Concession Process Research Articles

A RELEVÂNCIA DO ASSISTENTE SOCIAL NA ANÁLISE DO BENEFÍCIO DE PRESTAÇÃO CONTINUADA (BPC/LOAS) À PESSOA COM DEFICIÊNCIA JUNTO AO INSTITUTO NACIONAL DO SEGURO SOCIAL1.

This research consists of discussing the real importance of professional social workers when analyzing the granting of continuous provision benefits carried out by the National Social Security Institute. To this end, the theme of the benefit in question is initially addressed, its concepts, requirements and disability assessment procedure, carried out by social assessment and medical expertise. Understanding the disability assessment tool demonstrates the progress that the inclusion of social services has brought to the concession process. However, it makes it clear that improvements need to be sought to fairly guarantee the rights of the vulnerable population. The study was carried out through a bibliographic and documentary survey, about books, dissertations and scientific articles with an approach around the analyzed topic, with the aim of building a well- founded theoretical framework. In short, it was concluded that the presence of the social worker in the evaluation stages for granting social support is fundamental, although it requires reforms in the evaluation tools used by the social security authority, to achieve the right to social security established in the Brazilian system.

Electrification in Remote Regions: An Analysis of the More Light for Amazon Program

This study aimed to provide a comprehensive analysis of the More Light for Amazon (MLA) program by examining the roles played by each stakeholder involved in the concession process and identifying the limitations faced for program success. The research employed a content analysis methodology, analyzing a variety of documents, including the Program Operational Manual, Commitment Terms, news articles and concessionaires’ notes. The findings reveal the crucial role of the government as an inducer of actions, establishing objectives and guiding norms for the private sector. Conversely, concessionaires assume the role of program implementers but encounter specific limitations in remote locations that challenge the provision and maintenance of the electrical system in beneficiary communities. The implementation of microgrid systems through concessions enhances coordination and integration between generation and distribution services, allowing for increased government control and ensuring transparency, efficiency and program effectiveness. These identified elements represent significant challenges for the implementation of public policies in remote regions of the Amazon. Overcoming these challenges will require coordinated and strategic actions involving both the government and concessionaires to ensure the complete fulfillment of energy needs in MLA program beneficiary communities.

The before and after of the airport concession at the International Airport of Rio de Janeiro: a survey of tourist demand

Airport concessions in Brazil began in 2011 due to the need to improve passenger services and adapt airports to international standards. Physical and managerial transformations were adopted and, among the concessioned airports is the Tom Jobim International Airport - AIRJ, located in the metropolitan region of the state of Rio de Janeiro, which is the object of study of this work, which aims to understand the perception of passengers of the AIRJ in relation to the changes through quali-quantitative, bibliographical and explanatory research. Data were collected through interviews and online questionnaire. Respondents were people who used the AIRJ service before and after the concession process, covering the period prior to August 2014, when there was no intervention by the concessionaire, and from 2016, when most of the works were completed for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. As a result, it was understood that passengers have perceived the AIRJ changes in a positive way, although some negative aspects are still signaled.

A efetividade social e a concessão do saneamento à iniciativa privada: o caso do leilão da CEDAE no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Abstract Changes in the regulatory and legal framework for Brazil’s water and sanitation sector (Law 14,026, July 15, 2020) require competitive bidding for service contracts, even in cases where the provision of services was previously delegated to state-owned utilities under program contracts. The aim of this study was to identify the actors who benefited from these changes to the legislation and assess the social effectiveness of the privatization of water supply and sewerage services in the state of Rio de Janeiro by investigating the auction of services provided by the public utility CEDAE in four blocks comprising 35 municipalities in April 2021. We conducted an exploratory analysis of secondary data and used the systemic integration method to identify the main actors involved in the concession process and the role they played. It is concluded that federal, state, and municipal governments, the Brazilian Development Bank, and the concessionaires have gained from the concessions, while the percentage of low-income populations connected to the sewage collection or drainage network is lower and tariffs are higher in municipalities served by the private sector when compared to the municipalities encompassed by the auction.

