IBRACHICS - Instituto Brasileiro de Cidades Humanas, Inteligentes, Criativas e Sustentáveis

What IBRACHICS - Instituto Brasileiro de Cidades Humanas, Inteligentes, Criativas e Sustentáveis does

IBRACHICS is a Brazilian civil society organization (instituto) headquartered in Brasília that provides consulting and methodology services to municipal governments seeking to transform themselves into "Human, Intelligent, Creative and Sustainable Cities" (CHICS). Its core offering is the Plano Mestre de CHICS, a strategic master plan that integrates five city layers — people, underground, soil, technological infrastructure, and governance platforms — and is operationalized through the E2i (Governança Empreendedora, Inteligente e Inovadora) governance methodology. The institute is supported by a 400+ affiliate network (REDE CHICS), a CNPq-registered research nucleus coordinating 16 PhDs and Post-Docs from major Brazilian universities (UnB, USP), and a high-profile advisory board that includes former federal ministers, a UN counselor, and internationally recognized smart city authorities.

The business model is professional services built around project-based municipal engagements. IBRACHICS works directly with prefectures and municipal secretaries, tailoring each Master Plan to the city's financial capacity and delivering immediate, short-, and medium-term outputs over an approximately four-year horizon. Beyond consulting, the organization has begun extending into software through a multi-service citizen application co-developed with Uppersoft, and into standards and policy via participation in ABNT CEE 268 (defining NBR ISO 37120/37122/37123), the MCTI Cities 4.0 Chamber, and the National IoT Plan for Smart Cities. Named municipal clients include Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Maceió, Vitória, Campinas, Juazeiro do Norte, Joinville, São José do Rio Preto, Santo Ângelo, Ijuí, Passo Fundo, and Brasília/DF.

The institute originated in 2013 as REDE CHICS within the Frente Nacional de Prefeitos (Brazil's 420 largest-city mayors' association); the parliamentary front supporting CHICS was constituted in 2016; and IBRACHICS was formally created in 2017 as the institutional parent of the network. Revenue is not disclosed, there are no funding rounds or external investors documented, and the organization operates with 11 employees as a nonprofit, relying on consulting fees, institutional partnerships, and grant-style research collaborations for sustainability.

Name

IBRACHICS - Instituto Brasileiro de Cidades Humanas, Inteligentes, Criativas e Sustentáveis

Legal name

Instituto Brasileiro de Cidades Humanas, Inteligentes, Criativas e Sustentáveis

Website

https://ibrachics.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IBRACHICS is a Brazilian nonprofit institute that provides consulting and methodology frameworks to municipal governments for transforming cities into Human, Intelligent, Creative, and Sustainable Cities (CHICS), leveraging a 400+ affiliate network and university research partnerships.

Ownership category

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Product category

Smart City Consulting

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAKAD

Urban Planning & Master Planning

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Architecture, Design & Planning Services

Keywords

• Smart city consulting
• Urban planning methodology
• Municipal governance services
• Sustainable city development
• CHICS master plan

Headquarters

HQ city

Brasília

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Methodology Services: IBRACHICS provides consulting services to municipalities for the implementation of their Plano Mestre de CHICS, working with prefectures to transform cities into Human, Intelligent, Creative and Sustainable Cities (CHICS). Services include organizational management, smart city planning, and strategic development.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

IBRACHICS provides consulting and strategic methodology services to Brazilian municipalities through its Plano Mestre de CHICS (Master Plan for Human, Intelligent, Creative and Sustainable Cities). The offering spans a five-layer city framework covering people, underground infrastructure, urban soil, technological infrastructure, and governance platforms, with project-based engagements tailored to each municipality's financial capacity.

