Objectives
Who we are
- Introduction
- Projects
- Board of Directors
Membership

The BCI began its activities with the following assets: two office tables, two chairs, a cabinet, a telephone line, one desk top computer and one lap top, all belonging to the founders.

As a bank account, the founders made a donation to the Institute to purchase stationery and to cover filing fees & legal expenses.

We are registered under the Brazilian law as a not for profit non-governmental organization.

We are located at:
Rua Santiago 298, Penha
21020-400 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Tel/Fax: +55 +73 9199 5255

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Thank you.

Introduction:

The Brazilian Coastal Institute - BRCoastal was founded in 2003 to support the project "Aventura no Brasil Costal - ABC da Difusão da Gestão das Águas Costeiras" (web site in portuguese) that is a sailing expedition along the Brazilian coast to build awareness on coastal water management and marine environment. It consists of anchoring at approximately 203 locations where outdoor seminars will be organized for the general public, with the assistance of academics, specialists and media; it will also include appearances by writers and perfomers -- to encourage a positive atmosphere; the national contest "Create an Eco-Microproject" (adopt a tree, clean a slice of a beach, etc). The BCI will rely on a network of coordinators to prepare these meetings and continous interaction with the expedition through the Internet.

The BCI is supported by the Brazilian Navy, the Oceanographic Museum of Rio Grande, the Ministry of Environment, the Fundação Roberto Marinho, the PNUMA-Brazil, the SECIRM (Secretariat of the Inter Ministerial Commission for the Resources of the Sea) and a national network of scholars, scientists, researchers and environmentalists.

Projects:
In parallel we also developed five diferent projects with similar objectives:

1 - A workshop entitled "The Sea: I Use It, I Manage it, I Enjoy It - a solidary reponsibility" which aims to promote the awareness of the marine environment as a whole, its integrated management and its multiple functions related to the human and physical aspects. The target paticipants for this workshop are university students and junior highschool students. There will have appropriate adaptation of content for each of these tagets.

2 - Scholarships: we approach universities from the Brazilian coastal states and abroad to obtain scholarships for selected students. These students are monitored by the BCI and must achieve a high level performance and develop a project related to the objectives of the BCI.

3 - Lighthouses of Brazil - an interactive the coastal zone programme: consists of providing the general public with the aid of universities students engaged on social projects with a "ready to fill in fact sheet" and an usage guide in order to report facts and events related to the coastline. The Brazilian coastaline will be demarcated by its lighthouses along the coast and their historic and nostalgic importance will be used to "light up" the general public´s maritime awareness.

Who we are:

Board of Directors:
Luís Peazê - writer and scientific journalist - President contato@luispeaze.com

Helga Leal - Social Scientist
Vice-President

We are located at:
Rua Santiago 298, Penha
21020-400 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Tel/Fax: +55 +21 # 9629 3334

Sincerely

Luís Peazê

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