Campaña Latinoamericana por el Derecho a la Educación (CLADE)

What Campaña Latinoamericana por el Derecho a la Educación (CLADE) does

CLADE (Campaña Latinoamericana por el Derecho a la Educación) is a non-profit civil society network headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, founded circa 2000. It coordinates a plural coalition of more than 1,200 civil-society organizations across 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, focused on defending the human right to transformative, public, secular, and free education as a state responsibility. Its substantive agenda spans 14 thematic causes including early childhood education, youth and adult education (EPJA), inclusive education, gender, climate justice, digital technologies, and education financing.

CLADE's portfolio consists of advocacy platforms, observatories, and programmatic initiatives rather than technology products. The core offering is OREI (Observatorio Regional de Educación Inclusiva), which monitors inclusive-education laws, policies, and practices across 24 countries/territories. Complementary assets include the EPJA Repository, the Mediateca digital library, the 'Educación ¿Qué Onda?' podcast, online courses, and time-bound multi-country projects (e.g., 2021-2023 gender-violence prevention in rural schools of Nicaragua, Honduras, and Haiti; 2024 inclusive pedagogy in Guatemala and Honduras). The organization coordinates positioning at UN High-Level Political Forum and UNESCO CONFINTEA processes and runs strategic alliances with Latindadd, RJFLAC, Fe y Alegría, REPEM LAC, OMEP, and ICAE, among others.

The business model is grant-funded: revenue derives from institutional grants and project funding from international development agencies — including KIX/GPE, IDRC (Canada), and BMZ/VHS-DVV (Germany) — channeled through both direct awards and via fiscal-justice and gender-equity partner organizations. CLADE employs approximately 10 people at its São Paulo secretariat and does not sell products or services; member contributions, donor support, and an 'Apoya a la CLADE' appeal supplement institutional funding. Distribution of advocacy content occurs through the website redclade.org, social media, newsletters, podcasts, and the on-the-ground network of member organizations in 18 countries.

Name

Campaña Latinoamericana por el Derecho a la Educación (CLADE)

Legal name

Campaña Latinoamericana por el Derecho a la Educación (CLADE)

Website

https://redclade.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CLADE is a São Paulo-based civil society network coordinating 1,200+ organizations across 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries to advocate for the human right to public, secular, free education through regional campaigns, observatories, and grant-funded programs.

Ownership category

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Product category

Education Rights Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Civic and Social Organizations (8134), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDADALAF

Education Partnerships for Equity, Inclusion & Gender

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Education Partnerships, Intergovernmental & NGO Programs

SECONDARYEDADALAJ

STEM, Digital Skills & Innovation Partnerships

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Education Partnerships, Intergovernmental & NGO Programs

Keywords

• Education rights advocacy
• Civil society network
• Education policy advocacy
• Inclusive education monitoring
• Social mobilization campaigns

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

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

Revenue model

1. Grants and institutional funding: CLADE operates as a non-profit civil society network that receives grants and institutional funding from international organizations, development agencies, and foundations to support its advocacy, research, and mobilization activities across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CLADE is a plural network of civil society organizations operating across 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean that mobilizes over 1,200 organizations to advocate for the human right to a transformative, public, secular, and free education as a state responsibility. It delivers this advocacy through platforms including the OREI regional observatory on inclusive education, the EPJA repository for youth and adult education, the Mediateca digital library, online courses, podcasts, research publications, and coalition-based advocacy initiatives on fiscal justice, gender equity, and inclusive pedagogy.

Product overview

CLADE operates as a network of civil society organizations offering a portfolio of advocacy platforms, educational resources, and regional initiatives rather than a unified software product. The core offerings include the OREI (Observatorio Regional de Educación Inclusiva), a regional observatory for monitoring inclusive education policies; the EPJA Repository for youth and adult education resources; the Mediateca for multimedia content; and the 'Educación ¿Qué Onda?' podcast. These are complemented by programmatic initiatives focused on fiscal justice, gender-based violence prevention, inclusive pedagogy, and critical AI use in education. The organization functions primarily as an educational advocacy network rather than a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OREI (Observatorio Regional de Educación Inclusiva): Regional Observatory for Inclusive Education - an initiative of CLADE to monitor and promote inclusive education policies across Latin America and the Caribbean.
• EPJA Repository

