REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RfP)

Environmental Education for Climate Resilience in São Paulo

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, Inc.

120 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10017
United States of America

10 April 2025

Deadline for submission:

30th April 2025

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1. C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc. (“C40”)
C40 is a network of nearly 100 mayors of the world’s leading cities, who are
working to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate
crisis, and create a future where everyone, everywhere can thrive. Mayors of C40
cities are committed to using a science-based and people-focused approach to
help the world limit global heating to 1.5°C and build healthy, equitable and
resilient communities. Through a Global Green New Deal, mayors are working
alongside a broad coalition of representatives from labour, business, the youth
climate movement and civil society to go further and faster than ever before.

The strategic direction of the organisation is determined by an elected Steering

Committee of C40 mayors which is co-chaired by Mayor Sadiq Khan of London,
United Kingdom, and Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Three
term Mayor of New York City Michael R. Bloomberg serves as President of the C40
Board of Directors, which is responsible for operational oversight. A nine-person
management team, led by Executive Director, Mark Watts, leads the day-to-day
management of C40. C40’s three core strategic funders are Bloomberg
Philanthropies, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) and Realdania.

To learn more about the work of C40 and our cities, please visit our Website, or
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2. Summary, Purpose and Background of the Project

Cities face rapid urbanization and the development of water management
infrastructure is falling behind urban growth. Vulnerable populations and informal
settlements are particularly vulnerable to water risks. Cities therefore need to
increase their water resilience by taking ambitious actions such as early warning
systems and emergency protocols to protect vulnerable communities' lives,
recycled water use, sustainable groundwater usage, reduce potable water usage,
development of a Sustainable Urban Drainage master plan, restoration of water
bodies, expansion of flood control and river storage capacity, guidance for
building code revisions towards flood resilience, among others.

The C40 Inclusive Water Resilience Accelerator Fund is C40’s response to the
unmet needs of cities as they navigate the challenges of urban water
management in the context of a climate crisis.

The fund is intended to support local governments to increase resilience to

climate-induced water stress and excess by delivering actions that are just, fair,
inclusive and benefit all residents, especially frontline communities. It aims to
support activities, plans, policies, and projects oriented to help cities in achieving
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water-related targets and reducing inequity in providing access to
water and the unbalanced exposure to water-related hazards to low-income
populations.

General Information about the project:

São Paulo’s Social Urbanism Program works through inter-sectoral coordination

to structure integrated sectoral actions in the same territory in conditions of high
vulnerability, seeking to respond to community demands and establish the
conditions for building climate resilience in these territories. Its guiding logic is
the combination of urban interventions with social impacts and social actions
with urban impacts, and it converges with a sense of socio-spatial justice and the
right to the city, given the quest to reduce social inequalities in vulnerable
territories.

The Social Urbanism Programme has General Coordination by the Municipal

Government Secretariat (SGM), and Technical Coordination by the Municipal
Urbanism and Licensing Secretariat (SMUL). It also has the Intersecretarial
Commission for Social Urbanism, which includes 17 secretariats and agencies that
coordinate the sectoral policies addressed and are responsible for their
implementation.

The program’s pilot project is being developed in four specific territories in the
city, two in each of the following two regions of the city:

●​ North Zone: Parque Novo Mundo and Pinheirinho D’Água, located in the
Vila Maria and Jaraguá districts, respectively. These territories are supported
by Unified Education Centers (CEUs), which act as anchor facilities to
expand the availability of services to the local community.

●​ East Zone: Jardim Lapenna and Jardim Pantanal, located in the São
Miguel and Jardim Helena districts, respectively. These areas benefit from
the work of civil society organizations with strong local engagement,
including the Tide Setubal Foundation and the Alana Institute, which are
partners of the Social Urbanism Program.

Among the vulnerabilities identified in these areas are inadequate basic

sanitation, waste accumulation in public spaces, insufficient road and sidewalk
infrastructure, urban heat islands caused by impermeable surfaces and lack of
greenery, frequent flooding, irregular occupation of conservation and
environmental protection areas, lack of cultural and educational facilities, and
limited service provision for vulnerable communities. More information on the
program territories can be found in Annex 1 - Selected territories for the
programme

The Training Program for Community Environmental Education Agents is a

program of courses, workshops and activities designed to expand environmental
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education, particularly among the local populations of the territories
covered by the Social Urbanism Program. The initiative trains Agents for
leadership roles in the community, contributing to climate resilience and water
security through environmental education that encompasses raising
environmental awareness and sensitivity; building knowledge about ecology and
nature; developing attitudes that encourage transformative actions in the
community; equipping participants with skills for environmental monitoring,
community participation, and problem-solving in their territories. This
environmental education promotes best practices to reduce water contamination
and waste, prevent pollution of rivers and streams, and avoid improper waste
disposal in public spaces.

