National Council of the Management Secretaries from Brazilian States - CONSAD

What National Council of the Management Secretaries from Brazilian States - CONSAD does

CONSAD (Conselho Nacional de Secretários de Estado da Administração) is a Brazilian private non-profit entity founded in November 2000 and headquartered in Brasília (SRTVS quadra 701, Edifício Embassy Tower, bloco K, salas 527/528). It functions as the permanent national coordination and articulation body for the Secretaries of State for Administration of all 27 Brazilian states and the Federal District, with the stated mission of formulating and implementing national public-administration policy and promoting models of public management focused on results and citizen service excellence.

Its core products and activities span three layers. The first is a structural layer: seven thematic working groups covering Digital Transformation, Public Procurement, Assets and Heritage, ESG, Human Resources Management, Government Schools, and Server Health and Safety. The second is an event and knowledge layer: the annual CONSAD Public Management Congress (XIV edition in August 2025 in Brasília, expected to gather over 2,000 participants including governors, ministers, and mayors), international technical missions to study best practices abroad, and publications including magazines, congress articles, and the National Training Needs Diagnosis covering 34,192 public servants. The third is a digital layer: the Escola Virtual CONSAD, a Moodle-based e-learning platform offering free online courses to public servants, and the State Dashboard (Quadro dos Estados), a Power BI-based comparative analytics tool for state-level public-administration metrics.

The business model is non-commercial. CONSAD does not charge membership fees, course fees, or event fees — participation is automatic for state secretariats and free for public servants. Operating revenue is implied to come from member contributions and event-related income. The organization maintains strategic partnerships with ENAP (Brazil's National School of Public Administration), OECD, CLAD (Latin American Centre for Development Administration), Microsoft, and CLP (Centro de Liderança Pública), through which it co-develops digital transformation and service-design initiatives for Brazilian state governments.

Name

National Council of the Management Secretaries from Brazilian States - CONSAD

Legal name

Conselho Nacional de Secretários de Estado da Administração - CONSAD

Website

https://consad.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CONSAD is the Brazilian non-profit national coordination body, founded in 2000 in Brasília, that brings together the Secretaries of State for Administration of all 27 Brazilian states and the Federal District to exchange best practices and coordinate public-administration modernization through working groups, an annual congress, and a Moodle-based e-learning platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Administration Coordination Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAAAC

Intergovernmental Affairs & Federal Grants Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Central/Federal Government Administration

Keywords

• Public administration coordination
• Intergovernmental knowledge exchange
• Government affairs council
• Public management training
• State administration forum

Headquarters

HQ city

Brasília

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Non-profit Association Model: CONSAD is a private non-profit entity (entidade de direito privado, sem fins lucrativos) that functions as a permanent coordination body for state administration secretariats. The organization does not generate commercial revenue but serves as a platform for knowledge exchange, experience sharing, and policy development among Brazilian state governments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CONSAD is a private non-profit coordination entity that brings together the Secretaries of State of Administration from all 27 Brazilian states and the Federal District to exchange experiences and develop solutions for improving public management. It operates through annual congresses, thematic working groups (Digital Transformation, Public Procurement, Assets and Heritage, ESG, Human Resources Management, Government Schools, and Server Health and Safety), international missions, publications, and the Escola Virtual e-learning platform, all delivered free of charge to public servants.