Products and services

• OREI - Observatorio Regional de Educación Inclusiva Regional observatory that monitors and provides searchable data on inclusive education policies, laws, practices, and media resources across Latin America and the Caribbean for civil society organizations, researchers, and policymakers.
• Repositorio EPJA (Educación de Personas Jóvenes y Adultas) Digital repository containing educational materials, publications, news, and multimedia resources focused on Youth and Adult Education (EPJA), serving civil society organizations, educators, and researchers.
• Podcast 'Educación ¿Qué Onda?' Educational podcast series distributed via iVoox discussing education rights, inclusive education, and social transformation in Latin America, targeted at education advocates and the general public.
• Mediateca CLADE Digital media library containing videos, images, texts, audio recordings, and multimedia resources organized by topic, country, and format, freely accessible to civil society organizations, educators, and the public.
• Cursos CLADE Online educational courses addressing transformative gender education, care ethics, and critical approaches to education, delivered to civil society members, educators, and the general public.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Alternatives (Canadá)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Project 'Strategies to prevent sexual and gender violence and promote equity in rural schools' implemented from 2021-2023 in Nicaragua, Honduras, and Haiti. Coordinated by CLADE in alliance with Alternatives (Canada).
• Latindadd (Red Latinoamericana por Justicia Económica y Social)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLADE, Latindadd, and the Latin American and Caribbean Fiscal Justice Network (RJFLAC) have deepened their strategic alliance to generate joint responses at national and regional levels for positioning an agenda with key governmental spaces and strengthening demands for more and better sustainable educational financing through progressive tax policies.
• RJFLAC (Red de Justicia Fiscal de América Latina y el Caribe)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint strategic alliance focused on fiscal justice and sustainable education financing through progressive tax policies in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Fe y AlegríacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLADE and Fe y Alegría collaborate to integrate policies and advance the Agenda 2030, highlighting the link between education and access to water, energy, infrastructure, and sustainable cities at the UN High-Level Political Forum.
• REPEM LAC (Red de Educación Popular entre Mujeres)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with CLADE on non-sexist education initiatives, including the regional cyber-encounter 'Tejiendo Saberes: Educación No Sexista, también en Digital' to make visible gaps, violences, and resistances.
• OREI (Observatorio Regional de Educación Inclusiva)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLADE coordinates OREI, a regional observatory for inclusive education that documents laws, policies, practices, and resources across Latin America and the Caribbean, covering 24 countries/territories.
• OMEP (Organización Mundial para la Educación Preescolar)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the 'Pedagogía inclusiva con enfoque de género para la educación infantil comunitaria' project in Guatemala and Honduras.
• UNESCOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLADE actively participates in UNESCO CONFINTEA (International Conference on Adult Education) processes and promotes the Marrakech Framework of Action. The organization coordinates the Platform of Regional Networks for Youth and Adult Education (EPJA).
• CEAAL (Consejo de Educación Popular de América Latina y el Caribe)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the 'Otras Lecturas del Mundo' EPJA showcase and other educational initiatives.
• ICAE (International Council for Adult Education)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in EPJA initiatives and CONFINTEA preparation processes.
• Foro Dakar HondurasminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal implementing partner for the gender violence prevention project in Honduras.
• REPT (Reagrupación para Todas y Todos de Haití)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal implementing partner for the gender violence prevention project in Haiti.
• Foro de Educación y Desarrollo Humano de NicaraguaminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal implementing partner for the gender violence prevention project in Nicaragua.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Fe y Alegría: Jesuit-founded federation delivering public-education programs across Latin America. Direct peer because it is a named CLADE strategic partner with co-advocacy at the UN HLPF on Agenda 2030 and education access, despite operating schools rather than only advocacy.
• Campanha Brasileira pelo Direito à Educação: Brazilian national arm of the right-to-education movement. Direct peer because it operates the same network-coalition model for education rights advocacy at the country level, and is explicitly named alongside CLADE in HLPF representation.
• Right to Education Initiative: International NGO focused on the right to education through legal research, monitoring, and advocacy. Direct peer because both organizations pursue a rights-based framing of education, produce policy monitoring outputs, and engage UN human rights mechanisms.
• Education International: Global federation of teachers' unions that advocates for quality public education and education rights. Direct peer given overlapping advocacy on public education, teacher rights, and participation in UN/UNESCO education policy spaces.
• CEAAL (Consejo de Educación Popular de América Latina y el Caribe): Regional network for popular education in Latin America and the Caribbean. Direct peer given co-implementation of EPJA initiatives with CLADE and aligned mission on transformative, popular, and rights-based education.
• Global Campaign for Education (GCE): Global civil society coalition advocating for the right to education. Direct peer because both are plural networks of CSOs coordinating regional advocacy for education rights, with parallel structures and shared UN/UNESCO engagement.
• International Council for Adult Education (ICAE): Global civil society network for adult education and lifelong learning. Direct peer given joint work with CLADE on CONFINTEA and the EPJA Platform, with overlapping advocacy on adult/youth education rights.

Regional players

• Latindadd (Red Latinoamericana por Justicia Económica y Social): Latin American network for economic and fiscal justice. Regional peer because it is a documented CLADE strategic ally working on progressive tax policy and education financing across the same regional footprint, but with a broader economic-justice mission.

Broad incumbents

• UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning: UN institute advancing lifelong learning, including CONFINTEA processes. Broad incumbent because it is the principal intergovernmental counterpart CLADE engages on EPJA, overlapping mission on adult education and lifelong learning rights.
• Oxfam Education / Oxfam Novib: Major international NGO with global education programming alongside broader poverty and inequality work. Broad incumbent because it overlaps CLADE's mission on public, equitable education financing but at much greater global scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/redclade
• Instagraminstagram.com/red.clade
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/redclade

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Profiles1 record

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