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by the Management Agreement. These by the Brazilian Navy Act Nr.313/ 2020, in supported by OS-INPO. As far as food securi- objectives. Combined local and global ac-
additional resources may come from its Article 3, Item V. ty is concerned, harmful algal blooms can im- tions, including numerical modeling studies
different funding arrangements (FOA, Therefore, OS-INPO will continue to ad- pact mariculture areas and bring severe risks with assimilation of observations such as
2020) that will be supported by formally vocate and improve an inclusive coordina- to biodiversity and the human population. small and large-scale ocean currents, for ex-
established partnerships (Goal 6). Efforts tion and articulation mechanism, in order OS-INPO’s role will be anchored in solid ample, will be well explored.
will be directed towards planning the to identify and aggregate research projects support to government agencies that act Partnerships with the Brazilian Navy
raising of additional financial resources under a strong partnership regime, serving with response actions to mitigate environ- and bodies responsible for the prevention
from sponsors, permanent and punctual, as a tool for expanding the detection ca- mental disasters and also with innovative of accidents due to pollution at sea, in ad-
and national and international funding pacity, impact prevention, formulation of preventive actions that minimize the expect- dition to Port Authorities, National Agency
agencies. Accreditation in international timely “response actions”, as well as the ed impacts. Such studies involve oceano- for Aquatic Transportation (ANTAQ) and
funds, such as the Green Climate Fund mitigation of damages, in the event of graphic and meteorological computer mod- IBAMA, are expected to take place, at the
and the Global Environmental Fund, will threat situations or environmental disasters elling techniques, integrated analysis of en- tactical-operational level. It is worth men-
be a relevant strategy to be considered due to pollution at sea, where plastics have vironmental data (e.g., oceanographic, me- tioning, once again, that OS-INPO will not
for the financing of projects carried out also been occupying a niche of attention teorological, biological, geological, social, be charged with State functions, but will
and sponsored by OS-INPO. and additional concerns in the country. Re- and economic) and observational efforts provide the technical and scientific knowl-
Additionally, those entities participat- garding this last form of water pollution, (data acquisition) in coastal environments, edge for the improvement of activities un-
ing in the implementation of OS-INPO may the need to comply with Goal 14.1 of the strategies associated with other OS-INPO der its responsibilities.
offer in-kind contributions, seconded per- Sustainable Development Goals (SDG-14),
sonnel and also existing infrastructure as namely, “by 2025, prevent and significant- 5. Governance and administrative structure
counterparts to the implementation of the ly reduce marine pollution of all types, es-
proposed activities. pecially from terrestrial activities”. The Governance proposed in the Stat- Management Agreement to be signed by
The issue of garbage at sea and emerg- utes for the OS-INPO is provided below: the OS relays on MCTI, one of the mem-
4.9 Objective 9 ing pollutants, many of them of terrestrial .
Support public systems for risk man- origin, and with severe impact on the ma- Board of Directors (“Conselho de Ad- bers of the CF will be exclusively appoint-
ed by the MCTI.
agement and prevention of natural rine environment, must also be addressed ministração – CA”), the high-level body .
and man-made disasters at sea. for guidance and deliberations under the Scientific Council (“Conselho Cientifico
in an integrated and urgent manner, em- OS-INPO, constituted in accordance with – CC”), which will consist of 17 members,
Among the strategic objectives estab- phasizing, once again, the seriousness of Law 9.637, 15 May 1998, that defines its nine of them to be appointed by the Gov-
lished for the OS-INPO and its interrelation the presence of nano-, micro- and mac- composition in terms of representativeness ernment and ratified by the CA; and eight
with the concept of the Blue Economy, this roplastics that are then discarded at sea. of governmental bodies, private institu- representatives of civil society, as appoint-
is certainly the most important and con- Different economic activities could be tions and individuals representing the com- ed by the CA, among personalities and
spicuous for the relationship between the impacted as a result of extreme events, such . representatives of institutions dedicated
munity to be serviced by the OS.
OS and the public system devoted to risk as offshore operations in the oil and gas Fiscal Council (“Conselho Fiscal – CF”), to the OS’s areas of activity.
management, prevention of natural disas- sectors and, in the near future, wind gen- to be composed of three members, with The human resources staff foreseen for
ters and those caused by human activities. eration. Extreme events also directly impact the objective to, among others, provide the OS-INPO comprises a total of 17 profes-
OS-INPO is expected to provide models the coastal zone, affecting tourism, food advice on the balances and reports of sionals, with two executive directors, five
and improvement of protocols aimed at security and economic activities in coast- financial and accounting performance, professionals at the senior level, five profes-
improving pressing aspects related to ma- al urban centers. Maritime transport and as well as on the balance sheet opera- sionals at the junior and intermediate level
rine pollution (detection, monitoring, miti- port operations can also be impacted and tions carried out, issuing direct advice to and five administrative professionals.
gation and remediation), always in coordi- ongoing studies on different maritime as- the Board of Directors (CA). Consider- The draft OS-INPO Organizational Chart
nation with ComTecPolÓleo, as expressed pects associated with national ports can be ing that the supervisory authority of the is shown in Figure 3

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