Training community leaders as environmental education agents not only

strengthens the dissemination of knowledge and environmental practices but
also fosters a sense of local empowerment. These leaders can act as catalysts for
change (multipliers), motivating other community members to engage in
environmental projects and adopt sustainable practices in their own lives.

The project reinforces the efforts of the Environmental Education Coordination

(UMAPAZ) under the Secretariat for the Environment and Green Spaces (SVMA).
The Selected Service provider will work in collaboration with UMAPAZ, who will be
responsible for the Pedagogical Coordination of the project. UMAPAZ role is
outlined below in the ‘Additional project information’ section.

Project Scope and Objectives

C40 requires the services of an expert consultant or organisation to manage the

successful delivery of the Community Environmental Education Agents Training
program. The program aims to empower groups and individuals within the four
selected territories by building their capacity to enhance climate resilience and
water security. C40 is looking for one service provider for each of the two zones:
North Zone and East Zone. Potential suppliers should have extensive knowledge
and previous experience working in the particular zone they are applying for.

The potential supplier must achieve the following objectives:

1)​ Implement an environmental education multiplier activities program that

strengthens environmental awareness, promotes positive behaviour
change and builds community resilience, to be carried out by the
Educators with the Community Environmental Education Agents.

2)​ Deliver high quality environmental education activities in the target zone,
training 20 Community Environmental Education Agents in each of the two
territories — Parque Novo Mundo, Pinheirinho D’Água in the North Zone,
and Jardim Lapenna and Jardim Pantanal in the East Zone), totaling 40

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 agents in each zone. These agents will act as multipliers,
promoting best practices in environmental management and water
resilience.

3)​ To conclude the training of the Community Environmental Education

Agents , implement two environmental actions (one in each of the
territories of the selected zone), identified with the targeted communities,
with measurable results that directly addresses a water security need and
enhances water resilience in each community.

4)​ Create a framework to monitor and evaluate the impact of the

environmental education training program and to assess how Community
Environmental Education Agents act as knowledge multipliers in their
communities.

Project activities

Please note that the list of activities identified below is a non-exhaustive list and
potential suppliers are encouraged to be creative and to make suggestions
aligned with the project objectives based on their knowledge and expertise.

Project launch
●​ Deliver an inception workshop with key partners such as C40, City of São
Paulo, UMAPAZ
●​ Create an Overall Project Work Plan (1) with clear activities and timelines,
and a clear approach to ensuring inclusive selection of programme
participants (i.e. Educators and Community Environmental Education
Agents)

Community mobilisation and engagement

●​ Develop a community mobilisation and engagement plan to ensure the
program is adequately advertised and promoted
●​ Recruit 20 community members from each of the territories of the selected
zone (40 total) to participate in the Community Environmental Education
Agents Training program. Focusing on engaging community leaders,
public servants from local sub-municipalities, public education networks,
health facilities in the territories, individuals nominated by the Green and
Healthy Environments Program (PAVS), staff from local CEUs, and
representatives nominated by local participatory councils such as CADES,
ZEIS Management Councils, and others, as well as CSOs with experience in
the region and environmental topics.
●​ Develop, in collaboration with the City of Sao Paulo, a plan to incentivise
Community Environmental Education Agents to continue acting as
multipliers by delivering activities (talks, workshops...) once the training is
over. Non-economic incentives could include measures such as the

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 creation of study groups or discussion circles among the agents
to build a continuous peer support network, establishing connections with
various organisations and build a network with the potential to engage in
other initiatives related to environmental and community resilience issues,
etc.

Inclusivity should be a key criteria when selecting the program participants, and
as much as possible the consultant should select a diverse group of people
(gender balance, range of ages, abilities, etc.).

