Apece Serviços Gerais

What Apece Serviços Gerais does

APECE (Associação dos Procuradores do Estado do Ceará), legally registered as a civil nonprofit association under CNPJ 07.605.322/0001-03, is the sole recognized professional association representing State Prosecutors (Procuradores do Estado) of Ceará, Brazil. Founded on July 15, 1983, it serves a closed membership of approximately 110 active state prosecutors working at the Procuradoria Geral do Estado do Ceará (PGE-CE), with its headquarters in Fortaleza, Ceará. The organization's core activities include legal and institutional representation, defense of professional prerogatives, advocacy on pension and remuneration legislation, continuing education through seminars and congresses, and governance of internal member affairs.

The association's core technology is a member-only intranet portal (Área do Associado) and an electronic voting platform (eleicao4web.com.br) used for internal biennial board elections, as demonstrated by the 2026 election where 74 of 110 eligible members voted (67.27% participation). APECE maintains a content-driven website (apece.org.br), an active Instagram account (@procuradores_ceara), and organizes events such as the XLV Congress of State Prosecutors (2019) and co-hosts seminars with strategic partners including TRE-CE's Escola Judiciária Eleitoral Cearense. Partnerships with Unimed Fortaleza and Uniodonto Fortaleza provide health and dental benefits to members.

As a nonprofit civil association, APECE's revenue model relies on membership dues (not publicly disclosed), with no external funding, venture capital, or commercial product offerings. The organization is affiliated with ANAPE (Associação Nacional dos Procuradores dos Estados e do Distrito Federal) at the national level and participates in FOCATE (Fórum Cearense de Carreiras Típicas de Estado) for coalition advocacy on state career matters. Governance follows a biennial elected board cycle, with the 2026-2028 term led by re-elected President Leonardo Gonçalves Santana Borges.

Name

Apece Serviços Gerais

Legal name

Associação dos Procuradores do Estado do Ceará

Website

https://apece.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

APECE is the sole nonprofit professional association representing the approximately 110 State Prosecutors of Ceará, Brazil, founded in 1983. It provides legal representation, advocacy, continuing education, and member benefits through an intranet portal, electronic voting platform, and strategic partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Guará, Df

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

APECE is a nonprofit civil association (associação civil sem fins lucrativos) founded on July 15, 1983, that represents state prosecutors (Procuradores do Estado) of Ceará, Brazil. The association provides professional representation and advocacy on legislative and career matters affecting its members, delivers continuing legal education through seminars and the annual state congress, and administers member benefit programs delivered through strategic partnerships with Unimed (health coverage) and Uniodonto (dental coverage). Members access an exclusive online portal for internal documents, communications, and electronic voting.

Product overview

APECE (Associação dos Procuradores do Estado do Ceará) is a professional association for state prosecutors in Ceará, Brazil. The organization operates a member portal (Área do Associado) for exclusive access, provides partnership benefits with health providers, and organizes professional events and training programs. The association does not offer commercial products but serves as a representative body for its members.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• APECE Membership (Associação dos Procuradores do Estado do Ceará) Statutory membership in APECE for state prosecutors (Procuradores do Estado) of Ceará, conferring voting rights, professional representation, access to continuing legal education, and entitlement to member benefit programs. Currently held by 110 eligible voting members.
• Member Portal (Área do Associado)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Unimed FortalezaminorOthersAPECE offers its members a partnership with Unimed Fortaleza, providing health insurance benefits to state prosecutors.
• Uniodonto FortalezaminorOthersAPECE offers its members a partnership with Uniodonto Fortaleza, providing dental insurance benefits to state prosecutors.
• ANAPE (Associação Nacional dos Procuradores dos Estados e do Distrito Federal)coreOthersAPECE is affiliated with and participates actively in ANAPE, the national association representing state prosecutors. APECE delegates serve on ANAPE's deliberative council, and the national president of ANAPE attends APECE events. APECE's director Anastácio Jorge Matos de Sousa Marinho serves as ANAPE delegate. Vicente Braga, former APECE president, served as ANAPE president (2020-2023).
• FOCATE (Fórum Cearense de Carreiras Típicas de Estado)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPECE participates in FOCATE alongside other state career associations (AUDITECE, ACM). FOCATE engages in advocacy on pension legislation with the state government (Seplag-CE), and APECE coordinator Fábio Pedrosa represents APECE within the forum.
• Tribunal Regional Eleitoral do Estado do Ceará (TRE-CE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPECE co-organized the International Seminar 'Transição Digital e os Desafios para as Carreiras Jurídicas' with TRE-CE's Escola Judiciária Eleitoral Cearense (EJAC), held at TRE-CE's auditorium.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• APEMINAS (Associação dos Procuradores do Estado de Minas Gerais): Professional association for state prosecutors of Minas Gerais, affiliated with ANAPE. Directly comparable to APECE in scope, mission, and governance, with a larger membership base reflecting Minas Gerais' size.
• APESP (Associação dos Procuradores do Estado de São Paulo): State-level professional association for prosecutors of the São Paulo Procuradoria Geral do Estado. Operates the same representative, advocacy, and member-service model for a much larger state prosecutor cohort, making it the closest analogous peer to APECE.
• APB (Associação dos Procuradores do Estado da Bahia): State-level association for Bahia state prosecutors. Comparable to APECE in serving a single state prosecutor cadre, with similar representation, training, and institutional advocacy functions.
• APERS (Associação dos Procuradores do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul): State-level association for Rio Grande do Sul state prosecutors. Operates the same member-driven governance and advocacy model for a different state prosecutor population, with overlapping national coordination through ANAPE.
• APERJ (Associação dos Procuradores do Estado do Rio de Janeiro): State-level association for Rio de Janeiro state prosecutors. Shares APECE's core mission of representing state prosecutors in pension, remuneration, and prerogative matters, with a comparable governance structure and member services model.
• APPA (Associação dos Procuradores do Estado do Paraná): State-level association for Paraná state prosecutors, also affiliated with ANAPE. Mirrors APECE's structure and member services for a different state prosecutor cadre, with comparable advocacy and continuing education programming.
• ANAPE (Associação Nacional dos Procuradores dos Estados e do Distrito Federal): National umbrella federation for state prosecutors of which APECE is an affiliated member. APECE delegates sit on ANAPE's deliberative council, and former APECE presidents have led ANAPE, making it the most directly comparable organization in both mission and structure.

Emerging players

• ANADEP (Associação Nacional das Defensoras e Defensores Públicos): National association for public defenders in Brazil. Adjacent to APECE's mission of representing a public legal career, with a similar advocacy, training, and member-service model, though covering a different public legal profession.
• CONAMP (Associação Nacional dos Membros do Ministério Público): National association for members of the Brazilian Ministério Público (Public Ministry). Operates a parallel representative and advocacy model for a different public legal career, with comparable national federation structure and state-level chapters.

Broad incumbents

• OAB (Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil): The Brazilian Bar Association regulates the broader legal profession in Brazil. Although OAB's mandate covers all lawyers rather than state prosecutors specifically, it is the dominant professional association in the Brazilian legal sector and serves comparable representative and regulatory functions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/procuradores_ceara
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/apece-servi%C3%A7os-gerais

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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