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Figure 3. Proposed Organizational Chart for OS-INPO Governance . the contribution of scientific and tech- In all of OS-INPO’s paths of action, it is
nological knowledge in priority areas for considered that the base of national scien-
Fiscal
Council society, such as disaster prevention, based tific knowledge will be directly linked to re-
Administrative on continuous oceanic monitoring of rel- search groups and laboratory infrastructure of
Council evant variables, sustainable development universities and research centers, public and
Scientific Council
Director and food security, thus contributing to the private. As a result, it considers the Research,
General advancement of the new socio-economic Innovation and Infrastructure Network (RPII)
Communication frontier: the BLUE ECONOMY; in its governance strategy, which includes sci-
Advice Infrastructure Coordination Director of Operations . the reduction of operational costs, with entific leaders, specialized laboratories, INCTs,
(Logistics, Ships and
Laboratories onboard) the increase on the capacity of concerted ef- technical-scientific societies and partner com-
Legal Advice Ocean Monitoring and forts and better coordinated actions under panies that will form the critical mass that will
Administrative-Financial Risk Management approved projects to be executed simulta- work together with OS-INPO in its actions.
Coordination and
International Entrepreneurship and neously, especially in oceanographic cruises, We emphasize the need to enhance
Institutional Relations Funding Innovation as well as in support to laboratory infrastruc- knowledge about the entire process that
Advisory
Training and Ocean ture, through an integrated management will guide the actions to be developed by
Network of Partner Foundations Culture between those projects and their demands OS-INPO, what were its main motivations,
for collection and data acquisition and mul- what are the expected and resulting im-
RPII Steering Committee Research, Scientific tiple-use samples. Among these projects, pacts of its creation for all sectors involved
Innovation and Infrastructure Network - RPII Framework we highlight those aimed at proposing solu- with ocean sciences in Brazil, as well as the
tions for the mitigation and adaptation of identification of how the design of future
Source: author’s elaboration
climate change, as well as marine pollution; contributions to strategic sectors in the
6. Future perspectives with the implementation of OS-INPO . in all times, the prompting to INNOVA- country could be. In advance, it is estimat-

OS-INPO’s interest in supporting the In- close to 1.5ºC. National insertion in the TION, given the opportunities identified and ed that OS-INPO will have the potential to
novation sector for ocean research is clearly global effort to decarbonize the economy arising from ocean resources; and promote and favour new technology-based
visible, whose contribution is still quite mod- could generate opportunities in technolo- . primarily, the creation of a fruitful companies (start-ups) and that those will
est, in search for national solutions to the gy-based activities developed at sea. In this environment for permanent dialogue be able to conduct actions in cooperation
challenges related to the South Atlantic. context, renewable energies in the ocean, between science and society. with the business sectors and academia.
The importance of the dialogue between including offshore wind, point to new possi- 7. Conclusion
governmental bodies that regulate econom- bilities in electric generation, in the produc-
ic activities in the exclusive economic zone tion of green hydrogen and in the desalina- In addition to the plurality of interpreta- in Brazil, resulting from extreme events
and the scientific and technological areas, tion of seawater. Innovative projects with a tions and inspirations about the uncertainties and the impacts of climate variability and
in order to support the decisions and public high technological content will be promot- of the future and the future of uncertainties anthropic actions at sea. This new knowl-
policies of these bodies, is one of the most ed, in particular, those that are characterized in the scientific universe of marine sciences, edge base should be able to support and
important positive externalities of OS-INPO. as examples of circular economy. The possi- what is expected from the actions that will optimize the transition from an Economy
The efficiency of this relationship may repre- bility of implementing an innovative project be in charge of OS-INPO, in partnership of the Sea to a national Blue Economy. To this
sent relevant economic and social gains for that converts plastic waste into hydrogen, with the existing innovation sectors in the end, it will be necessary to support studies
the country, with the aggregation of quality which is being tested in some countries in country, is the expansion of the knowledge and research and development activities of
jobs in promising sectors. This is in addition Europe, should be pursued. base about the oceans, with emphasis on public interest, serving as an aggregating
to new initiatives by international bodies, There are several expected qualitative re- the South and Tropical Atlantic, in order to mechanism for projects in a partnership
aimed at limiting global warming to levels sults, including: reduce the economic and social vulnerability regime, capable of reducing uncertainties,

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