National Observatory for Water
Security and Adaptive Management
CNPq CALL Nº 58/2022
General Aspects
Water security:
challenges and dimensions
INCT
(ONSEAdapta)
The INCT is an interdisciplinary network of
national and international researchers;
The project has an interdisciplinary character in
several axes;
Main goals: conduct research at various
scales; systematize the generated knowledge;
support the formulation of public policies.
INCT (ONSEAdapta)
The main pillars of the project are:
Production and dissemination of knowledge;
Popularization of science and communication with society;
Interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity;
Science-public policy dialogue.
The ONSEAdapta will be an institute of national and international
reference in water security, through experimental, theoretical and
modeling research, integrating several tools and areas of
knowledge, focusing on adaptive management and seeking to
integrate academia, public and private companies and society
INCT (ONSEAdapta)
ONSEAdapta starting numbers:
04
66
30
90
Companies, Foundations
and Agencies
Research groups
Approved grants
Researchers
worldwide
 The groups included in this INCT already have several projects developed in the area of water resources;
 Direct integration with the ProgÁgua program is intended (professional training).
INCT (ONSEAdapta)
INCT (ONSEAdapta)
 The project will last for 5 years. Among the main goals are:
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Integrated methodologies for economic assessment of the impacts of changes in water availability;
Compilation of a Hydroinformatics Database of Brazilian Watersheds with a focus on water security;
Methodologies to monitor hydrological processes and water availability by remote sensing;
Methodologies for the application of social technologies for the use of rainwater in the context of water
security;
Methodologies for assessing the impacts of urbanization on the hydrological cycle in urban areas;
Methodologies for assessing water quality;
Methodologies for water security in the Brazilian semi-arid region;
Development of tools for water infrastructure and dam safety;
Method for assessing water governance;
Method for assessing water security and social inequalities in water resources;
Training of highly qualified human resources;
Dissemination and exchange of knowledge with the public sector, especially SINGREH members;
Develop communication, education and adaptation strategies within the scope of SINGREH.