Brazil

FICE Brazil

President:

Isa Guará

Vice-President:

Patrick Reason

Short history

NECA is a Civil Society Organization of Public Interest (OSCIP) headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil since February of 2005. It was founded by a group of researchers who wish to expand its activities in research and social intervention with child and juvenile population that lives in personal and social risk
Mission: To generate and disseminate knowledge and methodologies for the improvement, innovation and coordination of policy interventions and advocacy of the rights of children, adolescents, youth and their families.
Vision: To be recognized as a reference in the production and dissemination of knowledge and practices in the field of childhood, adolescence, youth and family.

In 2018 the decision was made to associate the Brazilian National Movement with the FICE International Representative in Brazil, the Institution NECA, to form FICE Brazil.

The Brazilian National Movement for the Rights of Children and Adolescents to Live in Family and Community is a result of a sustained process headed up by a number of NGOs that led to the publication of the Brazilian National Plan for the Rights of Children and Adolescents to Live in Family and Community in 2006.
The Movement works on two fronts: Technical Incidence and Political Advocacy.

Goals of the organization:

Building a structure of collective and coordinated studies and research to support the development of programs and projects in the field of childhood, adolescence, youth and family.
Producing knowledge and innovation in the area of childhood, adolescence, youth and family.
Impacting positively public policies and practices related to the rights of children and adolescents.

Main activities:

Support of the technical teams of Residential Child Care institutions
Advising the management teams of the Municipal Secretaries of Social Welfare
Qualitative assessment of programs and services
Conducting studies and research on the quality of care
National mobilisation for the rights of children and adolescents
Organising courses, workshops, seminars and supervision groups
Development of methodologies for training and information
Diagnostics in the area of childhood and adolescence
Production and publication of books and materials

Members: The Brazilian National Movement for the Rights of Children and Adolescents to live in Family and Community has a Steering Group of 10 institutions (2 per macro region) and approximately 60 member organisations across Brazil.

Contacts:

E-mail: neca@neca.org.br

Web: www.neca.org.br

Address: Rua Lincoln de Albuquerque, 328, Barra Funda – 05004-010 – São Paulo – SP – Brazil

Phone numbers: 55 – 11 – 3673-497; 55 – 11 – 3673-7049

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