Social effectiveness and private sanitation concessions: the CEDAE auction in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Changes in the regulatory and legal framework for Brazil's water and sanitation sector (Law 14,026, July 15, 2020) require competitive bidding for service contracts, even in cases where the provision of services was previously delegated to state-owned utilities under program contracts. The aim of this study was to identify the actors who benefited from these changes to the legislation and assess the social effectiveness of the privatization of water supply and sewerage services in the state of Rio de Janeiro by investigating the auction of services provided by the public utility CEDAE in four blocks comprising 35 municipalities in April 2021. We conducted an exploratory analysis of secondary data and used the systemic integration method to identify the main actors involved in the concession process and the role they played. It is concluded that federal, state, and municipal governments, the Brazilian Development Bank, and the concessionaires have gained from the concessions, while the percentage of low-income populations connected to the sewage collection or drainage network is lower and tariffs are higher in municipalities served by the private sector when compared to the municipalities encompassed by the auction.

Supporting Families with Children Who Display Severe Challenging Behavior

Over the past several decades, we have developed quality behavioral assessments and interventions for challenging behaviors among individuals with a variety of severe developmental and cognitive disorders. These assessments and interventions have been used to educate family members on how to understand and intervene with these behaviors at home and in community settings. However, it has become clear that many families are not able to carry out these procedures adequately. This case describes recent work that is designed to support families so that they can assist their challenging children. Fortunately, we have been able to demonstrate a way of looking at parental difficulties and have designed interventions for families so that they are better able to implement successful behavioral assessments and interventions. We will describe a concession process that can help explain these parental obstacles and can aid with creating specific supports to assist families struggling with these difficulties. We also discuss future directions for follow-up research.

Concessão florestal na Amazônia brasileira

O manejo florestal é uma boa alternativa à exploração predatória dos recursos florestais. Para aumentar a adoção do manejo florestal e evitar o desmatamento ilegal e a ocupação desordenada das florestas públicas, o Governo instituiu a política de concessão florestal. O estudo teve por objetivo descrever a trajetória da política de concessão florestal no Brasil, abordando seus avanços, bem como os aspectos positivos e negativos da modalidade de gestão de florestas públicas supracitada. O trabalho foi realizado por meio de revisão bibliográfica sobre o manejo florestal, com destaque para as concessões florestais no Brasil. Atualmente, o Brasil possui 6 (seis) FLONAs sob concessão, sendo 4 (quatro) delas no estado do Pará, e 2 (duas) em Rondônia. Até o momento, as concessões florestais não atenderam às expectativas iniciais. Como pontos positivos, pode-se observar a redução da vulnerabilidade das florestas sob concessão e a geração de empregos diretos, beneficiando a população local. A destinação de áreas para a concessão ficou abaixo do planejado pelo governo. No entanto, apesar da lenta implantação, espera-se que haja uma rápida expansão devido às lições adquiridas com os primeiros contratos. Assim, acredita-se que o processo de concessão florestal brasileiro está amadurecendo de forma lenta, mas gradual. As atividades de monitoramento e fiscalização são consideradas elementos frágeis das concessões florestais, sendo necessárias ações que garantam a sustentabilidade das florestas. A redução da exploração ilegal é um desafio para o governo. Assim, caso o mercado seja abarrotado de madeira advinda da exploração ilegal, o esforço realizado para implantar a política de concessão florestal poderá ter sido em vão. Por fim, as concessões florestais são recentes no Brasil, mas estão evoluindo a cada ano, tanto em quantidade de áreas destinadas quanto de produtividade de madeira. Nesse contexto, pesquisas se fazem necessárias para um maior conhecimento dos resultados apresentados pela gestão.

Open acreage concession process: new Brazilian mecanism to attract oil and gas upstream investments

Open acreage concession process: new Brazilian mecanism to attract oil and gas upstream investments

“Pravda for Playboy”: David Edgar’s The Shape of the Table and the Eastern European Roundtables

Abstract David Edgar’s The Shape of the Table (1990) is a near-contemporaneous dramatization of the process of regime concession and opposition conquest of power that characterised the negotiated transitions in Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany. It is interesting in and of itself as an example of how one of the UK’s most notable socialist playwrights saw the varying elements of accommodation and confrontation in roundtable dialogues around 1989. However, it has further interest because in adopting an agent-centred, voluntaristic, and bargained conception of transition, Edgar reflected and anticipated the initial scholarly response to these processes. Similarly, Edgar anticipated problems of democratic disillusionment, economic liberalisation, and ethnonationalism as post-Communist Eastern Europe undertook the unprecedentedly complicated triple-track transition in economy and society as well as politics.

