CEDCA

What CEDCA does

Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CEDCA) is a state-level public council operating under the Government of Paraná (Governo do Paraná), Brazil, specifically within the Secretaria do Desenvolvimento Social e Família (SEDEF). Headquartered in Curitiba at Rua Jacy Loureiro de Campos in the Centro Cívico district, CEDCA functions as the constitutionally and statutorily mandated deliberative body for child and adolescent rights policy in the state of Paraná. Its mandate centres on the protection and promotion of children's and adolescents' rights, coordination with municipal child protection councils (CMDCAs) across Paraná, oversight of the Fundo Estadual para Infância e Adolescência (FIA-PR), supervision of guardianship councils (Conselhos Tutelares), and convening of child rights conferences and biennial civil society elections, with election records on the council's website extending back to at least the 2013–2014 biennium.

CEDCA's operating surface is primarily a government information portal (https://www.cedca.pr.gov.br/) that publishes legislation, resolutions (Deliberações), technical notes (Notas Técnicas), TEDS Vigentes (active execution terms), Plano Decenal policy framework documents, and links to complementary state social services. The portal routes citizens to discrete programs that fall under the broader SEDEF umbrella but are aggregated via CEDCA's discovery layer, including the Passe Livre Intermunicipal (free collective transportation for people with disabilities or chronic diseases requiring treatment outside their municipality), Defensoria Pública do Estado do Paraná (free legal aid for individuals earning up to three minimum wages across Family, Civil, Childhood and Youth, Public Treasury, Criminal, Domestic Violence, and Penal Execution matters), the Centro de Informação para Migrantes, Refugiados e Apátridas do Paraná (CEIM, document regularization, CPF registration, work permit support for migrants and refugees), and the Assessoria de Políticas para Pessoa com Deficiência (disability rights advisory including legal guidance, employment support, transport assistance, and Libras sign-language communication).

The business model is non-commercial: as a government state entity, CEDCA does not generate revenue and provides all services free of charge to beneficiaries. It is funded through Paraná state government budget allocation and the FIA-PR fund, which channels resources to civil society projects via TEDS. CEDCA's three primary customer segments are children and adolescents (the protected population), families seeking child welfare support, and municipal CMDCAs needing policy coordination. The entity operates with a lean administrative footprint of approximately 14 employees and reports to SEDEF rather than functioning as an independent legal entity with separate ownership or capital structure; its headcount, geographic scope (single state), and service catalog have been broadly stable, with the most notable expansion signals being incremental additions to the social-services catalog it routes citizens to and the continuity of biennial governance cycles through 2026–2028.

Name

CEDCA

Legal name

Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente

Website

https://cedca.pr.gov.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CEDCA is the state-level government council under the Government of Paraná, Brazil, responsible for deliberating and coordinating child and adolescent rights policy, overseeing the FIA-PR fund, supervising guardianship councils, and convening biennial civil society elections across the state's municipalities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Curitiba

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

CEDCA is the State Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents of Paraná, Brazil, responsible for deliberating on child and adolescent rights policies, overseeing the FIA-PR (State Fund for Children and Adolescents), coordinating with municipal councils (CMDCAs) throughout the state, and supervising guardianship councils (Conselhos Tutelares). It promotes biennial elections and state conferences on child rights, manages project funding through the FIA-PR project bank, and issues deliberative resolutions, technical notes, and orientations to advance child welfare policy in Paraná.

Product overview

CEDCA is a government council portal offering social services rather than a technology product. The main services include: Passe Livre Intermunicipal for free transportation, Defensoria Pública for free legal assistance, CEIM for migrant and refugee support, and disability policy advisory services. These are government administrative services provided through the portal, not technology products or platforms with integrations, APIs, or AI capabilities.

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Problem solved

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Products and services

• Passe Livre Intermunicipal
• Defensoria Pública do Estado do Paraná
• Centro de Informação para Migrantes, Refugiados e Apátridas do Paraná (CEIM)
• Assessoria de Políticas para Pessoa com Deficiência

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Recent moves5 records

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Direct peers

• CEDCA-MG (Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente de Minas Gerais): Minas Gerais's equivalent state council for child and adolescent rights. Operates the same statewide coordination, FIA-equivalent fund, and guardianship oversight functions as CEDCA, but in a different state territory.
• CONANDA (Conselho Nacional dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente): Brazil's national-level deliberative council for child and adolescent rights, operating under the same statutory framework (ECA/Federal law) as CEDCA. Directly comparable in mandate (policy deliberation, fund oversight, conference coordination), differing only by federal vs. state jurisdiction.
• CEDCA-SP (Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente de São Paulo): São Paulo's equivalent state council for child and adolescent rights. Has the same statutory role as CEDCA-PR — FIA fund oversight, CMDCA coordination, guardianship council support — serving the most populous state in Brazil rather than Paraná.
• Conselho Estadual de Assistência Social do Paraná (CEAS-PR): Sister state council in Paraná governing SUAS (social assistance) policy. Directly comparable in council structure, deliberative function, fund oversight (FEAS), and CONGEAS linkage — differing only by subject area (assistance vs. child rights).

Emerging players

• Childhood Brasil (Instituto Childhood): National NGO focused on protecting children from sexual violence, often partnering with public councils including state CEDCAs and CMDCAs. Comparable in child-rights mission and overlap with CEDCA's policy and campaign agenda.

Broad incumbents

• UNICEF Brasil: UN agency with a national office in Brasília that partners extensively with Brazilian state and municipal child-rights bodies. Comparable as a high-level child-rights policy actor that CEDCA interfaces with on Plano Decenal and conference agendas.

Others

• Conselho Tutelar (network / Conselho Nacional de Procuradores): Brazilian municipal guardianship councils that CEDCA oversees and supports. Comparable as operational front-line child-rights bodies that consume CEDCA's training, manuals, and policy guidance.
• SEDEF / Secretaria do Desenvolvimento Social e Família do Paraná: The parent secretariat under which CEDCA operates. Comparable because SEDEF houses the broader social-development portfolio (PPCAAM/PR, Conselhos Tutelares portal, FIA-PR project bank) that CEDCA depends on for operational execution.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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