Lima, participated
in the event.
To encourage the habit of
separating oil, the children took
home a brochure with orienta-
tions and a funnel for facilitating
the collection process. “If we
throw oil away just anywhere,
it will pollute the rivers in the
region, and in a few years, we
will be stuck with polluted
water,” said Igor Tedy Ramos,
age 9.
In Limeira, Foz do Brasil refor-
mulated and began supporting
the “A Clean River Begins at
Home” Program in partnership
with SENAI, CIESP and the City
Government. The program ins-
talled 34 collection stations at
schools, companies and insti-
tutions around the city and the
entire population can participa-
te by bringing in leftover oil in
plastic or PET bottles.
Mayor Silvio Félix, Chief
Secretary of the Cabinet, José
Carlos Pejon, Secretary of
the Environment, Domingos
Furgione Filho, Secretary of
Education, Antônio Montesano
Neto, Director of the ‘Luiz
Varga’ National Industrial
Learning Service (SENAI)
Unit, Caetano José de Santis
Junior, CIESP representative,
Wagner Zutin, and Sandro
Mário Stroiek, Director of Foz
do Brasil, were present at the
event. Bishop Dom Vilson Dias
de Oliveira, representatives of
the Environmental Sanitation
Technology Company (CETESB),
directors and coordinators
of the teaching institutions,
employees of the city govern-
ment and SENAI and Members
of Foz do Brasil also partici-
pated in the start of program
activities.
From left to right: Sandro Stroiek, Caetano de Santis, Silvio Félix, Dom Vilson de Oliveira and Domingos Furgione show how the oil is disposed of at the collection stations in Limeira
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> odebrecht foundation
Cultivate the earth and observe the
fruits it bears. For Erivaldo de Jesus, age
19, there is nothing better than watching
these phases. The graduate of the
Presidente Tancredo Neves Rural Family
Home (CFR-PTN) is a farmer and has cho-
sen his life trade. “I don’t see myself doing
anything else,” he said. A resident of the
community of Quebra Machado, located
in the municipality of Valença, in Bahia’s
Southern Lowlands, the producer is cultiva-
ting manioc with the support of his father,
Manuel de Jesus. “I found my partner at
home,” he explained.
Erivaldo is the youngest in the family and
was the only of four brothers to remain in
the country with his parents. According to
the young man, his father wanted his sons
to stay close by, but there were no oppor-
tunities. “We were encouraged to go to the
city,” he recalls. “The image of farming was
always associated with those who never
studied. I am an example of the fact that
this isn’t true. It is possible to stay in the
countryside and have a good quality of
life,” guaranteed the new rural entrepre-
neur, who plans to complete the Agronomy
course to continue with his studies.
The partnership between father and
son has been plentiful. With a wide
smile on his face, on March 28, Erivaldo
made the first delivery of manioc root
to the Presidente Tancredo Neves Rural
Producers’ Cooperative (COOPATAN), an
institution that, similarly to CFR-PTN,
is associated with the Bahia Southern
New Rural Entrepreneurs
Mariza da Silva has a dream: to become
rural entrepreneur
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Lowlands Environmental Protection
Area Mosaic Integrated and Sustainable
Development Program (PDIS), supported
by the Odebrecht Foundation. Erivaldo joi-
ned COOPATAN 11 months ago. “I’m happy
to see that he is a young intelligent man
dedicated to agriculture,” said his father.
Mariza da Silva, age 20, is another exam-
ple of a young person who is becoming a
rural entrepreneur. The resident of Tanque
Grande, municipality of Teolândia, is deve-
loping her second Educational-Production
Project and plans to join COOPATAN.
“When my production is high enough, I
will become a member,” said Silva, also a
member of CFR-PTN. “I want to buy ano-
ther piece of land and apply what I lear-
ned,” she said.
Wagner Mendes, age 17, has the same
wish. The Presidente Tancredo Neves pro-
ducer wants to continue with the project
he began at the Family Home. “I am a rural
entrepreneur,” he said. “I want to stay here,
in my region.”