Product overview

CONSAD (National Council of State Administration Secretaries) operates as a coordinating entity for Brazilian state governments, offering a portfolio of collaboration and knowledge-sharing products and services. The core digital platform is the Escola Virtual CONSAD, a Moodle-based e-learning system providing courses and training for public servants. Supporting products include seven thematic Working Groups (Digital Transformation, Public Procurement, Assets/Heritage, ESG, Human Resources, Government Schools, Health/Safety), the annual Congresso CONSAD de Gestão Pública, International Missions for best practice exchange, Publications (magazines, articles, research), and the Digital Transformation Platform. The State Dashboard (Power BI-based) enables comparative analysis across states. These offerings function as an integrated ecosystem for sharing public administration expertise across Brazilian states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Escola Virtual CONSAD A Moodle-based e-learning platform offering free online courses, events, and training materials for public servants across Brazilian states, covering topics such as public management, digital transformation, data protection, ESG practices, and government school administration.
• CONSAD Working Groups Seven thematic working groups covering Digital Transformation, Public Procurement, Assets and Heritage, ESG, Human Resources Management, Government Schools, and Health and Safety of Public Servants, promoting collaboration and knowledge sharing among state administrations.
• Congresso CONSAD de Gestão Pública Annual national congress bringing together governors, ministers, mayors, and international experts to discuss public management innovation, digitalization, and public service excellence, gathering over 2,000 participants.
• International Missions International technical missions for state administration leaders to study best practices in public administration in countries including India, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Estonia, Finland, Singapore, Switzerland, and Cuba.
• State Dashboard (Quadro dos Estados) A Power BI-based data visualization dashboard for tracking and comparing state-level public administration metrics across Brazilian states as part of the Human Resources Management working group's outputs.
• Digital Transformation Platform Platform developed in partnership with CLP and Microsoft to guide '100 actions for the first 100 days of state governments' focused on digital transformation for newly elected officials.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,000 participants gathered annually at the CONSAD Public Management Congress, including governors, ministers, and international specialists
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers27 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ENAP (Escola Nacional de Administração Pública)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerENAP is the National School of Public Administration, a key partner in providing courses and training programs for public servants. CONSAD's Escola Virtual platform offers ENAP courses, and the two organizations collaborate on various public management training initiatives.
• OCDE (OECD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development collaborates with CONSAD on international missions and policy exchanges. The 2025 Italy mission included meetings with the OECD on public sector innovation and leadership development.
• CLAD (Centro Latinoamericano de Administración para el Desarrollo)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLAD is a Latin American organization focused on public administration reform. CONSAD participated in the CLAD Congress in Cuba (2023) for regional cooperation and Latin American public administration exchanges.
• Enap (National School of Public Administration)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Enap on the 'Minds' project (Modelo de Inovação em Desenho de Serviços Públicos) in collaboration with OECD. The initiative focuses on solving public service problems through service design and redesign for federal agencies.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS): Global non-governmental organization headquartered in Belgium dedicated to public administration excellence; comparable to CONSAD in facilitating knowledge exchange across public administrators but with a global rather than national scope.
• Frente Nacional de Prefeitos (FNP): Brazilian coordination body bringing together mayors of major cities; structurally analogous to CONSAD but operating at the municipal rather than state level with similar knowledge-exchange and policy coordination functions.
• National Governors Association (NGA): U.S. bipartisan organization representing all 55 state governors with similar convening, policy coordination, and best-practice sharing functions as CONSAD, but at U.S. state level across all policy domains.
• Council of State Governments (CSG): U.S. nonpartisan association serving all three branches of state government across 50 states; the closest international analog to CONSAD's role as a permanent coordination body for sub-national public administrators.
• CLAD - Centro Latinoamericano de Administración para el Desarrollo: Latin American public administration reform organization that CONSAD already partners with; both bodies coordinate public administration best-practice exchange across multiple jurisdictions at the sub-national level.
• European Public Administration Network (EUPAN): Informal network of directors-general responsible for public administration in EU member states; structurally analogous to CONSAD as a coordination forum for senior public administration leaders across jurisdictions.
• ENAP - Escola Nacional de Administração Pública: Brazil's federal National School of Public Administration and an active CONSAD partner; ENAP delivers training to public servants and collaborates on the Escola Virtual platform, sharing a similar training-focused mission across government levels.
• Centro de Liderança Pública (CLP): Brazilian non-profit focused on public leadership and state-level reform; co-partnered with CONSAD and Microsoft on the Digital Transformation Platform for new state governments, addressing the same Brazilian state administration audience.

Broad incumbents

• OECD Public Governance Directorate: OECD directorate that works with member and partner countries on public sector innovation and governance reform; CONSAD partners with OECD on missions and policy exchanges, making it an institutional peer at the international governance level.

Emerging players

• NASPAA - Network of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration: U.S.-based accrediting and convening body for graduate programs in public administration; overlaps with CONSAD's Escola Virtual training mission at the educational accreditation level rather than the practitioner coordination level.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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