Câmara Municipal de Cascavel

What Câmara Municipal de Cascavel does

The Câmara Municipal de Cascavel is the legislative body of the municipality of Cascavel, in the state of Paraná, Brazil, founded in 1953 and currently operating in its 18th Legislature (2025-2028). It comprises 21 elected councilors and approximately 76 administrative staff, with statutory authority over local lawmaking (Ordinary Laws, Complementary Laws, Resolutions, Decrees), fiscal oversight of the municipal executive, and issuance of the Organic Law. The Chamber operates the SAPL (Sistema de Apoio ao Processo Legislativo) platform for managing the legislative process, bill tracking, voting records, and the legislative database, alongside a CMS-based website with accessibility features including VLibras translation, contrast controls, and font size adjustment.

Its service portfolio extends beyond core legislative functions to include civic education programs — Câmara Jovem (high school youth parliament, est. 2007), Escola do Legislativo (legislative training, est. 2013), Câmara Mirim (children's parliament for ages 8-11, est. 2023), and the more recent Vivência Legislativa for university students — plus the Procuradoria da Mulher (Women's Ombudsman, est. 2022) for gender-equity advocacy. Distribution is multi-channel: official website, TV Câmara live broadcasts on YouTube/Facebook, atende.net transparency portal, and the official Diário Oficial gazette.

The entity is funded entirely through the municipal budget; there are no commercial pricing models, customer fees, or revenue-generating services. Customer segments are defined by citizen status: all residents of Cascavel (geography), plus targeted engagement programs for elementary students, high school students, and women. Strategic partnerships with the Federal Senate, TRE-PR, Unioeste, and FAG extend institutional capacity for staff training and youth program legitimacy.

Name

Câmara Municipal de Cascavel

Legal name

Câmara Municipal de Cascavel

Website

https://camaracascavel.pr.gov.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1953

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Câmara Municipal de Cascavel is the elected legislative body of Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil, comprising 21 councilors who enact local laws, oversee the municipal executive, and run civic education programs for citizens, youth, and children. Operations are funded through the municipal budget with no commercial revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Legislative Services

NAICS

Legislative Bodies (92112), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921)

akta.pro primary industry

City Clerk/Records, Elections & Civic Engagement (BPAIACAB)

Keywords

• Municipal legislative services
• Civic education programs
• Government transparency portal
• Legislative broadcasting services
• Public policy advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Cascavel

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Câmara Municipal de Cascavel is the legislative branch of the municipality of Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil. It drafts, debates, and approves municipal laws, resolutions, decrees, and ordinances, and provides financial oversight of the executive branch. The Chamber also delivers civic education programs (Câmara Jovem, Câmara Mirim, Escola do Legislativo), operates a transparency portal, broadcasts legislative sessions through TV Câmara and live streaming, and runs the Procuradoria da Mulher for women's rights advocacy.

Product overview

Câmara Municipal de Cascavel operates as a municipal legislative body providing a suite of digital and civic services. The core offering includes the Portal de Transparência for government fiscal transparency, combined with civic education programs (Câmara Jovem for high school students and Câmara Mirim for elementary students), the Escola do Legislativo for parliamentary training, the Procuradoria da Mulher for women's rights advocacy, and multimedia services including TV Câmara and live broadcasts of legislative sessions. All services are delivered through the municipal government website at camaracascavel.pr.gov.br.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Câmara Jovem: Youth parliament program established in 2007 allowing high school students to participate in legislative activities and understand municipal government.
• Escola do Legislativo
• Câmara Mirim
• Procuradoria da Mulher