Erivaldo and his father proudly display the receipt from the first delivery of manioc root to COOPATAN. The crop was produced on family lands
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At the end of March, the Linea Uno
Consortium - formed by Odebrecht Latin
America and Angola (leader) and the Spanish
company FCC (Fomento de Construcciones y
Contratas) - started the construction work for
the Panamá Subway, the first to be constructed
in the country and in Central America.
The President of the Republic of Panamá,
Ricardo Martinelli, accompanied by the
President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, parti-
cipated in the ceremony with the first symbolic
digging.
The Subway Line 1 will extend 13.7 km and
have 11 stations, include five surface stations,
five underground stations and one semi-under-
ground station.
Panama Subway: Construction Work Underway
In the center, the presidents of Panamá and Costa Rica, Ricardo Martinelli and Laura Chinchilla, respectively, and Panamanian authorities take part in the start of construction work for the subway
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On a sunny morning on
April 9, 450 people, inclu-
ding Members and their
families, gathered at Villa-
Lobos Park in São Paulo to
take part in the first 2011
Odebrecht Organization
Run and Walk. The initia-
tive was promoted by the
São Paulo Office Health
Support Area in celebration
of World Health Day on
April 7.
With the orientation of
professors from the sports
advisory firm, Marcos Paulo
Reis Assessoria Esportiva,
A Morning Dedicated to Health Care
Members and their families received orientations from professors and participated in running and walking groups
participants started their
day with stretching and then
were divided into running
and walking groups to com-
plete the activities. Children
participated in recreational
events.
The event ended with a
breakfast and presentation
by the Braskem Choir.
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The experience of the Odebrecht Knowledgeable
Communities is one of the cases found in the book
Gestão do Conhecimento - Um Guia Prático Rumo à
Empresa Inteligente (“Knowledge Management - A
Practical Guide for the Intelligent Company”) by
Klaus North.
The book presents the most important aspects of
knowledge management at companies and offers a
practical methodology for implementation at small,
medium-sized and large companies. Klaus North is a
Full Professor in International Business Management
at the University of Wiesbaden in Germany, and also
works as a consultant for international entities, gover-
nments and important companies.
As cited in the publication: “to overcome the
challenge of coordinating and transferring the
knowledge generated in the Organization’s diffe-
rent environments, the Knowledge Network was
created in 1992. One of the links in this Network
consists of the Knowledgeable Communities pro-
gram - structured based on meetings with their
own methodology - which gather members with
common interests who are willing to share their
learning and innovations.”
The first Knowledgeable Community, installed
in 2001, was focused on Dams and Hydroelectric
Power Plants. Since then, another 11 communities
have been created and 30 meetings held, mobili-
zing over 2,000 Members.
“Few companies value knowledge and the
importance of sharing it,” said Marcos Cavalcanti,
Coordinator of the Center of Reference in Corporate
Intelligence at the Federal University of Rio de
Janeiro and organizer of the Brazilian edition of
the book. “Odebrecht is one of these exceptions.
The dissemination of the experience accumulated
by thousands of Members throughout the entire
Organization is an unbeatable triumph,” he said.
Learn more about the Odebrecht Knowledgeable
Communities in the Corporate Portal.
Case of Knowledge Management
Odebrecht Engenharia Industrial and CSN (Brazilian National Steel Company) are forming a
partnership to install a rebar and wire rod unit in Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro. The unit will
be called UPV - Long Steel and have a production capacity of 500,000 tons per year. Gilberto
Camargo, Contract Director, stated that the alliance is a win-win situation for both parties: “We
opened the door for new business,” he said.
CSN developed the conceptual and basic projects and Odebrecht Engenharia Industrial will
be responsible for completing the civil construction work and the electro-mechanical assembly.
“The companies will work together through the Alliance model, assuming their respective obli-
gations, risks and responsibilities and sharing the costs and bonuses,” explained Carlos Alberto
de Oliveira, Administrative and Financial Manager.
It is expected that the construction work last two years and require 3,000 Members during its peak.
Odebrecht Engenharia Industrial and CSN Form Partnership
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The Odebrecht Oil e Gas (OOG) Norbe VIII
drilling rig, built in South Korea in partnership
with the shipyard DSME, embarked on its jour-
ney to Brazil on March 18.
