A Seminar for Research and Debate – DESAFIO Project – 9 September 2015
Programme
09:00-10:00 Opening Session
Eiiti Sato, Director, International Relations Advisory, University of Brasilia
Ernani Ciríaco de Miranda, Director, Department of Institutional Relations, National Secretariat of Environmental Sanitation, Ministry of the Cities, Brasilia
Marcos Helano Montenegro, President, Brazilian Association of Sanitary Engineering, Federal District (ABES-DF), Brasilia. Member of DESAFIO’s Strategic Advisory Committee
José Esteban Castro, Co-ordinator of the Project and of the WATERLAT-GOBACIT Network, Newcastle University
Watch here the full video record of the Opening Session
10:00-12:30 Round Table 1 – Materializing the human right to water: the challenge in perspective
Ernani Ciríaco de Miranda, Director, Department of Institutional Relations, National Secretariat of Environmental Sanitation, Ministry of the Cities, Brasilia
Marcos Helano Montenegro, President, Brazilian Association of Sanitary Engineering, Federal District (ABES-DF), Brasilia. Member of DESAFIO’s Strategic Advisory Committee
Francisco dos Santos Lopes, Executive Secretary, National Association of Municipal Water and Sanitation Services (ASSEMAE), Brasilia
Juliana Zancul, Co-ordinator, Rural Sanitation Area, Department of Engineering and Public Health, National Health Foundation (FUNASA), Ministry of Health, Brasilia
José Esteban Castro, Co-ordinator of the Project and of the WATERLAT-GOBACIT Network, Newcastle University
Watch here the full video record of Round Table 1
Presentations Round Table 1 in pdf format (in Portuguese)
Francisco Lopes, ASSEMAE
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-18:30 Round Table 2 – Lessons from the experiences studied: the findings in context
Part 1 – Lessons from the Project: rural sanitation
Marcondes Sobreira, Integrated System of Rural Sanitation (SISAR), Water and Sanitation Company of Ceará (CAGECE), Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Miguel Peña Varón, Director, Cinara, Institute for Research and Development in Water Supply, Environmental Sanitation, and Conservation of Water Resources (CINARA), University of the Valley (UNIVALLE), Cali, Colombia 
Part 2 – Lessons from the Project: vulnerable urban areas
César Rissoli, Manager, Community Support Department, Environmental Sanitation Company of the Federal District (CAESB), Brasilia
Hermelinda Rocha, Researcher, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), and Manager, Department of Support to Hydrographic Basin Organizations (GAOB), Pernambuco’s Water and Climate Agency (APAC), Recife, Brazil
Watch here the full video record of Round Table 2
Presentations Round Table 2 in pdf format (in Portuguese)
Marcondes Sobreira, CAGECE
Miguel Peña, UNIVALLE
César Rissoli, CAESB
Hermelinda Rocha, UFPE-APAC
18:30 Closure 
Jointly organized by WATERLAT-GOBACIT Network, Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), National Secretariat of Environmental Sanitation, Ministry of the Cities (MinCid), Institute of International Relations (IREL), University of Brasilia, and Brazilian Association of Sanitary Engineering, Federal District (ABES-DF).
Auditorium of the Institute of International Relations (IREL), University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil 9 September 2015.