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Reported by Peter Mello in Brazil

The State of Espírito Santo in Brazil has created the State Secretary of Project Management (SEGEP - Secretaria de Estado de Gerenciamento de Projetos). It is a pioneer initiative in the Brazilian Public Administration and clearly demonstrates the intention of conducting government administration through modern management tools and techniques today restricted to the private sector.

There are 21 on-going projects for the Program “Pró-Gestão” for the areas of health, education, transportation and others, with a total of R$ 3,2 billion to be invested in the following four years.

According to the Project Management Secretary, Enio Bergoli, since 2003 the investments budget for the Government has increased 25 times and his mission is to “monitor the investments through modern tools, which in this case is Project Management, to ensure that deliveries to the society are in time and with superior quality”.

More information can be found at:
Maps: http://www.ijsn.es.gov.br/follow.asp?urlframe=cartografia/mapas_download.htm
Info: Leonardo@vice.es.gov.br (Press / SEGESP)

Peter Mello, SpS, PMP International Correspondent - Brazil Based in São Paulo State Peter Mello, SpS, PMP is an International Correspondent for PMForum in Brasil. He is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and a Senior Consultant for X25 Treinamento e Consultoria (X25), based in Brasilia, Brazil. He provides project management training and consulting services to governmental and industrial organizations in Brazil. Peter presently works with a portfolio of projects in the Petroleum & Gas industry. His professional experience also includes project and risk management for large projects in the IT Industry and Government, and scheduling optimization using critical chain and Success Driven Project Management concepts. More information about Peter can be seen at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm. He can be contacted at peter.mello@x25.com.br.