Community Environmental Education Agents Training program

●​ Contract and remunerate two Educators per zone (1 per territory) to work in
pairs in the selected zone. The Educators will lead the educational activities
with the community. Selection of the Educators will be done in
collaboration with the City of São Paulo. The hired Educators should
preferably be from the communities served by the Social Urbanism
Program or, at the very least, from the region and should have an affinity
and prior experience with environmental topics.
○​ Once the Educators have been selected and contracted, they will
participate in a training course led by UMAPAZ. The training course
entitled ‘Water, Sanitation, and Climate Change in the Complexity of
the Metropolis’ involves nine in-person sessions, each lasting 3 hours.
The Lesson Plan content can be found as an Annex to this RfP.
According to UMAPAZ, the Educator’s training lasts approximately 3
months.

●​ Support the Educators in the development of an Environmental Education

Work Plan that outlines the planned environmental education activities in
the territory. The Environmental Education Work Plan must respond to the
specific needs of the target community, using the existing diagnosis of
community needs completed by the Social Urbanism department.
○​ The Environmental Educators must create an Environmental
Education Work Plan for each of the territories in the Zone in order
to complete the Environmental Educators’ training at UMAPAZ, and
the Work Plan should be prepared under UMAPAZ’s guidance. The
plan must be completed within 30 days of the UMAPAZ-taught
classes' conclusion.

●​ Based on the tailored Environmental Education Work Plan, support the

Educators to deliver 30 hours of tailored educational activities in the
selected zone ( 30 hour North Zone and 30 hours East Zone) - throughout 3
months from October to December). The educational activities can include:
○​ Classes
○​ Courses
○​ Workshops
○​ Field studies
○​ Other educational activities based on community needs
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 The Service Provider will offer the Educator organisational and logistical
support to prepare, organise and deliver the educational activities. The
Service Provider will be responsible for the performance of the Educators in
the two territories of their zone.

●​ At the end of the training program, organise a graduation ceremony for the
Community Environmental Education Agents, with a certificate awarded to
each graduate.
●​ Cover all transportation logistics and costs, and meal expenses for
Educators, as well as material costs for field activities.

Community Environmental Action

●​ To conclude the training programme, coordinate the development of at
least one Community Environmental Action at the end of the Community
Environmental Education Agents Training program in each of the
territories (2 total). This project should be led by the trained Community
Environmental Education Agents, and carried out with community
participation and involvement of the Educators. The action will be based on
community needs, and should aim to restore or conserve the environment,
enhancing water resilience in the territory. This action could include:
○​ Monitoring the quality of a local body of water
○​ Building a terrarium in the territory

Specialized professionals can be hired to support activities as needed, within

the boundaries of the available budget. We estimate the cost of each
Community Environmental Action to be approximately $2500 USD.

Monitoring and evaluation

●​ Prepare a monthly Activity Report detailing the actions carried out by the
Educators in each territory. The reports will be shared with UMAPAZ and
C40 for validation.
●​ Develop a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework that assesses the impact
of the Training Program for Community Environmental Education Agents,
including how the Agents act as local multipliers of environmental
knowledge in the community.
●​ Monitor and evaluate the educational activities carried out by the
Educators in the territories, compiling lessons learned and challenges
faced. Prepare an Evaluation Report that can inform future training
programs in the city.

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 Expected Deliverables:

Phase Deliverables Timeline

1.​ Project launch 1.1. Inception Workshop May 2025

1.2 Project work plan

2.​ Selection and 2.1 Two Educators contracted per zone June - Aug 2025
trining of 4 (1 per territory) and trained by UMAPAZ
Educators

3.​ Community 3.1 Community mobilisation and Sept 2025

mobilisation and engagement plan
engagement
3.2 List of community members Sept 2025
enrolled in the Training program (20 in
each territory, 40 total)

4.​ Community 4.1 Environmental education activities Oct 2025

Environmental Work Plan
Education Agents
Training program 4.2. Thirty (30) hours of educational Oct-Dec 2025
activities delivered in each zone

4.3 Graduation ceremony for Dec 2025

Community Environmental Education
Agents

5.​ Community 5.1 At least one Community Dec 2025

Environmental Environmental Action delivered in each
Action Project of the two territories of the zone

6.​ Monitoring and 6.1 Monthly Activity Report for the Oct-Dec 2025
evaluation education activities carried out by the
Educators in each territory

6.2 Monitoring & Evaluation framework Dec 2025

6.3 Project Evaluation Report Dec 2025

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Additional project information

UMAPAZ responsibilities
The Service Provider will work in partnership with the Division of Environmental
Education Project Outreach (DDPEA/UMAPAZ). UMAPAZ will be responsible for
the Pedagogical Coordination of the project, including the following activities:

●​ Development of the Lesson Plan for the training of Educators who will work
in the territories
●​ Guidance for the development of the Work Plan for each Educator
participating in the program to operate in the selected territories. These
plans will be developed as a conclusion project for the Educators’ training.
Each Educator will independently develop their Work Plan aligned with
their assigned zones. Activities will address the specific challenges of each
context, aiming to mitigate the vulnerabilities present in each territory.
●​ Field visits and monthly meetings in the territories to facilitate discussions
and guidance with the Selected Service Provider contracted under the
program.
●​ Validation of Activity Reports prepared by the Selected Service Provider in
collaboration with the Educators, presenting the activities carried out
monthly.