CONCESIONES MINERAS, COMUNIDADES CAMPESINAS Y CONFLICTOS SOCIALES EN LA REGIÓN DE PUNO

Las concesiones mineras en la región de Puno se han ido incrementando paulatinamente y a pesar que ha tenido una baja, aún se mantienen. Consideramos que uno de los principales factores que ha llevado a la disminución de las concesiones son los conflictos sociales y ambientales producidos en la región debido ya que diversas concesiones mineras han recaído en terrenos comunales. Éstas comunidades afectadas vienen mostrando su malestar debido a que consideran que las concesiones otorgadas por el Estado no son legales debido a que no fueron consultadas oportunamente y por ende, estarían siendo afectados en la disposición de sus terrenos superficiales; sin embargo, existe una confusión acerca de la naturaleza del proceso de concesión minera motivo por el cual se estaría gestando el inicio de nuevos conflictos sociales entre los titulares de los predios superficiales y los titulares de las concesiones mineras.

Subcarpathian Ruthenia in conditions of pre-war international crisis of 1938 and territorial encroachments of neighboring states (on regional press materials)

Through the prism of the Subcarpathian press of the first third of the twentieth century, the tragic period of establishment of the Ukrainian statehood on the eve of World War II, the struggle for the free development of the Ukrainian nation on the territory of Subcarpathian Ruthenia due to the Munich Agreement and the dangerous political game of England, France, Germany and Italy, as well as Poland and Hungary, in the epicenter of ambitions of which Transcarpathia was caught, is delineated. Further development was given to the issues of struggle of the Ukrainians in Transcarpathia for the realization of the “peoples’ right to self-determination” in the course of the forceful formation of the joint Polish-Hungarian border after the Second Czechoslovak crisis of 1938, which had given rise to the actual division of Czechoslovakia on the one hand, and the intensification of Ukrainians’ national aspirations - on the other. The geopolitical aspects of the game of the Central Powers, as well as of Poland and Hungary in the process of “redrawing Europe”, the international peculiarities of the policy of appeasement of an aggressor of 1938 as a process of concessions and losses, in which the Transcarpathian lands remained as currency and the government of the autonomous Subcarpathian Ruthenia had to struggle alone against imperial revisionism, aggressive propaganda and destructive armed sabotage, were analyzed. Based on the Transcarpathian periodicals, the development of relations between the Carpathian Ukraine and practically the only foreign-policy partner - Germany - is shown in the context of the formation of the Hitler’s strategy of the “Eurasian Axis”, where the Ukrainian lands had a significant role. Factors of influence on the formation of the new European political reality and the role of the Ukrainian country in it are investigated. When using the press as a key source of historical data, a comprehensive picture of the Central Powers’ encroachments and aspirations and their practical intentions in an international crisis is reflected.

Forestland Concession, Land Rights, and Livelihood Changes of Ethnic Minorities: The Case of the Madhupur Sal Forest, Bangladesh

Forestland concession has been the dominant governance tool for the acquisition of natural state-owned forest resources in many tropical countries, including Bangladesh. Moreover, the forestland concession process confers the holder a bundle of rights. The Sal forests of Bangladesh are treated as some of the greatest concession forests, as a number of ethnic minorities use these forests for their daily living. Therefore, the objectives of the study were to assess the impacts of Sal forestland concession and land rights on the livelihood development of the ethnic minorities living in the Madhupur Sal Forest (MSF) area of Bangladesh. Using both qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques, the study found out that about two thirds of the original Sal forestland was grabbed by the state and non-state actors. As a result, the ethnic minority inhabitants have lost their traditional land and free access rights to the Sal forests. The process of losing ethnic minorities’ land and forest access rights has been enhanced by the institutional arrangements of the state, which had also created severe conflicts between the Forest Department and the ethnic communities. The study also revealed that the forestland concession has negatively affected the five livelihood capitals development of the ethnic minorities, consequently, their forest-based livelihood has shifted to non-securing jobs or poor income sources, like daily wage labor and subsistence agriculture. Despite this, the development drivers have emphasized the Sal forests and biodiversity conservation, while the livelihood development of the ethnic minorities has been ignored from every level. Therefore, this study would recommend establishing a legitimate process in order to settle the issue of traditional land and the forest rights of ethnic minorities, which could also attain the conservation and development goals of the Sal forests.

