PROASNE - Project Management

PROASNE is funded in part by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and is co-managed by the Geological Survey of Canada, a branch of the Earth Sciences Sector of Natural Resources Canada, and Serviço Geológico do Brasil (CPRM). Each organization provides a full-time project manager or General Coordinator. CPRM also provides a Technical Coordinator, who oversees all aspects of the technical program, and a Social Area Coordinator to coordinate the social and gender activities. The Canadian General Coordinator is assisted by a Canadian social and gender specialist hired under contract, and whose responsibility it is to bring Canadian expertise to the social and gender program run by the Brazilians.

Each of the three participating states provides a technical and a social coordinator to organize technical and social/gender activities in their respective region. In the case of Rio Grande do Norte, there are two social/gender coordinators (but a single Technical Coordinator) because that state has two pilot areas.

All the individuals listed above form the Steering Committee which effectively runs PROASNE. The Steering Committee meets twice a year, usually in April and September. For logistical reasons, Steering Committee meetings are usually held in Brazil.

The following table lists all individuals who have occupied the various Steering Committee positions over the course of the project:

Canadian Fiscal Year	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004
Brazilian General Coordinator	Samir Nahass - CPRM, Rio de Janeiro	Enjôlras de A. Medeiros Lima - CPRM, Recife	Enjôlras de A. Medeiros Lima - CPRM, Recife	Humberto Albuquerque - CPRM, Rio de Janeiro
Canadian General Coordinator	Yvon Maurice - GSC/ESS/NRCan, Ottawa	Yvon Maurice - GSC/ESS/NRCan, Ottawa	Yvon Maurice - GSC/ESS/NRCan, Ottawa	Yvon Maurice - GSC/ESS/NRCan, Ottawa
Technical Coordinator	Humberto Albuquerque - CPRM, Rio de Janeiro	Fernando Feitosa - CPRM, Fortaleza	Fernando Feitosa - CPRM, Fortaleza	Humberto Albuquerque - CPRM, Rio de Janeiro
Social Area Coordinator	Vacant	Luciana Cibelle dos Santos- CPRM, Recife	Luciana Cibelle dos Santos- CPRM, Recife	Enjôlras de A. Medeiros Lima - CPRM, Recife
Canadian Social & Gender Specialist	Sherry Nelligan - Gender Equality Inc., Toronto	Sherry Nelligan - Gender Equality Inc., Toronto	Sherry Nelligan - Gender Equality Inc., Toronto	Vacant
Ceará Technical Coordinator	Fernando Feitosa - CPRM, Fortaleza	Oderson de Souza Filho - CPRM, Fortaleza	Oderson de Souza Filho - CPRM, Fortaleza	Oderson de Souza Filho - CPRM, Fortaleza
Ceará Social/Gender Coordinator	Rita Eugênia Santiago - Municipality of Irauçuba	Rita Eugênia Santiago - Municipality of Irauçuba	Walda Viana Brígido de Moura - UFC, Fortaleza	Walda Viana Brígido de Moura - UFC, Fortaleza
Pernambuco Technical Coordinator	Enjôlras de A. Medeiros Lima - CPRM, Recife	José Carlos da Silva - CPRM, Recife	José Carlos da Silva - CPRM, Recife	José Carlos da Silva - CPRM, Recife
Pernambuco Social/Gender Coordinator	Ana Cristina Brito Arcoverde - UFPE, Recife	Ana Cristina Brito Arcoverde - UFPE, Recife	Ana Cristina Brito Arcoverde - UFPE, Recife	Ana Cristina Brito Arcoverde - UFPE, Recife
Rio Grande do Norte Technical Coordinator	Walter Medeiros - UFRN, Natal	Walter Medeiros - UFRN, Natal	Walter Medeiros - UFRN, Natal	Walter Medeiros - UFRN, Natal
Rio Grande do Norte (Serrinha) Social/Gender Coordinator	Maria Fátima de Freitas Rêgo - SERHID, Natal	Maria Fátima de Freitas Rêgo - SERHID, Natal	Maria Fátima de Freitas Rêgo - SERHID, Natal	Maria Fátima de Freitas Rêgo - SERHID, Natal
Rio Grande do Norte (Caraúbas) Social/Gender Coordinator	Vacant	Roberta Borges de Medeiros Falcão - CAERN, Natal	Roberta Borges de Medeiros Falcão - CAERN, Natal	Roberta Borges de Medeiros Falcão - CAERN, Natal

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