At the departure event, Pedro Mathias, lea-
der of the team responsible for managing the
unit construction, gave a presentation on the
Odebrecht Entrepreneurial Technology (TEO)
and emphasized the importance of this phase
for the company. The honorable mentions were
also distributed to Members for complying with
deadlines while maintaining quality.
During the first phase of the journey, the
Norbe VIII traveled until reaching the Mauritius
Islands with a crew of 67 people, 46 of whom
were members of OOG. The stopover included
the exchange of the crew, replacement of mate-
rials, inspections and functionality tests.
Until the end of this month, the unit will start
the second phase of the trip, when it will cross
the Atlantic Ocean as it heads toward Brazil. It is
scheduled to arrive at the end of May.
The Norbe VIII will operate in ultra-deep
waters and has the capacity to drill at water
depths of up to 3,000 m, including pre-
salt exploration. There is a 10-year term for
the charter and operation of the unit with
Petrobras.
Image shows the Norbe VIII rig leaving South Korea to head toward Brazil. It is scheduled to arrive at the end of May
Norbe VIII Heading to Brazil
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On March 31, the Arena Salvador Consortium, responsi-
ble for the Fonte Nova Arena in Salvador, Bahia, celebra-
ted the award for yet another month of Qualimetry at the
construction site. The winning team is the one that pre-
sents the fewest deviations in the areas of safety, environ-
ment and organization, among others, during the inspec-
tions of the teams formed by Members from all sectors of
the Administrative area.
The inspection groups visit the construction site two
times per week and evaluate aspects such as the cor-
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Fagno Souza Tavares celebrates his new tele-vision with Supervisor Rogério Santos Costa
Customized Quality at the new Fonte Novarect isolation of the work front,
Members’ knowledge of the pro-
cedures in the case of accidents
and the cleaning and organization
of the construction sites. Each ser-
vice front is analyzed individually
and accumulates points for the
competition.
During the second month of
Qualimetry, the winning team was
that of Supervisor Rogério Santos
Costa, from the Earth-Moving
area, who leads 18 workers.
Members participated in a dra-
wing for a LCD screen television
and the winner was bricklayer
Fagno Souza Tavares. “I am from
Belo Horizonte [Minas Gerais] and
I began working on the construc-
tion project 15 days ago,” said
Tavares. “I was very lucky to have
joined such a well instructed and
prepared team,” he said.
“Qualimetry is an important
tool for encouraging Members
and is designed to reduce and
prevent accidents,” said Alexandre
Chiavegatto, Contract Director.
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The users of the Rio de Janeiro State train
will now have a safer trip along the stretch
between the cities of Japeri and Paracambi.
A new access viaduct in the railroad network,
which connects the two cities and allows for
the separation of traffic between the pas-
senger and cargo trains, was inaugurated on
April 4.
The passenger trains are operated by
SuperVia, a subsidiary of Odebrecht TransPort
(OTP), and the cargo trains are operated by the
company MRS Logística S.A. The Japeri Viaduct,
constructed by MRS, consists of a variant line
extending 1.5 km, along which 35 pairs of
company trains and 30 pairs of SuperVia trains
circulate daily. Its highway network was dupli-
cated from Barra do Pirapí to Brisamar.
The Secretary of Public Works, Luiz Fernando
Pezão, Secretary of Transportation, Júlio Lopes,
President of SuperVia, Carlos José da Cunha,
President of MRS, Eduardo Parente, as well as
the Mayors of Paracambi and Japeri, Tarcísio
Pessoa and Ivaldo Barbosa, respectively, parti-
cipated in the inauguration ceremony for the
new viaduct.
For Carlos José da Cunha, the completion of
the construction work means more transpor-
tation safety and a reduced travel time. “The
construction of the viaduct reflects the invest-
ment that Supervia will make over the upco-
ming years in search of more efficiency, safety
and comfort,” said Cunha.
MRS and SuperVia Inaugurate Japeri Viaduct
Stretch of the Japeri Viaduct, which connects the cities of Japari and Paracambi in Rio de Janeiro: speed and safety in user transportationPH
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In the Iron Ore Project, developed by Odebrecht International
in Liberia, some Members go beyond their daily work to
dedicate part of their free time to transmitting knowledge to
other workers.
