On Friday the 8th, the Organising Committee for the Rio 2016™ Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Laboratory for Advanced Production Management Systems (SAGE) of the Institute for Research and Postgraduate Studies of Engineering (COPPE/UFRJ) signed a contract for producing the Olympic Games Impact Study (OGI).

Sidney Levy, Chief Executive Officer of the Organising Committee for the Rio2016™ Olympic and Paralympic Games, Rogerio Valle, Professor at the Institute for Research and Postgraduate Studies of Engineering COPPE/UFRJ, and Sandrine Cuvillier, from France, COPPE’s Executive Coordinator were present at the event.

“It is a pleasure to have COPPE as one of Rio 2016™’s partners. One of our work’s most important aspects is the legacy the city will receive. We trust the study that will be delivered”, said Sidney Levy, once the agreement was signed.

Professor Rogerio Valle was enthusiastic about the work ahead. “COPPE is proud to contribute for the Olympic Games. I am very happy and optimistic with the high standards of the team we gathered, mainly because everyone is motivated”, he pointed out.

The Scientific Council that will take care of the OGI Study’s details is made of eight consultants: Regina Cohen (pro-access group, UFRJ), in accessibility; João Saboia, Peter May and Valéria da Vinha (UFRJ/ME), from the economics sector; Antônio Solé (UFRJ), from the Biology Institute; Laís Abramo (ILO-Brazil), from the social sector; and Antônio Carlos Francisco, from the sports sector. Another professional, a Paralympic Sports Specialist, who has yet to be named, will also take part in the Council.

COPPE will produce four reports, all following the same methodology. The first will be a core work and will be ready next August – being published in September -, focusing on the period between 2007 and 2012. The interim report, in 2014, will already include the event’s specific data such as all the indicators, updates and qualitative analyses.

In 2017, the report will bring Games time indicators and the final report, in 2019, will present the analysis of the whole period. “It is a very big challenge, but I trust the team’s integration and high standards”, said Valle.

COPPE/UFRJ’s Laboratory for Advanced Production Management Systems (SAGE) has been contracted to develop the OGI Study through a selection process, in which three other institutions took part. This study is a set of reports that strengthen the indicators used to measure the Olympic Games environmental, socio-cultural and economic effects and impacts in areas such as education, health, security, sports, leisure and infrastructure. The OGI Study will assess a 12-year period, between 2007 and 2019. It is an extremely important tool to measure what the Games legacy will effectively be.

The Laboratory for Advanced Production Management Systems (SAGE) was created in 1995 for the research and development of new operational boundaries, integrating technical, environmental, economic and social criteria into goods, services and events planning and production.