Formal and Legal Regulations Governing the Award of Concessions in Polish Open Pit Mining

This paper presents current legal conditions related to the procedures of awarding concession contracts in Polish open pit mining industry. It lists legal acts which regulate mining activity and the concession-awarding institutions. It additionally discusses the types of awarded concessions. The focus is placed on the difference between minerals covered by the mining ownership and minerals covered by the real estate ownership. The paper also deals with the stages of the process of obtaining an exploitation concession. These stages include primarily the urban planning procedure and the environmental procedure. The urban planning procedure allows the new function of the terrain for open pit mining to be specified in the local urban spatial development plan. The environmental procedure, on the other hand, closes by either granting or denying the so-called environmental decision. Both procedures are performed with public participation. The purpose of the environmental procedure is to select such a mining variant which keeps the environmental burden to a minimum. The last stage of the concession process is to file a concession application to the competent authority. The duration of the concession process depends individually on the legal and actual situation. In practice, the procedures are long-lasting and may take as much as several years. This article also discusses some problems of the Polish concession system. Considerations include the burden of both the planning and the environmental procedures, as well as the problems caused by the number of legal regulations and their frequent changes, or by the reluctant acceptance that mining projects win in local municipalities. Another problem addressed in this paper relates to the protection of documented deposits, as investment projects having different protective status are not equally protected in the law. No adequate measure exists, either, which would protect documented resources from building development.

Building Energy Opportunity with a Supply Chain Based on the Local Fuel-Producing Capacity

Studying and modeling plants for producing electric power obtained from vegetal wood cellulose biomass can become an opportunity for building a supply chain based on the local fuel-producing capacity. Focusing on energy-producing technologies, such as pyrolysis or gasification, the present work assessed the amount of vegetal biomass that may be used as fuel, both in terms of actual availability and supply price, in the Province of Rieti (Italy). The aim is to draw up a supply plan that has an intrinsic relationship with the local area. The results confirmed a production of 24 MW of project thermal power and 4 MW of project electric power. The ensuing plant was then studied following current norms about renewable energy, environmental consistency, and atmospheric emissions. An economic analysis of the cost investment was also carried out, where the total return is approximately of 19%. The results exposed that plant costs are acceptable only if short-supply chain fuel is purchased. The costs of generating energy from agroforestry biomass are certainly higher; however, the plant represents a significant territorial opportunity, especially for the economic sectors of agriculture and forestry. The employment effect plays a central role in the concession process, which is relevant for the interaction among renewable energy production and agriculture. The environmental impact of a biomass plant from agroforestry residues can be measured exclusively on atmospheric emissions: the plant must be placed in industrial areas without any landscape or naturalistic value.

Refining Raiffa – Aspiration Adaptation within the Zone of Possible Ag

AbstractOne of the most well-known descriptive bargaining models is Raiffa’s Zone of Possible Agreements (ZOPA). We reinterpret Raiffa’s model of a price negotiation in the realm of bounded rationality by applying Simon’s theory of Satisficing. Afterward we refine Raiffa’s negotiation model using Aspiration Adaptation Theory as suggested by Sauermann, Selten, Tietz and others. We offer a model of a concession process that gives precision to the Dance of Concessions in Raiffa’s model by applying axioms of bounded rationality. Raiffa suggests a solution point derived from equity in price dimension, whereas we propose an area solution defined by equity in aspiration levels.

Algunas consideraciones en torno a la concesión recaudación y gasto del pedido regio en Sevilla y su tierra en 1454

This article examines the study of the royal pedido analysing the particular case of its application in the city of Seville and its lands in 1454. Through the examination of the concession process, the collection and spending of this tribute we can see aspects such as its role in the power relations between Monarchy and Parliament or the difficulties in the collection process.

