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Education
and Construction of the Public Arena |
"Democracy is built by those
who take part in it"
To NOVA, democracy means organisation of civil society
to widen participation in the public arena. And the
process of democratisation of the Brazilian society
includes the formation of pro-active citizens, able
to communicate their demands to governments and enterprises,
and possible ways to implement them.
In this way, NOVA develops actions of formation to
sensitise entities of civil society and build their
capacities, to work in a qualified way in the processes
of formulation, monitoring and evaluation of local
public policies.
The main objective of the Education and Construction
of the Public Arena Program is to prepare diverse
social players to take part in the construction of
a public agenda of social, economic and cultural policies.
When executing projects that transfer knowledge, information
and opportunities to entities of civil society, NOVA
contributes to their decisive role to democratise
governmental processes that interfere in the daily
life of communities and social groups in vulnerable
situations.
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Education,
Infancy and the Youth |
NOVA understands the importance of
Education to make children and the youth able to contribute
to the creation of new patterns of social life together,
redrawing their future possibilities; not only because
of their significant numeric participation, but also
specially by its tremendous potential to generate
social change.
In this way, NOVA keeps the Education, Infancy and
the Youth Program aiming to produce and diffuse knowledge
among these segments. By implementing innovative educational
experiences, NOVA contributes to the visibility and
to the overcome of unequal relationships between adults
and children, men and women.
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Articulation
and Participation in the Public Debate |
The organised actions to transform
the social reality strengthen themselves and gain
legitimacy when they result from articulation among
diverse social movements and entities from civil society.
To increase the impact and the visibility of its
joint work with other institutions, NOVA takes part
in networks and makes partnerships. Through its Articulation
and Participation in the Public Debate Program, it
contributes to the creation of proposals and strategies
of joint work, considered fundamental for the continuity
and intensification of its active and historically
consolidated participation in the public debate.
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Collectors,
Environment, and Recyclables Market |
Although law does not regulate the
profession of "collector of recyclable materials",
this is an important activity to ecological and environmental
protection and income generation. NOVA has been building
capacity among recyclable collectors since 2001 and
has articulated the creation of the Independent Network
of Recyclable Materials Collectors of Rio de Janeiro
State (Ricamare); a platform organised to strengthen
collectors' associations.
The Collectors, Environment and Recyclables Market
Project works with collectors from co-operatives and
associations of Ricamare in Rio de Janeiro, Duque
de Caxias, Mesquita and other towns. Its aims are
to contribute to the improvement of their work and
health conditions and to widen their capacities to
establish new partnerships, making possible the income
growth of co-operative's members. NOVA also expects
that this project create matured relationships of
gender in their workplaces, once the majority of people
who work in this sector are women.
To accomplish these aims, 120 collectors will take
part in a technical qualification course and will
debate about rights of women and gender relationships.
The project will also carry on Ricamare meetings and
the Collectors' Bulletin, a publication created in
2002 that brings information about prices of recyclable
materials, buyers' list, tips about health, and events.
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The
Young and Education for Attainment of Rights |
Many times young people are seen as
agents of problems and not of rights. Against to this
vision, NOVA believes in the role of young people
in the construction of a just, egalitarian and plural
society.
The Young and Education for Attainment of Rights
Project aims to promote a culture of rights among
young people, using reflections about school, culture,
and arts in the practice of citizenship. We execute
workshops with 80 young people from 15 to 24 years
old living in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro
and towns of South region of Rio de Janeiro State.
During this project, young people have the opportunity
to develop their capacity of observation, discussion
and analysis about their local reality. The idea is
to stimulate the critical thinking and participation
of young people in local social issues. A preliminary
survey with 200 young people will identify problems,
opportunities and challenges in their communities.
In the last phase of the project, NOVA will promote
seminars for civil society organisations and meetings
with parents and professionals from the Education
sector in public schools to debate experiences and
to present their outcomes. In partnership with the
"Workshop of Ideas" group, we also planned
to create educational spots for radios, among other
diffusing materials.
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Homeless
People: Warrant Networks of Human Rights and Social
Inclusion |
In the last 25 years, the social inclusion
of homeless people has become an obvious and pressing
social challenge to governments and civil society.
Today, assistance to homeless people prevails in shelters
and reference centres which, most of the times, contributes
to keep them in the streets.
The Homeless People: Warrant Networks of Human Rights
and Social Inclusion Project aims to build a regional
strategy of assistance and following of homeless people
in 11 towns, articulating governments and civil society
organisations that intervene in this public. Beginning
with three main areas of work (Rio de Janeiro, Volta
Redonda and Petrópolis), the idea is to develop
with entities in each town a research about the profile
of homeless people and to propose local solutions
for each kind of public.
In the second phase, NOVA will promote building capacity
workshops for technicians and educators focusing human
rights and social inclusion in the assistance provided
to homeless people. The work also comprises the participation
of NOVA in the National Forum for Studies about Homeless
People to propose national public policies, the elaboration
of a publication about the subject and sensitising
campaigns.
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