agevap

What agevap does

AGEVAP (Associação Pró-Gestão das Águas da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Paraíba do Sul) is a Brazilian non-profit civil association founded on June 20, 2002 in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, dedicated to integrated water resource management across major river basins in Southeast Brazil. Headquartered in Resende/RJ, the organization operates as a delegated water agency (Agência de Bacia) under Federal Law 9.433/97, Rio de Janeiro State Law 3.239/99, and Minas Gerais State Law 13.199/99. It currently manages 9 active Contratos de Gestão with ANA (federal), INEA (Rio de Janeiro state), and IGAM (Minas Gerais state), serving 24 watershed committees and covering approximately 248,000 km² across 726 municipalities—roughly 13% of Brazilian territory.

The association's core technology platform is SIGA (Sistema Integrado de Gestão das Águas), an integrated water resources management system that consolidates hydrological and meteorological station monitoring, watershed data management, real-time situation room dashboards, water balance calculations, municipal-level observatory indicators, and a web-based GIS layer allowing data export in ESRI shapefile and Google KML formats. SIGA supports decision-making across water quality, quantity, and environmental monitoring functions. AGEVAP also publishes public procurement notices (Atos Convocatórios), maintains a transparency portal (Portal da Transparência) per Brazil's Access to Information Law, and runs an ombudsman service (Ouvidoria). Operational delivery is distributed through 10 decentralized units across Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, and São Paulo plus 2 branches (AGEDOCE in Governador Valadares/MG and AGEGRANDE in Poços de Caldas/MG).

AGEVAP's revenue is non-disclosed and derives from government Contratos de Gestão and water usage fees (cobrança pelo uso de recursos hídricos) collected through the watershed committees it supports. As a private non-profit association with no economic purpose, it does not charge for its services directly. Customer relationships are concentrated entirely in the public sector, with three principal contracting agencies—ANA, INEA, and IGAM—supplemented by technical cooperation agreements with DAEE/SP, WWF Brasil, CPRM, FUNASA, and AEDB. The association is governed by a General Assembly, Board of Directors, Fiscal Council, and Executive Board, with approximately 88+ technical, administrative, and managerial positions across its organizational structure.

Name

agevap

Legal name

Associação Pró-Gestão das Águas da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Paraíba do Sul

Website

https://agevap.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

AGEVAP is a Brazilian non-profit association that operates as the largest delegated water agency in Brazil, managing 9 government contracts across 24 watershed committees and 726 municipalities via its SIGA integrated water resources management platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Watershed Management Services

NAICS

Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (924110), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (22131)

SIC

Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Resources Administration (Watersheds, Rivers, Groundwater) (BPAIAMAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) (BPAGABAC)

Keywords

• Watershed management services
• Water resource management
• River basin administration
• Hydrological monitoring systems
• Water usage fee collection

Headquarters

HQ city

Resende

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Contratos de Gestão (Management Contracts): Revenue comes from government contracts (Contratos de Gestão) with ANA, INEA, and IGAM for managing water resources. Funds are derived from water usage fees (cobrança pelo uso de recursos hídricos) and public budgets allocated to watershed management.
2. Delegated Agency Functions: AGEVAP exercises functions defined in Art. 44 of Federal Law 9.433/97, Art. 59 of Rio de Janeiro State Law 3.239/99, and Art. 38 of Minas Gerais State Law 13.199/99, which define the competencies of Water Agencies (Agências de Água/Bacia).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

AGEVAP is a non-profit civil association that operates as a Water Basin Agency (Agência de Bacia) under legally delegated authority, executing water resource management functions across 24 watershed committees in the Paraíba do Sul, Doce, and Grande river basins. It delivers administrative, technical, financial, and operational support for watershed governance, including water quality monitoring, fee collection from water users, project execution, environmental recovery programs, and drought/flood management, all enabled by its proprietary SIGA integrated water management system.