Relaxation factor for geothermal use development – Criteria for a more fair and sustainable geothermal use of shallow energy resources

This study attempts to promote new groundwater thermal management policies for the shallow geothermal energy sector, which is currently at risk of stalling due to the existing uncertainty of its international legal status. The physical constraints affecting groundwater thermal management policies are described as a basis for a later proposal of an approval process protocol for new shallow geothermal installations. The policy proposed for this process is based on numerical modeling and a relaxation factor which reserves a fraction of shallow geothermal energy resources for possible third party installations thus preventing its monopolization. The policy is then applied to simulate a concession process in a real urban groundwater body highly affected by ground source heat pumps. A calibrated numerical groundwater flow and heat-transport model has been utilized for the evaluation of the thermal response of the aquifer to a new projected installation and the thermal interference risk associated. The results obtained from the protocol application have proven its practical value in the sustainable management of shallow geothermal energy resources and in ensuring stakeholders water rights. In addition, a specific policy impact indicator was derived that should be of interest for numerical water policy assessment initiatives.

Implementation of wind power in the Norwegian market; the reason why some of the best wind resources in Europe were not utilised by 2010

Abstract Norway has some of the best wind resources in Europe. In 1999, the Norwegian Parliament committed to attain an annual onshore wind power production goal of 3.0 TWh by 2010; however, in 2010, onshore wind power production measured only 1.0 TWh. This article discusses the reasons that this goal was not achieved. The analysis addresses the key figures on the strategic, tactical and operational levels. This model is combined with a time line that seeks to define when different actors should have secured concessions 1 and funding to achieve the goal. After introducing the time line, a list of questions is introduced for these key actors. The three-level model, the time line and the questions constitute the analytical framework. Explanations for the failure to achieve the goal may be identified on all three levels. However, the primary explanatory factors were political uncertainty in the support scheme and wind power's role in the energy market in general; both of these factors are identified on the strategic level. Uncertainty on the strategic level influenced the lower levels, which led to bottlenecks in the concession process and jittery investors who thought that the risk of investment in wind power was too high.

Towards a New Model of Control in Outsourcing and Accreditation of Public Service - Providing Efficiency and Accountability

“Public accreditation certification” of private institutions and differentiation of institutional forms of public bodies define a convergence between and private non profit provider of social services in Italy In Italy the system of provision of social health and educational services historically developed as an expression of the central and local government. While the private institutions that provide the same services was not included in the system. They maintained a wide autonomy in organizing services, but they paid the autonomy with the absence of a strong financial support. In the last thirty years , the process of concessions before, and then of public-private partnership, and now, the general accreditation for private institutions and the increasing strategic and financial autonomy for the institutions is leading to a different frame of reference. Private bodies if they want to work in partnership with the institutions and receive funds have to obtain accreditation so they reduce their differentiation and autonomy. Instead the public, in search of new opportunities and new funding, tend to adopt private law models. This path suggest us to affirm a new concept of public service objective and not subjective, and to seek common forms of regulation. We argue that should be requested more transparency and social control to the private operators who managed services with funding. While to the bodies should be requested a greater responsibility and competitiveness with private entities that have the same standard of service. The “accreditation revolution” requires new governance and accountability tools.

Allocating Logging Rights in Peruvian Amazonia—Does It Matter to Be Local?

BackgroundThe fate of tropical forests is a global concern, yet many far-reaching decisions affecting forest resources are made locally. We explore allocation of logging rights using a case study from Loreto, Peruvian Amazonia, where millions of hectares of tropical rainforest were offered for concession in a competitive tendering process that addressed issues related to locality.Methodology/Principal FindingsAfter briefly presenting the study area and the tendering process, we identify and define local and non-local actors taking part in the concession process. We then analyse their tenders, results of the tendering, and attributes of the concession areas. Our results show that there was more offer than demand for concession land in the tendering. The number of tenders the concession areas received was related to their size and geographic location in relation to the major cities, but not to their estimated timber volumes or median distances from transport routes. Small and Loreto-based actors offered lower yearly area-based fees compared to larger ones, but the offers did not significantly affect the results of the tenders. Local experience in the form of logging history or residence near the solicited concession areas, as well as being registered in the region of Loreto, improved the success of the tenders.Conclusions/SignificanceThe allocation process left a considerable number of forest areas under the management of small and local actors, and if Peru is to reach its goal of zero deforestation rate by safeguarding 75 per cent of its forests by 2020, the small and the local actors need to be integrated to the forest regime as important constituents of its legitimacy.