Application for Grass Root Fund (Draft #7)
for the
Manaus Community
Development Network
(May 13, 2002)
Formul·rio de Requerimento para a
AssistÍncia para Projetos Comunit·rios
Application Form for
Communitarian Projects Assistance
1. Requerente
Applicant
(1) Nome
do Requerente
Name of the Applicant
FUNDA«ˆO UNIVERSIDADE DO
AMAZONAS/FUNDA«ˆO DE APOIO INSTITUCIONAL RIO-SOLIM¹ES
University of the Amazon
Foundation/ Institutional Research of Rio-Solimoes
(2) EndereÁo
Address
Av. Gal. Rodrigo Oct·vio
Jord“o Ramos, 3000,
CEP 69077-000 ‚ Coroado
I ‚ Manaus ‚ Amazonas
(3) N™mero
do Telefone
Telephone Number
+55-92-647-4063
N™mero do Fax
Fax Number
+55-92-647-4066
(4) Pessoa
Respons·vel
Responsible Person
Principal-Investigator
(Nome)
(Name)
PROFESSOR DOUTOR
ALEXANDRE ALMIR FERREIRA RIVAS
Professor Doctor
Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas
(Cargo)
(Position)
DIRETOR GERAL DO CENTRO
DE CINCIAS DO AMBIENTE
General Director of the
Center of Sciences of the Environment
Center for Environmental
Sciences (CCA)
Universidade Federal do
Amazonas / FundaÁ“o UNI-SOL
Campus Universit·rio
3000Manaus, AM
Brazil 69000
Phone Number: +
55-92-647-4066
Fax Number: +
55-92-647-4066
Co-Principal-Investigator
(Nome)
(Name)
Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D.,
P.E.
(Cargo)
(Position)
President Emeritus and
V.P. for Technology and Coordination of Global University System (GUS)
Chairman, GLObal Systems
Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A. (GLOSAS/USA)
43-23 Colden Street,
#9-L
Flushing, NY 11355-3998
U.S.A.
Phone Number:
+1-718-939-0928
Fax Number:
+1-718-939-0656
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/
(5) Sua
organizaÁ o j· recebeu alguma assistÍncia financeira e ou tÈcnica de governos
estrangeiros, organizaÁ es internacionais ou ONGs? (Em caso afirmativo, favor descrever o conte™do da
assistÍncia)
Has your organization
ever received any financial or technical assistance from foreign governments,
international organizations or NGOs?
If "YES", kindly describe the content of the assistance:
Sim
Yes
A. Received by the University of
Amazona
FundaÁ“o Kellog ‚ EUA :
Projeto Coari, 1989-1990 ‚ US$ 1.000.000,00
Kellog Foundation.
U.S.A.: Coari Design
Banco Mundial ‚ V·rios
projetos
World Bank. Some designs
The Fund for Improvment
of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) ‚ EUA
As Inter-relaÁžes entre
Ambiente, Desenvolvimento EconÙmico e Qualidade de Vida: Uma Vis“o
Interdisciplinar, 2001 ‚ presente. US$ 200.000,00.
The Inter-relations
between Environment, Economic Development and Quality of Life: An
Interdisciplinary Vision, 2001. gift. USS 200,000.00.
B. Received by the University of
Tampere on behalf of Global University System
Workshop and conference
on "Emerging Global Electronic Distance Learning (EGEDL#99)" in
August, 1999 at the University of Tampere <http://www.uta.fi/EGEDL>,
from the InfoDev of the World Bank (US$100,000.00), the United States National
Science Foundation (NSF) (US$50,000), the British Council, the Ministry of
Education of Finland, the Soros Foundation/Open Society Institute, the United
States Information Agency (USIA), and many others.
This event brought
together about 60 decision-makers and leaders in e-learning and telemedicine
from 14 underserved countries who discussed practical solutions for the
implementation of affordable global e-learning across national boundaries. They
brainstormed and the workshop recommended the formation of the following three
interrelated organizations:
1. Global University System (GUS)
(Tm),
2. Global Broadband Internet (GBI),
3. Global Service Trust Fund (GSTF)
(Tm)
The group also
formulated specific pilot projects focused on major regions of the world to
reduce the growing digital divide between information-rich and information-poor
populations, as realizing "education and healthcare for all," at
anywhere, anytime and at any pace. The regional GUSs will be interconnected
with GBI, which will be financed by GSTF. See more at; <http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global
University System/Reference_web_sites.html>.
The proposed project
with this grant application is the continuation of our Tampere event.
