World Basin Summit 2026: Four Decades of Cooperation Between Brazil and France on River Basin Management

Introduction

• Mr. Nicolas Bourlon, Director of Latin American Projects, International Office for Water (OiEau)

Rio Doce Project – Simulation of a river basin agency for the Rio Doce basin and Paraiba do Sul Project – Proposal for the establishment of a River Basin Agency (1988–1998)

• Mr. Nicolas Bourlon, Director of Latin American Projects, International Office for Water (OiEau) and former coordinator of the Rio Doce et Paraiba do Sul – Beture Setame projects (1988-1992)
• Mr. Márcio Santa Rosa, Coordinator of the blue economy and bays, State Secretariat for the Environment and Sustainable Development (SEAS) and former sanitation specialist at the Paraíba do Sul River Basin Technical Agency (1992–1998), Brazil

Piracicaba, Capivari et Jundiaí (PCJ) Basins: 35 years of partnership with France

• Mr. Rafael Piovezan, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Intermunicipal Consortium of the Piracicaba, Capivari and Jundiaí River Basins(Consortium PCJ), Brazil
• Mr. Francisco Carlos Castro Lahóz, Executive Secretary, Intermunicipal Consortium of the Piracicaba, Capivari and Jundiaí River Basins(Consortium PCJ), Brazil

Paraíba do Sul Basin: AGEVAP and 30 years anniversary of CEIVAP

• Ms. Maria Aparecida Vargas, Secretary, Committee for the Integration of the Paraíba do Sul Basin (CEIVAP), Brazil

• Ms. Aline Raquel Alvarenga,Director-President, Association for Water Resources Management in the Paraíba do Sul Basin (AGEVAP), Brazil

InterAgências Project – Cooperation between water agencies in Brazil and France (AGEVAP, PCJ Basin Agency and AELB) and the MARU project – Monitoring of municipal wastewater and Its environmental impact

• Mr. Eduardo Cuoco Léo, Information Systems Coordinator, Piracicaba, Capivari and Jundiaí Basin Agency Foundation(PCJ Agency), Brazil
• Mr. Márcio Fonseca Peixoto, Water Resources Specialist, Agency of the Rio Paraíba do Sul Basin (AGEVAP), Brazil
• Mr. Hervé Gilliard, Head of International Operations / Planning Project Manager, Loire-Bretagne Water Agency (AELB), France
• Video presentation of the MARU project

Conclusions and perspectives for further cooperation

• Mr. Vinicius Benevides, President, Brazilian Association of the regulation agencies (ABAR) and Director, Federal District Regulatory Agency for Water, Energy, and Basic Sanitation (ADASA), Brazil
• Ms. Fernanda Abreu, Special International Advisor, National water and sanitation agency (ANA), Brazil
• Mr. Alain Bernard,  Head of the Latin America Department, International Office for Water (OiEau)
• Ms. Ana Larronda Asti, Under-Secretary for Water Resources and Sustainable Development, State of Rio de Janeiro (SEAS) and Chair, Committee for the Integration of the Paraíba do Sul River Basin (CEIVAP), Brazil