Monitoring The Mdgs At The Municipal Level In The States Of Rio De Janeiro And Maranhao And Strengthening Local Capacities On Public Policies

The overall goal of the project is: to contribute to local sustainable development in 11 municipalities in the State of Rio de Janeiro and 4 municipalities in the State of Maranhão, where large-scale petrochemical industrial activities are being built and will start operation in the near future. The project aims at monitoring the impact of the installation of the petrochemical complex COMPERJ  in Itaboraí (State of Rio de Janeiro) and of the refinery Premium I in Bacabeira (State of Maranhão) in respectively 11 municipalities in Rio and 4 municipalities in Maranhão, on the basis of local targets and indicators of the MDGs. Also, it aims at supporting the implementation of public policies, plans and programs on the basis of the same targets and indicators. Moreover the Project makes possible for Petrobras to monitor the impacts of its industrial activities.