University-Company Cooperation in a Hydroelectric Plant: Cooperation Study in Environmental Management

• Main Authors: Fabricio Mussi, José Pedro Pedroso, Karl STOECKL
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Nove de Julho 2017-05-01
• Series: Revista de Gestão Ambiental e Sustentabilidade
• Subjects: Usinas Hidrelétricas; Cooperação; Gestão Ambiental
• Online Access: http://www.revistageas.org.br/ojs/index.php/geas/article/view/459

Hydroelectric power plants are considered strategic for the country when considering their relevance and impact on other sectors of the economy. However, the dynamics of the operation of a plant, its support structure and power generation activities can cause impacts on the environment, which must be constantly monitored in order to mitigate any environmental risks. The purpose of this study is to examine the partnership relations between a plant by menas of the creation of a department within the environmental management and universities and research institutes to identify specific partnerships in environmental management and hydroelectric plants. Six projects have been selected for analysis, four of them related to projects with universities and two related to cooperation with research institutes. The focus of the analysis was restricted to the main points observed in the management of these partnerships, which are: (a) motivation for establishing partnerships, (b) the composition of the estimated costs for implementing these partnerships, (c) the difficulties of reconciling technical management and financial management, and (d) the measurement of results and contributions from these interactions. Administrative practices of management of partnerships were also analyzed in the stages preceding cooperation for cooperation and further cooperation. Although other such studies are needed to strengthen the findings presented, one can conclude that the purposes of the establishment of cooperation in environmental management differ from those observed in other fields of knowledge such as engineering and biotechnology, for example.