(6) Queira
responder as seguintes quest es, conforme a natureza da sua organizaÁ o.
Kindly answer the
following questions to the nature of your organization:
(a) OrganizaÁ
o N o Governamental (ONG)
Non-Governmental
Organization (NGO)
(i) Ano
de FundaÁ o
Year of Establishment
(ii) N™mero
de assistentes(staffs)
Number of assistants
(staffs)
(iii) Propósito da Organizaç o
Purpose of Organization
(iv) Principais
Atividades
Main Activities
(b) Escola
ou Instituto de Pesquisa
School or Research
Institute
FundaÁ“o Universidade do
Amazonas / FundaÁ“o de Apoio Institucional Rio-Solimžes
University of the Amazon
Foundation/ Institutional Research of Rio-Solimoes
(i) Ano
de FundaÁ o
Year of Establishment
12 de junho de 1962
12 of June of 1962
(ii) N™mero
de Professores/Pesquisadores
Number of
Professores/Researchers
Doutores: 174
Doctorates: 174
Mestres: 402
Masters: 402
(iii) N™mero
de Estudantes
Number of Students
Cerca de 28.000 alunos
de graduaÁ“o e 700 de pÛs-graduaÁ“o.
About 28,000
undergraduates and 700 graduate students
(iv) Objeto
da Pesquisa
Object of Research
Por se tratar de uma
Universidade, a instituiÁ“o atua em diversas ·reas de pesquisa. No entanto,
para o fim desta proposta, visa-se atender ý pesquisa e extens“o em tecnologia
e utilizaÁ“o de ferramentas para o ensino e sa™de a dist’ncia aplic·veis
especificamente na Regi“o AmazÙnica.
Being a University, the
institution is diversified in its areas of research. However, this specific
proposal is aimed at using technology as a tool for the applicable education in
distance learning and healthcare focusing on the Amazon region.
(c) Hospital
ou InstituiÁ o MÈdica
Hospital or Medical
Institution
(i) Ano
de FundaÁ o
Year of Establishment
(ii) N™mero
de MÈdicos
Number of Doctors
(iii) N™mero
de Enfermeiras
Number of Nurses
(iv) N™mero
de Leitos
Number of Beds
(v) ServiÁo
mÈdico prestado por seu hospital/instituiÁ o
Medical job given by its
hospital/institution
(d) Governo
Local
Local Government
(i) PopulaÁ
o
Population
(ii) Tamanho
do OrÁamento (Em cada ano Fiscal)
Budget Size (each fiscal
year)
(iii) SituaÁ
o atual e problemas em ·reas sob a jurisdiÁ o do requerente
Current situation and
problems in the area under the jurisdiction of the applicant
(e) InstituicÁ
o Governamental (Departamento)
Governmental Institution
(Department)
(i) N™mero
de pessoas
Number of people
(ii) Autoridade
e obrigaÁ o do requerente
Authority and obligation
of the applicant
Se houver algum
documento ou brochura que apresente sua organizaÁ o, favor anexar a este
formul·rio.
If there are any
documents or brochures that promote your organization, please attach them to
this form.
2. Projeto
Project Details
(1) Nome
do Projeto
Name of the Project
Establishment of Manaus
Community Development Network (MCDN) for E-Learning and E-Healthcare
(2) Local
do Projeto (Inclusive a dist’ncia da cidade conhecida mais prÛxima
Place of the Project
(also the distance to the nearest well-known city.)
Manaus ‚ Amazonas
(3) Objetivos
do Projeto
Objectives of the
Project
This project is to
construct a community development network as connecting non-profit
organizations in the City of Manaus with the use of broadband wireless Internet
units -- see Figure 1.
Figure 1
In the initial phase,
non-profi organizations will be selected among the followings;
Other candidates are;
See Figure 2, 3 and 4.
Figure 3
Figure 4
(4) Linhas
gerais do Projeto
Detailed description of
the Project
We recently submitted a
grant application (US$230,000) to the InfoDev of the World Bank to conduct a
workshop in Manaus in the summer of 2002. (See "Community Development with
E-Learning and E-Healthcare in Amazon, Brazil" -- Grant application
submitted to the InfoDev of the World Bank (1/25/02) at;
The objectives are to
brainstorm on and to form a committee for the planning of necessary
telecommunication configurations, their systems design, feasibility study,
market survey and action plan of implementing the infrastructures, and the
construction of their cost estimates for dish antenna, transceivers and
satellite segments, etc. They are for;
Possible joint projects
with Brazilians, Americans and Canadians will also be discussed and planned on
how to utilize the expected broadband Internet. They are contents development,
teacher and general-public training for digital literacy, English as a Second
Language (ESL), nurse training, etc., for poverty and isolation reductions.