Community Environmental Education Agents responsibilities

The Community Environmental Education Agents trained by the programme will
have the following responsibilities:

●​ Carrying out environmental monitoring practices in the territories to

identify problems associated with the contamination of rivers and streams,
the accumulation and improper disposal of solid waste in green and open
spaces, in order to contribute to public agents for urban management and
the mitigation of local environmental impacts;
●​ Holding talks, events, workshops and environmental education activities at
public facilities in the area, such as health centres, CEUs, municipal and
state public schools, among other places of community interest where local
residents can meet;
●​ Engaging the population on the subject of environmental education in
order to raise the environmental awareness of the local community and
spread good practices for water consumption and caring for the
environment, seeking to facilitate community projects that increase the
territory's climate resilience.

Educators’ suggested qualification

●​ Bachelor's degree in any field.
●​ Age: Over 18 years old.

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 ●​ Residency or Affiliation: Preferably residents, workers, or regular
visitors of the areas (territories) covered by the call for proposals.
●​ Experience: Proven experience in group management and/or community
work.
●​ Pedagogical Background: Proven experience in educational activities.
●​ Availability: Minimum commitment of 20 hours per week to the project.
●​ Partnership Building: Ability to promote and strengthen institutional and
social group partnerships.
●​ Territory Knowledge: Understanding of the territory, including its
population profile, regional history, and awareness of local problems and
potential within the socio-environmental context.
●​ The selected educators must be qualified to address issues related to water
and its intersections with topics such as health, vegetation, soil, climate
change, sanitation/waste management, legislation, and more.
●​ Educators should be capable of covering these topics through both
theoretical and practical classes.
●​ They must also possess strong communication skills to engage with
diverse age groups in the territories, fostering reflection, dialogue, and
participation among community multipliers.

Stakeholder coordination

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3. Proposal Guidelines
This Request for Proposal represents the requirements for an open and
competitive process. Proposals will be accepted until 4 pm BRT, April 30th, 2025.
Any proposals received after this date and time will not be accepted. All proposals
should include clear timetables, how you will work with C40 and the city, clear
costs and detail on experience in this area.

Proposals should be no longer than ten pages long (not including CVs). CVs of
staff should be no longer than two pages.

The proposal should give C40 evaluators all the information they need to assess
your bid. Please clearly indicate where applicable:

●​ Specify if your proposal is for the North Zone or East Zone;

●​ How your proposal is responsive to the Evaluation Criteria;
●​ The assumptions you are making about the project;
●​ Risks you have identified and appropriate mitigation measures;
●​ Information about your fee;
●​ Proposed timeline of implementation;
●​ Any additional support that you need to make the project a success,
including any inputs you will need from third parties or C40 staff;
●​ Proposed working partnership with C40 and the City of Sao Paulo,
including (as applicable) project governance and management, key
personnel, key roles and responsibilities, and escalation procedure for
issues.

You must include adequate information about how your costs were calculated to
enable evaluation of cost reasonableness.

You may also consider including any other additional information relevant to your
project. For example:

●​ Examples of past work;

●​ Resumes of proposed key personnel
●​ Information about the organisation’s commitment to equity, diversity and
inclusion and ethical alignment with C40;
●​ Company history,
●​ Executive background;
●​ Information on company size;
●​ Organisational charts;
●​ Explanations of their processes;
●​ List of current systems (if relevant),

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Supplier Diversity

C40 is committed to supplier diversity and inclusive procurement through

promoting equity, diversity and inclusivity in our supplier base. We believe that by
procuring a diverse range of suppliers, we get a wider range of experiences and
thoughts from suppliers and thus are best able to deliver to the whole range of
our diverse cities and the contexts that they operate within.

