CREDE 01 - Regional Maracanaú

What CREDE 01 - Regional Maracanaú does

CREDE 01 – Regional Maracanaú (legal name: Coordenadoria Regional de Desenvolvimento da Educação – CREDE 1 Maracanaú) is a regional education coordination office of the Ceará state government, operating under the Secretaria da Educação do Estado do Ceará (SEDUC). Established in 1996 as the 1ª DERE (Delegacia Regional de Desenvolvimento da Educação) and later renamed to its current designation in 2007, the entity coordinates state education policy implementation across eight municipalities in the Greater Fortaleza metropolitan area: Aquiraz, Caucaia, Eusébio, Guaiúba, Itaitinga, Maracanaú, Maranguape, and Pacatuba.

The coordination office oversees a diverse school network comprising EEMTI (full-time multidisciplinary state schools), EEEP (professional technical schools), EEM (standard state schools), CCI (language centers), EPPL (prison education), CEJA (youth and adult education), and EI (indigenous schools), with more than 30+ EEMTI and 12+ EEEP and indigenous schools each under its supervision. Operationally, CREDE 1 manages educational policy implementation, teacher deployment coordination, school transportation articulation, PAIC literacy program execution, and director election processes through three internal cells: CEGAF (financial management), CEDEA (school development and learning), and CECOM (communication and monitoring). The technology stack is entirely composed of state government systems — SAA (administrative support), S2GPR (results-based management), Credor (school fund transfers), VIPROC (procurement), and LicitaWeb (licensing) — with no commercial product or proprietary technology platform.

The entity is fully publicly funded through Ceará state budget allocations and operates under the regime de colaboração (collaborative governance) model with the eight municipal education secretaries (SMEs). It employs 13 staff in its headquarters at Avenida Senador Virgílio Távora, 1103, Distrito Industrial I, Maracanaú. There is no commercial revenue model, no pricing, and no private ownership structure. The current coordinator, João Paulo Peixoto Diógenes, was appointed in 2025.

Name

CREDE 01 - Regional Maracanaú

Legal name

Coordenadoria Regional de Desenvolvimento da Educação - CREDE 1 Maracanaú

Website

https://crede01.seduc.ce.gov.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CREDE 01 is a Ceará state government education coordination office that oversees the public school network across 8 municipalities in the Greater Fortaleza metropolitan area, coordinating EEMTI, EEEP, EEM, CCI, EPPL, CEJA, and indigenous schools under SEDUC.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Education Administration

NAICS

Administration of Education Programs (923110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

State/Provincial/Regional Education Departments (EDADAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Local Education Authorities & Municipal Education Offices (EDADABAD), State/Provincial Education Department Administration (BPAIABAJ)

Keywords

• Public education administration
• Regional education coordination
• School network management
• State education services
• Educational policy implementation

Headquarters

HQ city

Maracanaú

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: Government-funded regional education coordination funded through state budget allocations from Ceará state education secretary (SEDUC). Coordinates school network operations, teacher deployment, and educational programs across 8 municipalities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CREDE 01 - Regional Maracanaú is a regional coordination office of the Ceará State Education Secretariat (SEDUC) that manages and oversees the state school network across eight municipalities in the Greater Fortaleza metropolitan area (Aquiraz, Caucaia, Eusébio, Guaiúba, Itaitinga, Maracanaú, Maranguape, and Pacatuba). Its core activity is to coordinate the implementation of state education policies, supervise state schools operating under multiple modalities (vocational EEEP, full-time EEMTI, regular EEM, youth/adult CEJA, and early childhood EI), and serve as the operational link between SEDUC and the municipal education secretariats.