The resultant
comprehensive documents will then be submitted to the Japanese government's
"non-tied cultural aid" grant through appropriate Brazilian
governmental agencies. The total estimated amount could be in the range of
US$15 to 20 million. The Brazilian government has already pledged US$2,800,000
out of this total costs.
See summary slides at;
Global University System
will emulate this project in other developing countries around the world in the
future.
Figure 5
It is expected that
broadband wireless and satellite Internet, available to universities,
elementary, primary and secondary schools and hospitals, will promote the
interaction among young people from different areas of the Amazon Region with
young people from the rest of the world.
As the infrastructure
becomes a reality, there will be a need for the development of contents
(e-learning on environmental education, rational use of the forest, techniques
and methods for implementation of suitable agroforestry activities,
e-healthcare, etc.) and of new uses of the technology (Internet telephony,
distance medical diagnose, access to information, etc.).
In this process, the
Manaus community will become the closest, more capable and culturally
identified with the Amazon region¼s needs and problems. This will be a pilot
project replicable of the activities throughout the region. The replication and
expansion will happen through strong partnership with other institutions in
Manaus and other states of the region. CampusNet Amazonia consortium will play
major role in this initiative because it constitutes the main federal
universities network in the Brazilian Amazonia and it is also active member of
UNIREDE <http://www.unirede.br/>, a
consortium of all public universities in Brazil.
In a second phase, this
effort will contribute to provide the necessary conditions for private
initiatives such that more resources will become available to more needed
communities elsewhere in the region.
So, this project is a
community development approach, firstly connecting non-profit organizations
(elementary, secondary and higher education institutions, libraries, hospitals,
local governmental agencies, and non-profit organizations, etc.) and secondly
with for-profit organizations to have global E-Rate, thus all applicable groups
are inclusive. The more participants can share the cost of expensive digital
satellite trunk line better -- see also Item (6) below. The use of broadband
wireless Internet for the Manaus Community Development Network will make their
participation easy so that the so-called "last-mile" problem to reach
individual end-users can more effectively be solved. (Similar community
development networks will be made later in the cities of main campuses of other
CampusNet participating universities with the "non-tied cultural aid"
of the Japanese government.)
(5) PopulaÁ
o estimada que ser· beneficiada pelo projeto
Estimated population
that would benefit from the project
As populaÁžes
beneficiadas pelo projeto podem ser calculadas em dois momentos.
The population that will
be benefited by the project can be calculated in the following two categories;
População Direta: Cem (100) Professores universitários das Universidades participe do consorcio CampusNet Amazônia, cinqüenta (50) Professores e mil (1000) Alunos do Ensino Fundamental e Médio da Rede Estadual e Municipal de Ensino do Estado do Amazonas, distribuídos remotamente nas seis (6) Zonas Urbanas da cidade de Manaus;
Direct Population: One hundred (100) university professors will participate in the consortium of CampusNet/Amazônia, fifty (50) professors and a thousand (1000) elementary students and middle school students of the State and Municipal Network of Education of the State of Amazon, distributed remotely in the six (6) Urban Zones of the city of Manaus;
População Indireta: Professores e Alunos da Amazônia Internacional, através da transmissão do evento pelo Amazon Sat da Rede Amazônica de rádio e televisão.
Indirect Population: Professors and pupils of Amazônia International, through the transmission of the event for the Amazon Sat of the Amazonian Network of radio and television.
(6) Efeitos
esperados do Projeto (Favor descrever a relaÁ o entre o projeto e o objetivo, e
como o projeto contribuir· para a realizaÁ o do objetivo)
Expected effects of the
project: (Kindly describe the relations between the project and the objectives,
and how the project would contribute to the accomplishment of the objectives)
1. Previous Workshops and
Demonstrations in Manaus
A. 1998 Workshop/Demonstration
A demonstrative
conference on available new technologies for e-learning was held on August 21,
1998 in Manaus. See the following website for more detailed information: <http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/GLH/10-21-98_Manaus_Brazil/Flyer_&_Program_10-3-98.html>
During this event, a
professor at the University of Tokyo described via audio conference with
PowerPoint slides, about his "Medical Information Network by Communication
Satellite for University Hospital (MINCS-UH)" which connects more than two
dozen university hospitals around Japan with two-way, broadband (45 Mbps)
digital satellite channels for medical diagnosis with HDTV. Netmeeting
videoconferences via narrow-band Internet were also made with Houston Community
College and with colleagues in Ukraine.
