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The BM&FBOVESPA Institute and BrazilFoundation announced on March 3rd with the symbolic ringing of the opening bell at BM&FBOVESPA, the projects that will compose the portfolio of the Social and Environmental Stock Exchange (BVSA) in 2016 (available at www.bvsa.org.br). At the event, a report was also published on the fundraising by the organizations listed in 2015, being the result of the first year of the partnership between BVSA and BrazilFoundation.
Edemir Pinto, CEO of BM&FBOVESPA, Patricia Lobaccaro, President and CEO of BrazilFoundation and representatives of NGOs participating in the symbolic ringing of the opening bell
In 2015, the 20 listed projects raised BRL 762,000. Of this total, 11 achieved 100% of their target and nine projects raised on average 47% of the target. Even those with a lower uptake will receive the resources for development of the original proposal, with some adjustments.
"The Exchange and the BM&FBOVESPA Institute are honored to have done their part in the search for a more prosperous and socially equal Brazil," said Chief Executive Officer of BM&FBOVESPA, Edemir Pinto, during the opening ceremony.
"This joint venture of co-investment between the BM&FBOVESPA and BrazilFoundation opens a new chapter in the Brazilian social sector. A cooperation chapter, sharing methodologies, aligning efforts to reduce overlaps and extending results”, said the president and CEO of BrazilFoundation, Patricia Lobaccaro in her speech.
"It is a pleasure to see these dreams come true, which have been picked so carefully. We are proud to be part of this project”, said the manager of partnerships and development for the private sector UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), Luciana Aguiar.
"We are very proud to support projects and the institute. We believe in the partnership between the BM&FBOVESPA and BrazilFoundation. We will continue to invest in 2016", said Mariana Abdelhay, general manager of Sustainability of Lojas Americanas and B2W, the company that donated, through the platform, BRL 600,000 for 12 projects in 2015.
Finally, the representative of local economic development agency ADEL, Wagner Gomes, whose project had its funding completed in 2015, also spoke of the dream, telling the story of many young people who have been closely affected in Ceará by the investment made by BVSA and BrazilFoundation.
Each year, 20 projects are chosen by a committee composed of the Superintendent of BM&FBOVESPA Institute, an executive officer of BM&FBOVESPA and a representative of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Projects are selected based on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reaffirming the commitment of the BM&FBOVESPA with the UN (formerly the projects were selected according to the the Millennium Development Goals - MDGs). The projects are listed for up to a year.
As in 2015, the 2016 listing, which began on March 1, presents options in all regions of the country plus the Federal District:
- Imagine - Instituição Plano B - Jaboatão dos Guararapes, PE;
- Social Mobilization for Education - Instituto Chapada de Educação e Pesquisa – Palmeiras, BA;
- IEE Institutional Strengthening - Instituto Esporte & Educação – Nacional;
- Our Group - Instituto Fazendo História – São Paulo, SP;
- Kalivono - Instituto de Pesquisa da Diversidade Intercultural (IPEDI) – Aquidauana, MS;
- Musical Training at Espaço Cultural da Grota - Espaço Cultural da Grota (Reciclarte) – Niterói, RJ;
- Integral Health is Cool - Centro de Recuperação e Educação Nutricional (CREN) - São Paulo, SP;
- Brazil Child Health – Broadening Horizons - Associação Saúde Criança Zona Sul- Responder - Rio de Janeiro, RJ;
- Family Architect – Family Housing and Health Diagnostics - Associação Soluções Urbanas: Urbanismo, Cultura e Cidadania - Niterói, RJ;
- Green Kitchen: Growing Organic Food and New Opportunities for Women - Associação Coletivo Popular de Saúde e Cultura de Mandacaru - João Pessoa, PB;
- Caregiving Project – Elderly Caregivers Agency - Casa de Santa Ana - Rio de Janeiro, RJ;
- Mortar & Lipstick – Women’s Instructor Training - Mulher em Construção - Porto Alegre, RS;
- Dream Weaving - Aliança Empreendedora - São Paulo, SP;
- Right & Citizenship - Amigos da Vida – Brasília, DF;
- Rebuilding Lives, Strengthening Ties - Associação Fênix - Curitiba, PR;
- Sowing the Seeds of Rights - Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Apoio Comunitário (IBEAC) - São Paulo, SP;
- Pimp my Cart - Instituto Sincronicidade - São Paulo, SP;
- Handmade Design - Rede Asta - Rio de Janeiro, RJ;
- Gira-sol Project: Managing Life Energies - Instituto Transformance: Cultura & Educação – Marabá, PA;
- Productive Crop - Associação dos Pequenos Agricultores do Povoado de Lagoa da Baixa – Cansanção, BA.