Product overview

CREDE 1 - Regional Maracanaú is a government education coordination office that does not offer a traditional technology product. Instead, it coordinates a portfolio of educational services across 8 municipalities (Aquiraz, Caucaia, Eusébio, Guaiúba, Itaitinga, Maracanaú, Maranguape, and Pacatuba) in Ceará, Brazil. The portfolio includes EEMTI (full-time multidisciplinary schools), EEEP (professional/vocational schools), EEM (standard schools), CCI (language centers), EPPL (education in prisons), CEJA (youth and adult education), and EI (indigenous schools). The organization also manages internal administrative systems (SAA, S2GPR, Credor, VIPROC, LicitaWeb) for government operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Regional Education Coordination Services (CREDE 01) End-to-end regional coordination of state education policies across eight municipalities of the Greater Fortaleza metropolitan area (Aquiraz, Caucaia, Eusébio, Guaiúba, Itaitinga, Maracanaú, Maranguape, and Pacatuba). Targets municipal education secretariats, state school administrators, and the broader public education network.
• EEEP (Escolas Estaduais de Educação Profissional) — Vocational Secondary Schools State-operated vocational secondary schools offering professional and technical education integrated with the regular secondary curriculum. Serves adolescents and youth in the CREDE 01 jurisdiction.
• EEMTI (Escolas Estaduais de Educação Médio em Tempo Integral) — Full-Time Secondary Schools State-operated full-time secondary schools providing an extended-time curriculum for students in the CREDE 01 region.
• EEM (Escolas Estaduais de Educação Médio) — Regular Secondary Schools State-operated regular secondary schools delivering the standard state secondary curriculum in the CREDE 01 region.
• CEJA (Centros de Educação de Jovens e Adultos) — Youth and Adult Education Centers State-operated education centers providing primary and secondary education adapted for youth and adults who have not completed their schooling on the standard schedule.
• EI (Educação Infantil) — Early Childhood Education State-supported early childhood education services for young children in the CREDE 01 region.
• CCI (Centros de Convivência da Infância) — Childhood Coexistence Centers State-supported childhood coexistence centers providing supplementary care and developmental activities for young children in the region.
• EPPL (Escolas Estaduais com Proposta Pedagógica Local) — State Schools with Local Pedagogical Proposal State-operated schools implementing a locally tailored pedagogical proposal to address specific educational needs of the communities they serve within the CREDE 01 region.
• Indigenous Community Education Outreach (Pequeno Cajueiro and Veneza villages) Targeted educational outreach actions to indigenous communities in the villages of Pequeno Cajueiro and Veneza in Maracanaú, coordinated by CREDE 01 under SEDUC Ceará.

Quantifiable outcome

• Guarantee enrollment for all students at appropriate age and those who did not have access at the proper age (Art. 70, IX of Decree 33376)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and support.

• SEDUC Ceará (Secretaria da Educação do Estado do Ceará)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState Education Secretary of Ceará is the parent organization. CREDE 1 coordinates implementation and execution of state education policies and guidelines (políticas e diretrizes educacionais) at regional level, reporting to and receiving directives from SEDUC.
• 8 Municipal Education Secretaries (SME)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative governance (regime de colaboração) partnerships with municipal education secretaries in Aquiraz, Caucaia, Eusébio, Guaiúba, Itaitinga, Maracanã, Maranguape, and Pacatuba for shared educational policy implementation.
• Centro de Formação Docente e Ensino a DistânciacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for in-service professional development (formação em serviço) of teachers and staff, combining with SEDUC for training programs.
• Municipal Schools (SME)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArticulation with Secretarias Municipais de Educação (SME) for implementing educational policies, programs, and projects for state and municipal school development. Coordinates PAIC literacy program with municipal mayors and education teams.
• Controladoria e Ouvidoria Geral do EstadosupportOthersOversight and citizen feedback coordination. The Ouvidoria network is coordinated by the state controller general's office, with sectoral ombudsman committees in each state secretariat including SEDUC.
• Federal Education ProgramscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinates and monitors federal and state education programs and projects (ações dos programas e projetos federais e estaduais) including those for school transportation, literacy, and infrastructure.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• CREDE 02 – Itapipoca: Sister regional education coordination office under SEDUC Ceará, covering a different set of municipalities in the state. Operates under the same state decree and reports to the same parent secretariat, with the same mandate and service portfolio as CREDE 1.
• CREDE 03 – Acaraú: Another regional CREDE under SEDUC Ceará serving the Acaraú region. Identical institutional design, mandate, and reporting line to SEDUC as CREDE 1, making it a near-exact functional peer.
• CREDE 05 – Tianguá: Regional CREDE for the Tianguá/Serra da Ibiapaba region of Ceará. Functionally and structurally equivalent to CREDE 1, serving as a direct peer in the same statewide network.
• CREDE 04 – Camocim: Regional CREDE covering the Camocim/northwest littoral region of Ceará. Same decree, same parent secretariat, same role coordinating state schools and collaborating with municipal secretaries.

Regional players

• Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Fortaleza (SME Fortaleza): Municipal education secretariat for the Fortaleza capital, operating in the same metropolitan region as CREDE 1 but with a different governance scope (municipal vs. regional state). Comparable as a parallel public-sector education administrator with which CREDE 1 collaborates under 'regime de colaboração'.

Broad incumbents

• Secretaria de Educação do Estado da Bahia: State-level education secretariat of Bahia, the equivalent of SEDUC Ceará. Operates regional/territorial education coordination units (NREs) with comparable mandates to CREDE 1 across a different state.
• Secretaria da Educação do Estado do Ceará (SEDUC-CE): State-level education secretariat that is CREDE 1's parent organization. Oversees all CREDEs across Ceará, sets policy, and administers state-level programs — the broader incumbent authority relative to CREDE 1's regional coordination role.
• Secretaria de Educação do Estado de Pernambuco: State education secretariat of Pernambuco, with regional education coordination bodies (GREs) that perform comparable functions to CREDE 1 in another Northeast Brazilian state.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/EducacaoCeara
• Instagraminstagram.com/seduc_ceara
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/crede01oficial

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

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