We strongly encourage suppliers (individuals and corporations) that are diverse in

terms of size, age, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, majority owned
and controlled by a minority group, physical or mental ability, ethnicity and
perspective to put forward a proposal to work with us.

Feel welcome to refer to C40’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Statement as

supplier diversity and inclusive procurement is one element of applying equity,
diversity and inclusion to help the world limit global heating to 1.5°C and build
healthy, equitable and resilient communities.

Contract

Please note this is a contract for professional services and not a grant opportunity.
Organisations unable to accept contracts for professional services should not
submit bids. The work will be completed on the C40 Standard Services Contract
​

If C40 are unable to execute a contract with the winner of this competitive
process, we reserve the right to award the contract to the second highest
Potential Supplier
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Subcontracting​
​
If the organisation submitting a proposal needs to subcontract any work to meet
the requirements of the proposal, this must be clearly stated. All costs included in
proposals must be all-inclusive of any outsourced or contracted work. Any
proposals which call for outsourcing or contracting work must include a name
and description of the organisations being contracted.

4.​ RfP and Project Timeline

RfP Timeline:

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RFP Timeline Due Date

Request for Proposals sent out April 10, 2025

Questions submitted to C40 April 17, 2025

C40 responds to questions April 24, 2025

Deadline for receiving Offers April 30, 2025

Evaluation of Proposals and May 1- May 5, 2025

Clarifications

Selection decision made May 6, 2025

All Potential Suppliers notified May 7, 2025

of outcome

Project Timeline Due Date

The project initiation phase June 6, 2025

must be completed by

Project planning phase must June 17, 2025

be completed by

Project implementation phase December 22 , 2025

is expected to be completed by

5.​ Proposal Evaluation Criteria

Proposals will be evaluated against the following criteria

Evaluation Criteria Weighting

Local Knowledge and 40%

Community Engagement

Expertise in environmental 25%

education

Cost-Benefit and Budget 20%

Timeline and Deadlines 10%

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Alignment with C40 Goals and 5%
Values

6.​ Project Budget

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All proposals must include proposed costs to complete the tasks described in the
project scope, including all VAT and taxes. Costs should be stated as one-time or
non-recurring costs or monthly recurring costs. All costs incurred in connection
with the submission of this RfP are non-refundable by C40.

Cost-effectiveness is a criteria for successful appointment

Total proposed project costs (incl. VAT and other ‘hidden’ costs, if applicable)
should not exceed 20,000 USD.
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7.​ C40 Policies and additional materials

C40 expects third parties to be able to abide by these C40 policies

●​ Non-Staff Code of Conduct Policy here

●​ Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Policy here
●​ C40 Safeguarding Policy here
●​ C40 Non-Staff Travel and Expenses Policy - if applicable - Here

C40 recently released a guide for cities on effective emergency preparedness for
flooding and drought. The guide provides a detailed roadmap for how to
implement early warning systems and emergency responses in cities. Suppliers
are encouraged to use the information in this guide to help build their proposal.

8. Submissions
Each Potential Supplier must submit 1 copy of their proposal, specifying if their
proposal is for the North Zone or the East Zone, to the email address below by
April 30th 2025 at 4pm BRT.

●​ Connor Muesen, Inclusive Climate Action Manager: [email protected]

●​ Pedro Ribeiro, Head of Water: [email protected]

Anonymised responses to all questions submitted will be provided HERE

once the period closes.

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Disclaimer

C40 will not accept any liability or be responsible for any costs incurred by
Potential Suppliers in preparing a response for this RFP.​
​
Neither the issue of the RFP, nor any of the information presented in it, should be
regarded as a commitment or representation on the part of C40 (or any of its
partners) to enter into a contractual arrangement. Nothing in this RFP should be
interpreted as a commitment by C40 to award a contract to a Potential Supplier
as a result of this procurement, nor to accept the lowest price or any tender.​

Annex 1 - Selected territories for the programme

The training of Community Environmental Education Agents will take place in the
four territories of the Pilot Project of the Social Urbanism Program: Parque Novo
Mundo, Pinheirinho D’Água, Jardim Lapenna, and Jardim Pantanal. The selected
areas share similar conditions in terms of the presence of active social
organizations and existing integrated plans and projects. However, they are
primarily territories with high levels of social vulnerability, associated with various
urban and environmental deficiencies.