B. 2000 Workshop/Demonstration
A workshop to show the
usefulness of the Internet as combining new technologies and contents was held
on May 31, and June 1 and 2, 2000 in Manaus. See:
1. <http://lab-tiama.pop-am.rnp.br/cca/workshop/English/wksp_E.htm>
and
2. <http://tc1.hccs.cc.tx.us/hist/yr00/brazil/>
During this workshop,
telemedicine demonstration with the most advanced echocardiogram diagnosed a
real patient by an expert doctor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor,
Michigan, which was televised throughout South America via BRAZILSAT.
These two workshops in
1998 and 2000 showed the possibilities of using cutting-edge telecom
technologies even in the middle of rain forest jungle. They stimulated and
promoted public awareness on e-learning and e-health, and initiated a core
basis for forming the CampusNet coalition.
Each of Amazon TV and
GLOSAS/USA contributed about $80,000 respectively, for the conduct of the above
two workshops.
2. Technical and Economic Benefits
The main focus of the
proposed broadband Internet is either or both of satellite and terrestrial
(microwave and/or spread-spectrum) wireless approach in viewpoints of the
region¼s geographical constraints and their cost effectiveness. At the main
campuses of CampusNet affiliated universities, the spread-spectrum with 802.11b
protocol will save considerable fund for their local area networking. The
community development network in the cities of the main campuses of the
affiliated universities will also be connected with this technology. Students
of the universities and all schools in the cities will then be able to access
Internet at high speed wherever they are within the coverage of its antenna.
This is to provide e-learners with self-pacing, interactive, and customized
courses that are perfect fit to learner motivation and target language environment.
The community
development approach of this project will include all interested parties in the
cities of the main campuses of CampusNet universities. This will not only
contribute to the problem of digital literacy among poor, but also create new
job opportunities to the graduates of the universities, and even E-Rate with
the involvement of profit-oriented organizations in the later stage.
3. Cost Effectiveness of Wireless Broadband Internet
The cost effectiveness of this project of deploying CampusNet and community development networks are;
4. Expected Utilization of Broadband
Internet
Anticipated activities
with the use of CampusNet and community development networks are:
A. Use of broadband Internet
connection:
B. Two-way interactive use in
e-health, environmental education and training:
C. Establishment of partnership with
UNAMAZ and SIVAM:
5. Poverty Reduction Impact
South America is the
home of one of the world's unique environment, the Amazon rain forest. The
region was considered as an empty area in terms of human population density,
particularly in the Brazilian side. During the last years, the media called the
world's attention to the deforestation and biodiversity loss problems that were
happening in the region. The world was also concerned about the increasing
problems associated with drugs. Those problems were clear indication that the
empty area was starting to suffer the consequences of human activities.
Those problems can be
substantially minimized if their isolation is addressed. Isolation makes people
unaware of their importance as citizens and increase impoverishing and
degradation of the environment and economic system. In situations like that,
people will not understand the importance to conserve the environment or how to
benefit from it without compromise their own future as well as the future of
future generations. Ultimately, such unawareness can perpetuate a cycle of
economic and social poverty and environmental degradation.
The implementation of a
modern communication technology can drastically reduce the risks threatening
the region. A broadband or faster and more reliable communication network
linking people and institutions within and inter Amazonian communities will
contribute for the understanding of people¼s role and importance on the use of
the forest in a sustainable manner and, at the same time, to improve their
quality of life avoiding the cost of nature destruction.
Community based programs
in Amazonia have the premise that exercises in the deployment and use of
technology are not the core for sustainable development in Amazonia, rather it
is the promotion of economic development, job creation, and increasing quality
of life as the final goal. Technological propagation is not an end in itself,
but only a means to a larger end with clear and compelling community benefit.
The development of such network will benefit communities living in remote areas
of other Amazonian countries in the future.
The opportunities that
this activity will bring are;
6. Replicability
This activity is to be a
model replicable to other localities and regions, as leading the use of the
advanced Internet in various sectors of societies.
The local higher
educational institution participants will have the broadband Internet satellite
earth-station, and will become the major Internet Service Provider (ISP) to the
local community of non-profit organizations. The higher education institution
will then provide teacher training to secondary and elementary schools and
promotion of digital literacy with training courses/seminars at public library,
hospitals and healthcare facilities, local governmental offices, etc., and also
act as facilitators and technical supporters to other non-profit organizations.
