Regional Development and Action Company

The Companhia de Desenvolvimento e Ação Regional (CAR), known in English as the Regional Development and Action Company, is a Brazilian state-owned company belonging to the indirect administration of the state of Bahia. It was created as a sociedade anônima (joint-stock company) authorized by state delegated law No. 30 of 3 March 1983, and it is currently linked to the Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Rural do Estado da Bahia (SDR), the state's Rural Development Secretariat. Its institutional purpose is to execute integrated regional development policies and programs in the interior of Bahia, with a strong emphasis on water access, rural extension and social technologies suited to the semi-arid region. CAR's administrative competences are broad but focused on territorial development. They include coordinating and promoting integrated regional, territorial and local development programs, projects and actions; providing technical services for monitoring and maintaining water quality and desalination systems so that water is available in sufficient quantity and quality for human consumption; promoting technical assistance and rural extension; and fostering and implementing social technologies for capturing and storing water. These water-related efforts are aimed especially at increasing the supply of water for production and animal watering for rural families, particularly in the semi-arid region of Bahia. The company operates under a governance structure that includes a Conselho de Administração (Board of Directors), a Diretoria (Executive Board), a Conselho Fiscal (Fiscal Council) and a Comitê de Elegibilidade (Eligibility Committee). The Board of Directors includes the Secretary of Rural Development, the Director-President of CAR and four counselors appointed by the Governor of Bahia. As of 2023, the Director-President is Jeandro Ribeiro, a former state secretary of rural development who took charge of the company that year. CAR's public presence is maintained through the Bahia state government portal, where it publishes transparency information, systems, notices and bidding documents, ombudsman services and service listings. Its work is closely associated with other Bahian and federal rural development bodies, including the Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Rural (SDR), the Companhia de Engenharia Hídrica e de Saneamento da Bahia (Cerb), the Agência de Defesa Agropecuária da Bahia (ADAB), the Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário e Agricultura Familiar (MDA), the Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (CONAB), the Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (INCRA) and the Agência Nacional de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (ANATER).

The Companhia de Desenvolvimento e Ação Regional (CAR) was created as a Brazilian state-owned company under the indirect administration of the state of Bahia. Its establishment was authorized by state delegated law No. 30 of 3 March 1983, and it was constituted as a sociedade anônima (joint-stock company). From its origins, CAR was designed as an instrument of state action in the interior of Bahia, where regional inequalities and the challenges of the semi-arid climate made integrated development and water access persistent public policy concerns. Over the decades, CAR's mandate has centered on executing integrated regional development policies and programs. Its competences include coordinating and promoting integrated regional, territorial and local development programs, projects and actions; providing technical services for monitoring and maintaining water quality and desalination systems to supply water in sufficient quantity and quality for human consumption; promoting technical assistance and rural extension; and fostering and implementing social technologies for capturing and storing water. These activities are especially directed at rural families in the semi-arid region, aiming to expand water availability for production and animal watering. The company is currently linked to the Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Rural do Estado da Bahia (SDR), the state's Rural Development Secretariat, which places it within the state's rural development policy framework. Its governance structure comprises a Conselho de Administração (Board of Directors), a Diretoria (Executive Board), a Conselho Fiscal (Fiscal Council) and a Comitê de Elegibilidade (Eligibility Committee). The Board of Directors includes the Secretary of Rural Development, the Director-President of CAR and four counselors appointed by the Governor of Bahia. In 2023, Jeandro Ribeiro, a former state secretary of rural development, became the Director-President of the company. CAR maintains a public presence through the Bahia state government portal, where it provides transparency information, systems, notices and bidding documents, ombudsman services and service listings. Its institutional ecosystem includes other Bahian and federal entities such as the Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Rural (SDR), the Companhia de Engenharia Hídrica e de Saneamento da Bahia (Cerb), the Agência de Defesa Agropecuária da Bahia (ADAB), the Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário e Agricultura Familiar (MDA), the Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (CONAB), the Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (INCRA) and the Agência Nacional de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (ANATER).

• 2023

  Jeandro Ribeiro, former state secretary of rural development, became Director-President of CAR.

• 1983

  Creation authorized by state delegated law No. 30 of 3 March 1983; constituted as a sociedade anônima.

State-owned regional development and water access agency for the interior of Bahia, focused on rural families and the semi-arid region.

• Integrated regional development programs

  Coordination and promotion of integrated regional, territorial and local development programs, projects and actions.

• Water quality monitoring and desalination services

  Technical services for monitoring and maintaining water quality and desalination systems to supply water for human consumption.

• Technical assistance and rural extension

  Promotion of technical assistance and rural extension for rural families.

• Social technologies for water capture and storage

  Fostering and implementing social technologies to expand water supply for production and animal watering, especially in the semi-arid region.

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