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A NEW FEDERALLY-FUNDED OCEAN

RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Segen Farid Estefen
Janice Romaguera Trotte-Duhá

Jailson Bittencourt de Andrade
Moacyr Cunha de Araújo Filho

1. Introduction

The present work provides preliminary (MCTI Act Nr. 4.719/2021), that calls for
information about actions undertaken by the promotion of marine research activi-
the Ministry of Science, Technology and ties, according to the demands expressed
Innovations (MCTI) and other institutions by institutions with an interest in oceanic
with an interest in ocean research, towards research, through the qualification of such
the qualification of a Federally-funded OS, a private not-for-profit entity, to act
Research Institute (“Organização Social – both at the tactical and operational levels.
OS”, in Portuguese), with the mission to The OS is a model of public organization
promote marine sciences in an integrated designed to carry on and finance those sci-
and transdisciplinary way, in order to meet entific activities oriented for the public good
national challenges in this area at different and towards serving public interests. The
scales, as well as providing with the techni- Management Contract (“CG”) is the instru-
cal basis for the implementation of nation- ment that regulates the actions of an “OS”.
al policies that could benefit the Brazilian It is worth mentioning some basic char-
society and the expansion of Brazil’s role acteristics of an OS, that provides trans-
towards a sustainable ocean, both at the parency in the execution of contracts,
national and international scenario. excellence in the application of public re-
The motivation to create an OS for the sources and evaluated by public managers
sea dates back for some years and is pres- as the most efficient option for projects
ently based on the Science at Sea Program that need to be executed in a sustainable

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