Portuguese citizen Edgar Silva, Filipino citizen Arnold
Santos and Zimbabwe citizen Chenjerayi Chavunduka, all
Sharing of Knowledge in Liberia
“Professor” Edgar (in the red shirt) and his “apprentice” Ernest: knowledge transmitted to new generations
land surveying engineers,
starting giving compu-
ting, measurement, geo-
metry and trigonometry
classes to Liberians after
their work hours.
Silva’s “apprentice,”
Liberian assistant Ernest
Gbor, states that he is
learning a lot. During cer-
tain Sundays, he goes to
his “teacher’s” house for
complementary compu-
ter and AutoCAD classes.
“I am studying the names
of the instruments and
calculation programs,” he
explained. “After I learn, I
can teach my friends.”
For José Nilo, Brazilian
and Repair Supervisor
who teaches AutoCAD to
six Liberians, it is impor-
tant to develop the skills
of the people who work
around him. “I do this
because it makes me
happy and also to help
my work colleagues,” said
Nilo.
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To accelerate the inte-
gration of young Angolans
and contribute toward the
creation of future leaders,
the Luanda Expressways
Project, undertaken by
Odebrecht Angola, crea-
ted the National Strategic
Member Monitoring
Program.
Once per month during
this year, 18 professionals,
including interns, Young
Partners and those res-
ponsible for the Programs,
gathered to debate diffe-
rent themes.
In the first module, com-
pleted in March, the par-
ticipants learned about
the Organization’s history
and areas of operation
and discussed Odebrecht
Entrepreneurial Technology
(TEO) and the 2020 Vision.
Topics such as Leadership,
Life and Career Plan and
Professionals of the Future
will be addressed in the
following meetings.
The Electromechanical
Engineering student,
Estelvia Agostinho, who
joined the company
recently after winning
the Odebrecht Award for
Sustainable Development,
stated that she wants
to grow within the
Organization. “I realized
that this here is also a
school,” she said.
Expressways Project Prepares Young Angolans
Preparing future leaders: 18 Young Partners from Odebrecht Angola meet to debate different topics
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Ecom Energia - Brazil’s largest indepen-
dent distributor of energy not associated
with generation, distribution and financial
groups - signed a long term contract with
Braskem for the supply of electric energy.
“Our main differential for ensuring the
feasibility of the business with Braskem
is the certification of our energy balan-
ce,” said Paulo Toledo, Managing Partner
of Ecom Energia. “Contracts with a term
longer than six months receive a certifica-
tion,” he said. André Gohn, Energy Director
at Braskem, pointed out: “This contract
strengthens the competitiveness of the
company’s portfolio and is aligned with its
risk management and growth strategy,” he
said.
Ecom has already achieved the mark
of an average of over 570 MW of electric
energy sold to free clients and market
agents, a number high enough to supply a
city with 2.9 million inhabitants.
Ecom and Braskem Establish Contract to Sell Energy
Teams from the Palomino HPP celebrated the TBM’s arrival to its final destination
In construction projects where digging operations are undertaken
with the Tunnel Boring Machine (TMB) for the installation of tunnels,
the “breakthrough” is the most highly awaited phase - when the TMB
digs the last meters of earth and the tunnel is completed.
End of Digging Operation at Palomino HPPOn March 23, the
Palomino Hydroelectric
Power Plant, construc-
ted by Odebrecht Latin
America and Angola in the
Southern region of the
Dominican Republic, com-
pleted its breakthrough.
There were 502 days of
work involved and 12,435
meters dug to form the
tunnel that will become
part of the plant.
The construction project
currently employs 1,400
workers and should be
finalized during the first
half of 2012.
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The 2011 Young Partner Program gathered 231 Members during the first Introduction to Culture Program
On March 30 and April 1, 231 Young Partners
(YPs) from Odebrecht S.A., the Engineering and
Construction Operations and the companies
Odebrecht Energia, Odebrecht Engenharia
Industrial and Odebrecht Infraestrutura met
in Salvador, Bahia, for the first Introduction to
Culture Program meeting.
