On September 16, 2020, Porto Central held a virtual meeting with representatives of the Quilombola Communities of Presidente Kennedy/ES, located in Boa Esperança and Cacimbinha, to align the communities' expectations following the installation of the Porto Central project in the Municipality of Presidente Kennedy/ES.
Ten quilombola community members were present at the event, in addition to the technical team from DVF Consultoria and Porto Central. The main objective of the meeting was to deepen the presentation of the eleven socioeconomic indicators monitored by the Socioeconomic Monitoring Program (PMSE). They are: demography, health, economy and finance, education, assistance and development, infrastructure, labor market, housing, standard of living, HDI and public security. The status of the Quilombola Basic Environmental Program was also discussed at the opportunity, the details and final agreement of which will occur after the decision to build the project.
The quilombola communities are represented in the Monitoring Committee of the Porto Central Socioeconomic Monitoring Program (PMSE) – CAMPOC, which is made up of different social actors and seeks to serve as a forum for debate and social control to propose necessary actions for improvement the management of socioeconomic impacts resulting from the installation of Porto Central.