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force behind public policy, an element that combines this 3.3. Impact dimension
dimension with the perspective of sustainability in the Table 5 contains details on the impact dimension. This
performance evaluation system. includes the indicators and their respective quantities that
The indicators generated in this dimension (Table 4) relate to the project’s international cooperation activities.
are based on the total amount of funding allocated to the These social indicators are important to assess the project’s
development of the international cooperation activities scope in this dimension, which is often overlooked despite
(ICA) of the “Syphilis No!” Project, R$ 23,000,000.00 its importance. They also serve as a good indicator of the
(twenty-three million Brazilian Reais) or US$ 4,581,673.31.1 project’s sustainability and response to real social problems,
The set of indicators was intended to measure the financial such as the syphilis epidemic in Brazil.
investment per capita and per activity carried out within Table 5 shows that the international cooperation
the project, such as missions carried out, agreements and developed through the project has reached more than
plans signed, and products manufactured. 60,000 participants. These include students, professors,

1 Dollar exchange rate as of September 27, 2023, according to the researchers, health professionals, and people from the
value provided by the Brazilian Central Bank, available at https:// community who are interested in the topics covered by the
www.bcb.gov.br/estabilidadefinanceira/fechamentodolar. cooperation.
The coverage and reach of the project’s social impact
Table 3. Work plans signed with partner institutions under are linked to the countless activities and products that
the “Syphilis No!” Project have resulted from the project. In sum, these are course

Institutions Country N* enrollments, events in which researchers and society have
Athabasca University Canada 1 participated, research activities carried out, scientific
articles published, courses and Open Educational
Johns Hopkins University United States 1 Resources (OER) (Ossiannilsson, 2023; Santos, 2013;
Institute for Healthcare Improvement United States 2 UNESCO, 2019), patents applied for, software registrations
Universidade Aberta de Portugal Portugal 3 published, doctoral theses, master’s dissertations, course
Universidade Autónoma de Barcelona Spain 3 completion papers, technical reports, and so forth.
Universidad Complutense de Madrid Spain 2 Particularly worth mentioning are the courses and
University of Coimbra Portugal 2 OER that has been created on the project’s topics and are
Université de Lorraine France 1 offered through the Virtual Learning Environment of the
Total 14 Brazilian Health System, AVASUS. AVASUS is currently one
Note: *Number of work plans per institution. Source: Adapted from the of the largest training platforms for the health-care sector
accountability reports for Decentralized Execution Terms (TED) No. in the world, with more than one million students enrolled
54 and 111/2017. (Valentim et al., 2022). More than 45,000 users are enrolled
Table 4. Indicators for the investment dimension

Item Indicator Formula N Investment in BRL Investment in USD*
1 Investment per participant benefited from international cooperation ICA 60,272 381,62 76.02
activities ∑ N
2 Investment per number of participating institutions 36 638,888.89 127,268.70
3 Investment per number of technical-scientific cooperation missions 94 244.680.85 48,741.21
4 Investment per cooperation agreements signed 14 1,642,857.14 327,262.38
5 Investment per work plans signed 14 1,642,857.14 327,262.38
6 Investment per participant impacted through the production of courses and 45,172 509.16 101.43
open educational resources
7 Investment per participants in international events promoted by the project 14,396 1,597.67 318.26
8 Investment by Brazilian and foreign participants in international missions 685 33,576.64 6,688.57
9 Investment per total of products developed 94 252,747.25 50,348.06
Notes: *Dollar exchange rate as of September 27, 2023. Formula=ICA/ΣN, where: ICA=Amount of resources allocated to the project for the
development of international cooperation activities; N=Quantity. Source: Prepared by authors.
Abbreviations: BRL: Brazilian Real; USD: United States dollar.

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