To gather the youth and present them with
Odebrecht Entrepreneurial Technology (TEO),
the first day of the event involved activities
and lectures. Carla Barretto, the professio-
nal responsible for People & Organization at
Odebrecht S.A., presented the Organization
and the 2020 Vision, and Márcio Polidoro,
the professional responsible for Corporate
Communication in the Engineering and
Construction Operations, talked about his care-
er at Odebrecht and about the acceptance and
continuous practice of TEO. The day was closed
with a visit to the head office building and
Cultural Center.
On the second day, the participants were
divided based on their respective companies
and were able to learn a bit about each one.
To promote continuous improvements in Safety,
Health, Environment and Social Responsibility
(SMSRS) and encourage Members, the Gasvap
Consortium (Odebrecht Engenharia Industrial,
Promon and UTC Engenharia) launched the “Golden
Key” Campaign on March 15.
The event was held at the REVAP auditorium in
São José dos Campos, rural São Paulo, and included
the presence of representatives from Petrobras and
leaders and workers from the consortium, who
watched performances by the National Industrial
Learning Service (SENAI) Libras Hearing Impaired
Choir and the theater group Menestrel - Moacir
Reis.
Daily inspections will be held during the campaign
to evaluate the workers’ involvement. Members will
accumulate points, and during the third week of
June, they will participate in drawings for prizes.
A Campaign to Encourage Quality of Life
The Meeting of Young Partners from the Organization
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Combating and Preventing Dengue. This
was the focus of the Social Civil Action
(ACISO) promoted by the Brazilian Army
in Bahia’s Southern Lowlands in March.
Through lectures, the initiative involved
youth from the Family Homes and members
of the cooperatives associated with the
Bahia Southern Lowlands Environmental
Protection Area Mosaic Integrated and
Sustainable Development Program (PDIS),
instituted by the Odebrecht Foundation.
Types of prevention and treatment, symp-
toms of dengue fever and awareness raising
as to the risks of the disease were among
the topics addressed during the meetings.
Participants also received information on
Sickle Cell Anemia and Alcoholism.
The ACISOs were first held in the region in
2007 at the installations of the Youth House
State High School in Igrapiúna. In 2009,
an agreement signed with the Pratigi EPA
Guardian Association made it possible to
expand the initiatives, which also began to
take place in Family Homes.
Read more about these actions at the
Odebrecht Foundation website. Click here.
Encouraging Citizenship and Social Inclusion
On March 18, Members of the projects
developed by Odebrecht Latin America and
Angola (ALA) and Odebrecht Engenharia
Industrial in Argentina participated in lectu-
res and debated the applications of the Pre-
Ver (“Prevent”) Program during a meeting
held in Buenos Aires.
Sérgio Leão, the professional respon-
sible for Engineering and Construction
Sustainability, Carlos Alexandre and Antônio
Gaspar, from the Odebrecht ALA team,
detailed the application of the program as a
new internal tool used by the Organization,
based on the Integrated Health, Safety and
Environment Program (SSTMA), with a spe-
cific focus on preventing accidents with a
high potential for risk.
Members of the projects in the country
presented initiatives and procedures pre-
viously implemented through Pre-Ver. Flávio
Faria, Managing Director of Odebrecht
Engenharia Industrial in Argentina, and
contract directors also participated in the
event.
Pre-Ver Program Arrives to Argentina
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On April 4, the groups of Power Shovel
Operators and Dump Truck Drivers began
the Technical Module of the Continued
Professional Training Program - Acreditar
(“Believe”), held in the region of the futu-
re Teles Pires Hydroelectric Power Plant in
Paranaíta, Mato Grosso. Odebrecht Energia
is currently building the plant.
On March 18, the groups of Assemblers,
Carpenters and Bricklayers began the theo-
retical and practical classes included in the
technical phase. The courses took place at
the Head Office and Training Center created
for the program.
To increase the opportunities for access to
Acreditar in the city of Paranaíta, Odebrecht
Energia opened evening classes. Two
groups are already taking the Basic Module,
which lasts 15 days.
By the end of March, 185 participants had
received Acreditar Basic Module certifica-
tions. From February to April 2011, over
2,000 people from the region of the Teles
Pires HPP signed up to participate in the
program.
Acreditar: Opportunities Expanded at the Teles Pires HPP
First Group from the Technical Module in front of the Acreditar Practical Training Center