Environmental

Assembly of the Peoples' Summit tents to be completed by June 10

05/23/2012

 


Alana Gandra
Reporter Agency Brazil

Rio de Janeiro - The assembly of tents that will house the social and environmental activities in the Peoples' Summit, in Flamengo Park, 15-23 June, will be launched Monday (28), said environmentalist Carlos Henrique Painel. The People's Summit will be held alongside the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio +20.

Committee Member of Civil Society Facilitator for the Rio +20 and coordinator of the Brazilian Forum of NGOs and Social Movements (FBOMS) Painel said that the works are on schedule.

The assembly would be delayed if they used bio tents, made of green bamboo. As will be set up traditional tents, canvas, "we are within the margin of safety. We're just waiting for the papers release assembly to get the job. There is no delay compared to ordinary tents, "he said.

Will be mounted about 60 spaces in Flamengo Park to perform activities of various networks and social movements. One is the Free Land Camp, organized by the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB). The organization intends to provide the 1200 Rio Brazilian Indians and 500 other regions of Latin America, U.S., Asia and Africa.

There will also be activities in the Summit of the Peoples Republic Museum, the Order of Lawyers of Brazil (OAB-RJ) and the Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB-RJ), he reminded Carlos Painel.

The accommodation of the participants will be made in integrated centers for Public Education (Cieps) Tancredo Neves, in the neighborhood of Catete, in the south of the city, and Jose Pedro Varela, center, with a total capacity of approximately 5000 people, plus the new facilities of the cabins Sambadrome. The individual camps, people are not linked to any social group, may be installed in the Boa Vista.

According to the coordinator of FBOMS until June 10 the tents should be ready to receive finish and electrical work. The organization of the People's Summit will be also responsible for the installation of chemical toilets around the Parque do Flamengo.

The People's Summit will be held in the same place where 20 years ago, the Global Forum, a parallel event to the UN Conference on Environment and Development, known as Rio 92.

The only corporate sponsor of the summit is the Caixa Economica Federal. Of the total R$ 10 million that will be passed to the event, the institution has already released R$ 3 million. The funds are being applied in assembling and dismantling the tents, accommodation for about 13,000 people from other states and other countries, in food, in the passages of the guests, besides the installation of TV and Radio Summit.

Carlos Painel reported that the R$ 7 million will be released by the box according to the schedule of accountability presented by the Committee of Civil Society Facilitator for Rio +20. The goal is that the total funds to be disbursed by June 14, the eve of the Summit of the Peoples.



Source: Agency Brazil

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