Product overview

AGEVAP operates as a water resources management agency (Associação Pró-Gestão das Águas) for the Paraíba do Sul River Basin and affiliated basins in Brazil. The organization functions as a non-profit private association with 9 management contracts covering 24 watershed committees across three Brazilian states. Its core product portfolio centers on the SIGA (Sistema Integrado de Gestão das Águas) platform, which provides integrated water resource monitoring and management capabilities including situation room monitoring, water balance analysis, observatory dashboards, and web GIS tools. Additional offerings include transparency portals, public procurement systems (Atos Convocatórios), and ombudsman services (Ouvidoria). The organization operates through its main office in Resende/RJ and two branch offices (AGEDOCE in Governador Valadares/MG and AGEGRANDE in Poços de Caldas/MG) plus 10 decentralized units across Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, and São Paulo states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SIGA (Sistema Integrado de Gestão das Águas) Integrated Water Resources Management System that supports decision-making through monitoring of hydrological and meteorological stations, facilitates data management about basins, and enables dissemination of water quality and quantity information. Includes Situation Room, Water Balance, Observatory, Web GIS, Publications, and Projects modules.
• Management Contracts (Contratos de Gestão) - Water Basin Management Services Management contracts with ANA, INEA, and IGAM for water basin management across 24 watershed committees, covering water quality monitoring, watershed planning, and environmental recovery projects.
• AGEDOCE (Branch) Branch of AGEVAP located in Governador Valadares/MG, responsible for managing water basin committees in the Doce River basin region.
• AGEGRANDE (Branch) Branch of AGEVAP located in Poços de Caldas/MG covering Grande River basin management activities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Covers 13% of Brazilian territory (248,000 km²)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CBH/PS - Comitê de Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Paraíba do Sul (CEIVAP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical Cooperation Agreement (Termo de Cooperação Técnica AGEVAP/CBH-PS) for watershed management coordination in the Paraíba do Sul river basin.
• AEDB - Associação Educacional Dom BoscominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical Cooperation Agreement (Convênio de Cooperação Técnica AGEVAP/AEDB) with 1st Amendment for educational and research collaboration.
• DAEE/SP - Departamento de Água e Energia ElétricacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical Cooperation Agreement (Termo de Cooperação Técnica AGEVAP/DAEE) for water resources coordination in São Paulo state.
• WWF BrasilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical Cooperation Agreement (Termo de Cooperação Técnica AGEVAP/WWF-BRASIL) for water and forests project (projeto aguas e florestas).
• IGAM/MG - Instituto Mineiro de Gestão das ÁguascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical Cooperation Agreement No. 07 (Termo de Cooperação Técnica AGEVAP/IGAM) for water resources management in Minas Gerais state.
• SRHU/MMA - Secretaria de Recursos Hídricos e Ambiente UrbanocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical Cooperation Agreement (Acordo de Cooperação Técnica SRHU-AGEVAP) with Ministry of Environment for federal water policy support.
• FUNASA - Fundação Nacional de SaúdeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical Cooperation Agreement (Convênio de Cooperação Técnica AGEVAP/FUNASA) with Ministry of Health for health-related water projects (under review).
• ANA - Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento BásicocoreOthersPrimary government contracting agency for water basin management. AGEVAP holds multiple Contratos de Gestão with ANA for watershed delegation.
• INEA - Instituto Estadual do Ambiente (RJ)coreOthersState-level government contracting agency in Rio de Janeiro. AGEVAP holds multiple Contratos de Gestão with INEA.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Fundação Agência da Bacia do Rio Doce: Water basin management entity for the Rio Doce basin in Minas Gerais, functionally adjacent to AGEVAP's AGEDOCE branch. Comparable mission and legal architecture, but the specific post-disaster governance context makes it a regional/institutional parallel rather than direct competitor.

Others

• WWF Brasil: Conservation NGO that is an active technical partner of AGEVAP (Projeto Águas e Florestas). Operates in the same freshwater conservation and watershed governance ecosystem, with comparable institutional relationships across Brazilian states.
• The Nature Conservancy Brasil (TNC): International conservation NGO active in Brazilian water and watershed programs. Adjacent to AGEVAP's mission of water resource protection and a comparable partner/funder for basin conservation projects.
• Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais (CPRM / SGB): Brazilian geological survey that partners with AGEVAP under a formal technical cooperation agreement. Provides hydrogeological data and monitoring integration that complements AGEVAP's basin management work.

Broad incumbents

• Departamento de Águas e Energia Elétrica (DAEE - SP): São Paulo state water and energy department and AGEVAP's contractual counterpart for São Paulo-side operations. Comparable regulatory mandate at state level and active technical cooperation partner for São Paulo watersheds.
• Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento Básico (ANA): Federal water regulator that oversees AGEVAP's contracts and delegates basin agency functions nationwide. Functions as the upstream regulator and primary contracting counterparty rather than a direct competitor, but defines the rules of engagement for AGEVAP's entire operating model.
• Instituto Estadual do Ambiente (INEA - RJ): Rio de Janeiro state environmental agency that contracts AGEVAP for multiple basin delegations and also performs direct water management activities outside delegated basins. Acts as both counterparty and broader public-sector incumbent in the same regulatory domain.
• Instituto Mineiro de Gestão das Águas (IGAM): Minas Gerais state water regulator, contracting party with AGEVAP for Minas-side basins. Performs direct basin oversight and policy execution where AGEVAP is not delegated, making it both partner and parallel incumbent.

Direct peers

• Fundação Agência das Bacias PCJ: Brazilian delegated water basin agency (analogous Agência de Bacia) managing the Piracicaba, Capivari, and Jundiaí basins under the same federal/state legal framework (Lei 9.433/97) used by AGEVAP. Directly comparable in mission, legal structure, and revenue model (water fees + management contracts).
• Comitê da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Paraíba do Sul (CEIVAP): Watershed committee for AGEVAP's original basin. While AGEVAP acts as CEIVAP's executive secretariat, CEIVAP itself represents the decision-making body AGEVAP serves. Comparable in basin-scale governance and member structure (users, civil society, government).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Subsidiaries2 records

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