Products and services

• Portal de Transparência Digital transparency portal providing public access to government spending, contracts, bidding processes, and fiscal management information for citizens and oversight bodies of the municipality.
• Câmara Jovem Youth parliament program allowing high school students from public and private schools in Cascavel to participate in mock legislative activities, present suggestions, and learn about municipal governance. Established through Resolution 11/2007.
• Câmara Mirim Children's parliament program for elementary school students aged 8-11 from 4th to 5th grade of public and private schools in Cascavel to experience legislative work and civic education through a mock parliament with elected student representatives.
• Escola do Legislativo Legislative school offering training, seminars, courses, and educational programs for parliamentarians, municipal servants, community leaders, and citizens on legislative processes, civic participation, and public policy.
• Procuradoria da Mulher Women's advocacy office defending women's rights, receiving and forwarding complaints of violence and discrimination, and promoting gender equality initiatives and public policies.
• TV Câmara Legislative television channel broadcasting councilor interviews, session broadcasts, committee meetings, and educational programming about municipal government activities, distributed via YouTube and Facebook.
• Diário Oficial Official gazette publishing municipal decrees, resolutions, and legislative acts for public record and legal effect, distributed through the municipal prefecture portal.
• Transmissões Ao Vivo Live streaming service for plenary sessions, committee meetings, public hearings, and legislative ceremonies, enabling real-time citizen access to legislative proceedings.

Quantifiable outcome

• 195 children from 39 schools participated in Câmara Mirim 2025
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TRE-PR (Tribunal Regional Eleitoral do Paraná)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 June 2025Partnership inaugurated for the Câmara Jovem program, with electoral court involvement in the swearing-in ceremony of newly elected youth councilors for the 2025 legislature.
• Educational Institutions (Schools and Universities)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Escola do Legislativo conducts educational visits and programs in partnership with public and private schools and universities, including the Legislative Experience Program (Vivência Legislativa) for university students.
• Prefeitura Municipal de CascavelcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Joint financial education seminar for servers delivered by the Chamber and Municipal Government. Collaboration on compliance and public governance training.
• Senado Federal (Federal Senate)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partnership between Cascavel Chamber and the Federal Senate enabled the Integrated Communication course for servers. The Senate also provides EAD courses without tutors for Chamber servers.
• Unioeste (Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Partnership with Unioeste promoted an Official Writing course at the Legislative Chamber. The university also hosted a domestic violence event in which the Procuradoria da Mulher participated.
• FAG (Faculdade-Assis-Gurge)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Law students from FAG made technical visits and observed CCJ (Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee) meetings as part of educational outreach.
• NRE (Núcleo Regional de Educação)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Established the Câmara Jovem program in 2007 through Resolution 11/2007, authored by Councilors Julio Cesar Leme da Silva and Leonardo Mion. The program enables high school students to understand municipal legislative processes and participate in simulated parliamentary activities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Câmara Municipal de Maringá: Paraná municipal chamber of similar scale to Cascavel, with a comparable vereador headcount and identical statutory functions under Brazil's municipal chamber framework. Direct match on jurisdiction type and citizen engagement remit.
• Câmara Municipal de Ponta Grossa: Another mid-sized Paraná municipal chamber operating under the same Organic Law model. Comparable on councilor count, transparency portal maturity, and youth civic engagement programming.
• Câmara Municipal de Curitiba: Capital-of-Paraná municipal chamber operating with similar councilor structure, SAPL-like legislative platform, transparency portals, and civic education programs. Most directly comparable peer given shared state-level legislative framework and Brazilian municipal law.
• Câmara Municipal de Foz do Iguaçu: Neighboring Paraná municipal chamber in a comparable mid-size city near Cascavel. Same legislative functions, transparency obligations, and citizen engagement mandate under Paraná's municipal law.
• Câmara Municipal de Londrina: Paraná municipal chamber of a comparable mid-size city (Cascavel and Londrina are close in population rank). Operates the same Brazilian legislative architecture (councilor functions, Mesa Diretora, Organic Law) and runs analogous transparency and accessibility tools.
• Câmara Municipal de Guarapuava: Mid-sized Paraná city chamber with the same councilor, Organic Law, transparency portal, and civic engagement remit as Cascavel. Equivalent scale and operating context.

Broad incumbents

• Câmara Municipal de São Paulo: Brazil's largest municipal chamber — a much larger incumbent operating the same legislative/oversight functions and the same SAPL-style transparency platform, but at a metro-scale with significantly greater budget and staff. Relevant as a benchmark for transparency and civic engagement at scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles5 records

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