These teacher-training and technical support can be the on-the-job training of
the graduate students of the main universities, thus creating new job
opportunities after their graduation in local communities.
It is expected that
interaction among the main universities of the international Amazonia will
contribute to disseminate information about alternatives to promote sustainable
development in Amazonia, in later stage of this project development. At the
same time, the region's population will have better access to healthcare
information, which will contribute for a better quality of life. In addition, a
number of e-learning courses will be developed which will decrease isolation
and offer better opportunities for those living in the region.
We hope the scheme of
this project (CampusNet and community development network) will be replicated
with the members of UNAMAZ. Incidentally, we already have a preliminary inquiry
from them to connect 5 centers of excellence among their member universities
with broadband Internet.
7. Summary
In summary, the
following benefits for Manaus and part of the Brazilian Amazon Region can be
expected;
(7) Custo
estimado para o projeto completo
Estimated cost for the
entire project
US$77,664.80
Favor anexar an·lise de
mercadorias e ou serviÁos que pretende comprar com as DoaÁ es.
Please annex a detailed
breakdown of merchandises or services that you intend to purchase with the
donations.
See ANNEX VI and VII.
(8) Se
for aplicar as DoaÁ es em parte do projeto, como ir· financiar os outros
custos?
If you are applying the
Donation for a part of the project only, how will you finance the other costs?
1. As for Community Development
Networks in the City of Manaus and in Other Cities in Amazon:
As mentioned in the Item
2-(3) above, the grant out of this application will be used to connect
non-profit organizations selected among the ones listed in the item,
particularly the Japanese school. (If the Japanese Consulate so desire, we may
also include it, too.)
The budget for
connecting other organizations in the City of Manaus and in the cities of the
main campuses of the CampusNet affiliated universities will be included in the
comprehensive document which will be constructed by a committee for the feasibility
study and market survey of CampusNet during the workshop in early next year as
mentioned above, and which document will be submitted to the Japanese
government's non-tied cultural aid.
2. As for conducting the Workshop in
Manaus in early month of 2003:
The aforementioned grant
application to the InfoDev of the World Bank was unfortunately declined.
However, we are now preparing our grant applications to;
(i) Tinker Foundation in New York City
This is a well known
funding source for projects in Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and even
Antarctica <http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/tinker>.
They urged us to submit our grant application, which will be a similar one as
our InfoDev grant application. They will also introduce our project to other
funding sources, which may be interested in global e-learning and e-healthcare.
(ii) The US National Science Foundation (NSF)
Cornell University will
submit a travel grant application to the US National Science Foundation for
Americans attending the workshop.
(iii) InfoDev Conference Scholarship Fund
The InfoDev suggested us
to submit our travel grant application for the attendees from developing
countries.
(iv) ITU
Upon the suggestion made by a staff of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), we plan to submit our grant application to Mr. Yoshio Utsumi, Director-General of the ITU, with the support of Dr. Pekka Tarjanne, former Director-General of the ITU and one of the truseee members of GUS. Mr. Yoshio Utsumi was the counterpart at the Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications when Dr. Takeshi Utsumi extended Telenet (the predecessor of Internet) to Japan and deregulated the Japanese telecom policies for the use of email, and worked on the demonopolization and privatization of Japanese telecom industries in early 1980s.
3. As for Overall Project including
CampusNet:
(i) Global University System (GUS)
This activity in Amazon
region will be sustained by regional and local coalition members of the
CampusNet and the community development networks, and internationally by the
affiliated institutions of the Global University System.
(ii) Brazilian Government
The Brazilian government
has already pledged US$2,800,000 to cover a portion of the costs of Multimedia
Resource Centers (MRCs) of CampusNet.
This project has also
already received favorable responses from the Brazilian Congress and the SIVAM
of the Brazilian Air Force, which has three transponders on BRAZILSAT for
distance education.
(iii) Global E-Rate
Major infrastructure
equipment for the CampusNet is to be financed by the Official Development
Assistant (ODA) fund of OECD countries, particularly of Japan. This is to
follow the precedence of the University of South Pacific in Fiji which received
a major financial aid (about US$13 million) from the Japanese government to
connect a dozen nearby islands, albeit narrow-band Internet via INTELSAT free
of charge. We will seek similar approach with BRAZILSAT of SIVAM, INTELSAT,
Tachyon, WorldSpace, or HISPASAT (which 70% capacity is not used, according to
Dr. Federico Mayor, former Director-General of UNESCO and one of Trustee
members of GUS), etc.