Product overview

IBRACHICS operates as a methodology and consulting organization rather than a software product company. Its core offering consists of the Plano Mestre de CHICS (Master CHICS Plan) - a strategic framework for city transformation - which is operationalized through the E2i Governance Methodology (Governança Empreendedora, Inteligente e Inovadora). Key initiatives include the CONECTA transformation project for city modernization, the REDE CHICS network platform connecting municipalities, and a research nucleus with university partnerships. Additionally, a multi-service city application is being developed with Uppersoft. IBRACHICS also publishes knowledge products including the book 'O Futuro é das CHICS' and develops Brazilian indicators for smart cities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CONECTA: CONECTA is a city development plan that integrates all dimensions of a city, establishing bases for its transformation into a Human, Intelligent, Creative and Sustainable City (CHICS).
• Plano Mestre de CHICS
• E2i
• REDE CHICS

Products and services

• Plano Mestre de CHICS Comprehensive master plan methodology that defines short, medium and long-term strategy for cities to transform into Human, Intelligent, Creative and Sustainable Cities (CHICS), delivered through direct consulting engagements with municipal governments.
• CONECTA City transformation initiative that integrates all dimensions of a city to establish foundations for becoming a CHICS, including tourism modernization, UNESCO MIL methodology for digital literacy, and local community empowerment.
• E2i Methodology (Governança Empreendedora, Inteligente e Inovadora) Governance methodology that organizes city management and prepares municipalities for technological transformation, operationalizing the Master CHICS Plan.
• REDE CHICS Network Brazilian network of Human, Intelligent, Creative and Sustainable Cities created in 2013 under the National Mayors Front, now housed within IBRACHICS with over 400 affiliates nationwide.
• Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Research nucleus registered with CNPq coordinating 16 PhDs and Post-Docs from major Brazilian universities for smart city research and applied studies.
• Project Terra Urban development methodology created by Doria Porto, awarded by UN-Habitat as a worldwide best practice, applied as part of IBRACHICS' smart city consulting engagements.

Quantifiable outcome

• Cities reach smart city maturity in approximately 4 years with immediate, short, and medium-term deliverables
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Universidade de Brasília (UnB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership for research collaboration. Raquel Blumenschein serves as Director of the Innovation and Sustainability Park of the Built Environment at UnB and Director of the Research and Studies Center at IBRACHICS.
• Poli USP (Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership with São Paulo's engineering school. Sérgio Kofuji serves as coordinator of the CNPq Distributed Computing and High Performance Group and professor at the Technological Integrated Systems Laboratory of USP.
• UppersoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership for development of multi-service application for cities in partnership with Uppersoft.
• Connected Smart CitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with Connected Smart Cities organization focused on smart city development in Brazil.
• Campus PartymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Campus Party, Brazil's major technology and innovation event, for smart city initiatives and digital inclusion.
• Fundação EzutemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Fundação Ezute, a foundation focused on project management and technology for government.
• Jaime Lerner Arquitetos AssociadoscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the legendary urban planner Jaime Lerner's architecture firm for smart city urban planning methodology.
• SEBRAE-ALmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with SEBRAE-AL (Brazilian Support Service for Micro and Small Enterprises of Alagoas) for the Smart City Plan for Maceió municipality.
• UrbanDNAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with UrbanDNA through Graham Colclough, considered one of the world's leading smart city experts.
• MYRminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership for smart city development.
• MultiplicidademinorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership for urban innovation.
• Espaço ÉticaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for ethics and governance in smart cities.
• INMETRO/ABDImajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResponsible for structuring and initial implementation of the Smart Cities Technologies Demonstration Environment project at INMETRO/ABDI through Carlos Frees.
• Frente Nacional de PrefeitoscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIBRACHICS originated within the Frente Nacional de Prefeitos which represents Brazil's 420 largest cities. The REDE CHICS was created within this organization in 2013.
• MCTI (Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPermanent member of the National Science and Technology Council (CCT) of the Presidency of the Republic. Member of Cities 4.0 Chamber and participant in National IoT Plan for Smart Cities.
• CODESE (Conselho de Desenvolvimento Estratégico e Sustentável do DF)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Smart City Certification project for Brasília, DF.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights11 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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