The Inter-municipal Public Consortium of the Western Metropolitan Region of Sao Paulo (CIOESTE) was legally established in November 2013. It includes 8 of the 39 Municipalities of Metropolitan Sao Paulo; Barueri, Carapicuíba, Cotia, Itapevi, Jandira, Osasco, Pirapora Do Bom Jesus and Santana Do Parnaíaba.
CIOESTE is a governmental entity regulated by federal 11,107 issued on April 6th 2005 . The inter-municipal consortium is an agreement to cooperate on a common agenda having pooling efforts to achieve specific objectives:
- Economic Regional Development
- Infrastructure – Urban Development
- Health – Human rights and social inclusion
- Public Safety
- Capacity Building
- Education, Sport e Culture
- Environment
Regulated by federal Law 11.107/2005
Multi level Governance
The Consortium entity stand for a new level of governance at the public sector in Brazil, and has a privileged position to dialogue with, cities, state and national officials as well as civil society actors.
- UNFCCC – Climate Neutral Now
- LEDS LAC
- Real Assistance – Energy study and GHG 1st inventory
- São Paulo State Climate Change Protocol
- Brazilian Party at COP21
- CAF Tech Assistance – Vulnerability Index
- European Union Mission – TAIEF
- Environmental Licensing Capacity Building
- Biofuel Regional Plant
- Mobility Plan
- Convenant of Mayors
Accenture, Amazon, APC – American Power Convention Corporations, Atlântic Solutions, Azul Linhas Aéreas, Amil, Burger King, Capgemini – Consulting Tecnologies, Cielo, Ecolab Brasil, Fidellity, Gafisa, General Electric, GPTW, Dupont, Heinz / Kraft, Honeywell, HP –Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Mary Kay, Mc Donald´s, Neoris Pratical Visionaris, Sony, Under Armor, Verifone, Wal Mart, Xerox.
LEDS GP, NREL, CIOESTE
Connecting practitioners and policymakers through a network in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase resilience to climate change impacts, achieve social, economic and environmental development goals.