North Zone:

Parque Novo Mundo is in the Vila Maria district, in the Vila Maria/Vila Guilherme
Subprefecture, in the northern zone of the city. Its residential areas developed in
zones previously occupied by the floodplain of the Tietê River, which now faces
issues such as pollution, lack of infrastructure, and physical segregation due to the
presence of major roads and a history of industrial land use. There is a quantitative
and qualitative deficit in the availability of public spaces and green areas in the
territory, which lacks leisure spaces, urban furniture, adequate tree coverage, and
public lighting.

Parque Pinheirinho D’Água is in the Jaraguá district, in the Pirituba/Jaraguá

Subprefecture, in the northern zone. The analysis of the territory shows a
significant concentration of the population in vulnerable situations, low job
availability, and challenges related to productive inclusion, particularly among
youth and the black population. It is an area with a history of activism through
local residents' associations. Despite having a considerable amount of green and
open spaces and urban tree coverage, the area suffers from the accumulation of
solid waste in public spaces, which affects the quality of the urban environment
and reduces the usability of these spaces.

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East Zone:

Jardim Lapenna is in the São Miguel district, in the São Miguel Paulista
Subprefecture, in the eastern zone. It faces a range of challenges, including
accessibility issues and isolation due to physical barriers such as railways and
major roads. Its location in the floodplain of the Tietê River makes it a high-risk
area in terms of water security. Socioeconomic data reveals high levels of social
vulnerability, with particularly concerning unemployment rates, especially among
women and youth. The area is currently undergoing a transformation with
infrastructure works focused on macro and micro-drainage, as well as
improvements to public spaces, roads, and sidewalks.

Jardim Pantanal is in the Jardim Helena district and faces a range of

socioeconomic and environmental issues. According to the São Paulo
Vulnerability Index, which combines socioeconomic and demographic factors,
Jardim Pantanal is among the most vulnerable urban areas in the municipality.
Like Jardim Lapenna, it is situated in the floodplain of the Tietê River. The area is
densely populated and presents challenging geographical aspects, such as
low-lying areas prone to frequent flooding.

The poor housing conditions, lack of basic infrastructure like proper sanitation and
solid waste collection, and exposure to environmental risks such as flooding
during rainy periods are daily challenges faced by residents of these four
territories, albeit with varying intensities. These challenges characterize them as
areas of high socioeconomic and environmental vulnerability in the context of the
City of São Paulo.

Annex 2 - UMAPAZ Lesson Plan Content for Educators

The program links the Educators to the course Water, Sanitation, and Climate
Change in the Complexity of the Metropolis, which will be held at UMAPAZ, with
nine in-person sessions from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM on the following dates and
topics:

●​ "Social-Environmental History and Memory of the Metropolis’ Rivers and

Environmental Education on Water Themes."
●​ "The Rocks Beneath Our Feet: Geology of São Paulo Municipality and Its
Relationship with Water Sources."
●​ "Sewage in the Metropolis: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Challenges."
●​ "Technical Visit to the Manequinho Lopes Nursery, Ibirapuera Park Lakes,
the Sapateiro Stream, and SABESP’s Flotation and Floating Debris
Removal Station (EFRF)."
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 ●​ "São Paulo’s Metropolis Relationship with Water and the
Municipal Basic Sanitation Plan."
●​ "São Paulo, Climate Change, and Water Issues."
●​ "Drainage Notebooks of São Paulo City."
●​ "Sustainable Water Use Solutions in Buildings."
●​ "Sustainable Urban Drainage and Nature-Based Solutions (NBS)."

The dates, times, and class titles are subject to changes based on the UMAPAZ
schedule, which is responsible for the course.

In addition to these sessions, complementary classes are planned on the

following topics:

●​ Impacts of Waste on Water Quality.

●​ Proper Disposal of Solid Waste and Recycling.
●​ Benefits of Trees for Cities.
●​ Field Lesson: Walking with Trees at Ibirapuera Park.
●​ Participatory Diagnostic Workshop.
●​ Waterborne Diseases.
●​ Risk Areas and Emergency Situations.
●​ Monitoring and Quality Standards of Urban Waters for Multiple Uses.
●​ Technical Visit to the Agroecology School in Parelheiros, South Zone of São
Paulo Municipality, subject to transport availability.
●​ Observation, Collection, and Recording of Water from the Sapateiro Stream
and Ibirapuera Park Lakes. This class depends on purchasing a water
analysis kit to be procured by the contracted CSOs.
●​ Terrarium Construction Workshop. This class depends on purchasing the
necessary supplies for constructing terrariums, to be procured by the
contracted CSOs.

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