However, government
funds usually do not last long, particularly to cover recurring costs of, say,
expensive satellite segment. In order to cover this cost and to make CampusNet
economically sustainable for the coming future, we will have the participation
of for-profit commercial enterprises in the localities of those universities,
preferably from the second phase of this project. They will undertake major
portion of financial burden of this venture (e.g., digital satellite trunk
line, etc.) -- see Table 1 below for the list of Japanese companies in Manaus
to which we plan to approach for their support in lieu of our providing
broadband Internet access to them -- particularly to the Japanese school for
the children of their employees so that they can freely and easily communicate
with their counterparts in Japan (e.g., with the use of NetMeeting
videoconferencing and accessing webs in Japan via Internet, etc.).
This is to follow the
suit of the case at St. Thomas Island in Caribbean, where K-12 schools have
broadband Internet access free of charge while high cost of broadband Internet
trunk line between the island and the US has been incurred by profit-oriented
organizations in the island. This is, in a sense, to create the so-called
"Global E-Rate" as proposed by Global Service Trust Fund (GSTF).
To have their
participation, the universities of CampusNet will also provide them with
training courses to the staffs of those commercial enterprises in their
localities. This training and technical support can be the on-the-job training
of the graduate students of the universities. Such university and industry
connection will also create new job opportunities for the graduates of the
universities.
(iv) Japanese ODA
Since the spring of
1998, Dr. Takeshi Utsumi, one of the GUS vice presidents, worked to have the
Japanese government pledge $15 billion to close the digital divide in
developing countries (5 years), during the Okinawa Summit in July 2000. UNESCO
in Bangkok and the Asia Development Bank have already received out of this
pledged fund, -- 170 million yen in fiscal 2001 (about US$1.5 million) for the
former and 1,270 million yen (about US$10 million) for the latter. (The UNDP
might have also received US$5 million, though not confirmed in August of
2001.).
Dr. Utsumi has already
given a copy of the preliminary version of the application for the InfoDev of
the World Bank (mentioned above) to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(MOFA) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and received their
favorable responses to this project during his trip to Tokyo in August of 2001.
They will favorably review the resultant comprehensive documents of the
workshop's feasibility study and market survey when these documents will arrive
to them through appropriate Brazilian governmental agencies and the Japanese
Embassy in Brasilia.
(v) UNESCO
The GUS at the University of Tampere (Professor Tapio Varis) has received an approval from UNESCO for becoming a UNESCO Chair member of the UNESCO/UNITWIN Network program <http://www.unesco.org/education/educprog/unitwin/index.html> which was initiated by Dr. Marco Antonio Dias, one of the GUS vice presidents, while he was at the UNESCO. Basing on the hard track records of previous, highly successful conduct of two workshops in Manaus in 1998 and 2000 mentioned above (which subsequently formulated the CampusNet coalition), the GUS invited the Universidade Federal do Amazonas (Professor Alexandre Rivas) to become a counterpart UNESCO Chair of this program. We then expect to have support of UNESCO for our approach to the Japanese government.
Table 1
List of Japanese
companies in Manaus
(Received from
Japanese Consulate in Manaus)
(9) Duraç o do Projeto
Duration of the project
De ______________ atÈ
____________
From ________________ to ________________
September 1, 2002 August 31, 2003
(mês, ano) (mês, ano)
(month, year) (month, year)
Favor anexar a este formulário os seguintes documentos:
Kindly attach the following documents to this application form:
(Se n o estiverem disponíveis, favor fornecer informaç es equivalentes aos funcionários da Embaixada e ou Consulado Geral)
(In case if they are not available, please provide further or equivalent information to the personnel of the Embassy and/or General Consulate.)
Mapa com projeç o local do projeto
Map(s) indicating the project site(s)
See Figures 2 to 5.
Design de especificaç o do projeto
Design specification of the project
See ANNEX VI.
Estimativas escritas de mercadorias e ou serviços de três fornecedores
Written estimates of the equipment obtained from three different suppliers
See ANNEX VI.
Data __________
Dates ____________
May 25, 2002
Nome _____________________________
Name _____________________________________
Professor Doctor Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas
Título/Cargo _______________________________
Title/Position _______________________________________
General Director of the Center of Sciences of the Environment
Assinatura _____________________________
Signature ______________________________________
English translation by Cesar Augusto and Bryan Lazerow.