Cedeca- Centro De Defesa Da Crianca E Do Adolescente

What Cedeca- Centro De Defesa Da Crianca E Do Adolescente does

CEDECA Ceará (Centro de Defesa da Criança e do Adolescente do Ceará) is a Brazilian non-profit civil society organization founded circa 1996 and headquartered in Fortaleza, Ceará. The organization defends the rights of children and adolescents — particularly when those rights are violated by action or omission of public authorities — through legal-social assistance, monitoring of public policies, socio-educational system inspections, budget analysis, and specialized publications. It employs approximately 30 people and operates with national scope across Brazil and international scope in Latin America.

Its core activities are non-commercial: direct legal-social services to beneficiaries are delivered free of charge, and the organization is funded entirely by institutional grants from a portfolio of international and domestic foundations, including Misereor, Open Society Foundations, Ford Foundation, Save the Children, Fundo Brasil de Direitos Humanos, and Kindernothilfe. Its product surface consists of specialized reports, monitoring publications, and budget analyses (e.g., the 5th Monitoring Report of the Ceará socio-educational system, 2023) rather than technology products or software. The organization is an active participant in national coalitions (ANCED, Coalizão pela Socioeducação, CONANDA, Fórum Nacional DCA, Plataforma Dhesca, Conectas, Justiça Global) and has jointly engaged supranational mechanisms including the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

CEDECA Ceará holds no parent company, operates as an autonomous legal entity under CNPJ 00.816.416/0001-82, and is compliant with Brazil's LGPD data protection regime. There is no public-facing API, proprietary technology platform, or commercial distribution channel; its distribution model is direct service delivery from its Fortaleza headquarters supplemented by digital communications (website, newsletter, YouTube, social media) for advocacy and mobilization.

Name

Cedeca- Centro De Defesa Da Crianca E Do Adolescente

Legal name

Centro de Defesa da Criança e do Adolescente do Ceará (CEDECA Ceará)

Website

https://cedecaceara.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CEDECA Ceará is a Brazilian non-profit civil society organization founded in 1996 that defends the rights of children and adolescents through legal-social assistance, socio-educational system monitoring, and policy advocacy, funded by international institutional foundations and operating in Brazil and Latin America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child and Adolescent Rights Advocacy and Legal-Social Protection Services

NAICS

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Rights & Protection (BPADAGAG)

Keywords

• Child rights advocacy
• Legal-social assistance
• Human rights defense
• Socio-educational monitoring
• Public policy incidence

Headquarters

HQ city

Fortaleza

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Institutional Funding: CEDECA Ceará operates as a civil society organization funded by national and international institutional partners and foundations that support human rights and child/adolescent protection work.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CEDECA Ceará provides free legal-social assistance to children and adolescents whose rights have been violated, especially by public authorities. It also conducts monitoring and inspection of the socio-educational system, legislative advocacy and public policy/budget analysis, produces research and publications on child and adolescent rights, and mobilizes civil society at national and international human rights forums (e.g., CIDH, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child).

Product overview

CEDECA Ceará is a civil society organization (organização da sociedade civil) that operates as a human rights advocacy and legal/social defense organization for children and adolescents. It does not offer technology products or software services. The organization's activities include legal/social assistance services, monitoring of public policies, publication of research reports and analyses, and advocacy work. Its core activities are the defense of children and adolescents' rights, particularly when violated by public authorities, through legal assistance, monitoring of socio-educational systems, and policy advocacy at national and international levels. No commercial technology products, SaaS platforms, or software modules were identified in the source material.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ANCED (Associação Nacional dos Centros de Defesa da Criança e do Adolescente)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational association of child defense centers in Brazil. CEDECA Ceará participates in joint advocacy initiatives including Congressional mobilization on child rights legislation.
• CONANDA (Conselho Nacional dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Council for Children's and Adolescents' Rights. Participates in joint advocacy and mobilization initiatives with CEDECA Ceará.
• Coalizão pela SocioeducaçãocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition focused on socio-educational system reform. CEDECA Ceará participates in joint advocacy against legislative proposals affecting adolescents.
• Fórum Nacional dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (Fórum Nacional DCA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational forum for child and adolescent rights. Participates in joint advocacy and policy monitoring initiatives.
• Rede Justiça CriminalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCriminal Justice Network. Participates in joint advocacy initiatives on socio-educational system and juvenile justice.
• Conectas Direitos HumanoscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrazilian human rights organization. Participates in joint advocacy and mobilization, including international human rights commissions.
• Justiça GlobalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHuman rights organization. Participates in joint advocacy initiatives on human rights issues affecting children and adolescents.
• GAJOP (Gabinete de Assessoria Jurídica às Organizações Populares)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLegal advisory office for popular organizations. Participates in joint human rights advocacy initiatives.
• Plataforma de Direitos Humanos (Dhesca Brasil)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHuman Rights Platform bringing together civil society organizations. Participates in joint initiatives including CIDH audience requests.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Plan International: Major international NGO advancing children's rights and gender equality globally. Broad incumbent peer with overlapping mission in child protection, advocacy, and policy work.
• Save the Children: Major international NGO focused on children's rights and protection. Overlaps with CEDECA Ceará in target population (vulnerable children) and mission, and is itself a funder; comparable as a broad incumbent operating globally.
• ChildFund Brasil: International child-focused NGO operating in Brazil with programs on child protection and youth rights. Broad incumbent peer with overlapping beneficiary base (vulnerable children) and rights-based advocacy approach.

Direct peers

• Plataforma Dhesca Brasil: Human rights platform convening Brazilian civil society organizations for economic, social, and cultural rights monitoring. Direct peer in coalition work with CEDECA Ceará, including CIDH hearing requests.
• ANCED (Associação Nacional dos Centros de Defesa da Criança e do Adolescente): National association that aggregates Brazil's CEDECAs. Peer in that it coordinates advocacy and capacity-building across the same child-rights defense mandate that CEDECA Ceará executes at the state level.
• Conectas Direitos Humanos: Brazilian civil society organization focused on human rights defense, advocacy, and international litigation. Direct peer as CEDECA Ceará is an active strategic partner within shared coalitions (e.g., CIDH hearings, Plataforma Dhesca).
• GAJOP (Gabinete de Assessoria Jurídica às Organizações Populares): Brazilian legal advisory office for popular organizations providing legal aid and human rights advocacy. Direct peer in service model (legal assistance for vulnerable populations) and coalition partnership.
• CEDECA Bahia: Sibling organization — another Centro de Defesa da Criança e do Adolescente operating in Bahia, part of the ANCED national network. Direct peer as a peer CEDECA providing legal-social defense and advocacy for children in another Brazilian state.
• Justiça Global: Brazilian human rights organization working on advocacy, litigation, and international mechanisms. Direct peer in mission and coalition partnerships with CEDECA Ceará (e.g., joint CIDH advocacy).

Emerging players

• Fundo Brasil de Direitos Humanos: Brazilian fund supporting civil society organizations working on human rights. Peer as a key funder/partner to CEDECA Ceará and as a comparable entity advancing human rights through grantmaking and advocacy support.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCEDECACeara
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cedeca--centro-de-defesa-da-crianca-e-do-adolescente

Compliance1 record

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