República.org

What República.org does

República.org is a Brazilian nonpartisan and anti-racist nonprofit institution founded in 2016 and headquartered in Leblon, Rio de Janeiro. Its mission is to transform human resources management in the Brazilian public service. The organization serves federal, state, and municipal public servants and government institutions, operating across three regions of Brazil. It is governed autonomously with no parent company, no equity ownership, and no publicly disclosed revenue, funding rounds, or financial statements in the available sources.

The organization's portfolio combines research, capacity-building, and advocacy. On the research side, it has produced over 80 studies and articles and operates diagnostic instruments — the Panorama de Gestão de Pessoas (PGP), which measures HR management maturity, and the Índice de Qualidade da Burocracia (IQB), which assesses bureaucratic efficiency — alongside the annual Anuário de Gestão de Pessoas no Serviço Público publication and the Dados.republica.org open data platform. On the capacity-building side, it runs the Residência em Capital Humano program, the Bolsa Hertie School scholarship program (500 scholarships awarded to date), the Programa Columbia – Liderança Feminina in partnership with Columbia University, and the Prêmio Espírito Público award program (60 public servants awarded to date). On the advocacy side, the Movimento Pessoas à Frente proposes modernization reforms, and a 20-proposal agenda was published for the 2026 Brazilian elections.

República.org is funded through institutional partnerships and grants, with no disclosed pricing for its publications or services, which are provided free of charge. Its go-to-market is community-led: it reaches public servants and government agencies through studies, awards, conferences (including the Encontro Nacional do SIPEC in Brasília), a website, a newsletter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube. Named partners and participants include the Ministério da Gestão e Inovação em Serviços Públicos (MGI), the Agência Nacional do Petróleo (ANP), the Agência Nacional de Transportes Terrestres (ANTT), the Ministério da Previdência Social (MPS), the Ministério do Desenvolvimento e Assistência Social (MDS), the Ministério do Meio Ambiente (MMA), the Ministério de Portos e Aeroportos (MPOR), the Ministério do Empreendedorismo (MEMP), Hertie School, Columbia University, UNICEF, the Comitê Internacional da Cruz Vermelha, the Tribunal de Justiça do Rio de Janeiro, the Secretaria Municipal de Saúde do Rio de Janeiro, and the Instituto Pereira Passos.

Name

República.org

Legal name

República.org

Website

https://republica.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

República.org is a Brazilian nonprofit founded in 2016 that produces research, diagnostic tools, and training programs to transform human resources management in the Brazilian public service, serving federal, state, and municipal government institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Policy Research and Public Administration Capacity Building

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Other General Government Support (92119)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil Service & Public Administration (HR, Org Dev, Workforce Policy) (BPAIAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

Keywords

• Public policy research
• Public service management
• Government workforce training
• Public administration studies
• Civil service capacity building

Headquarters

HQ city

Rio De Janeiro

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. Institutional Partnerships and Grants: The organization operates through partnerships with government agencies, international institutions, and foundations that fund its research, studies, and public servant capacity-building programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

República.org is a non-partisan, anti-racist nonprofit organization that produces data, studies, training, and advocacy initiatives aimed at transforming people management in the Brazilian public service. Its portfolio includes diagnostic research tools (Panorama de Gestão de Pessoas, Índice de Qualidade da Burocracia), annual publications (Anuário de Gestão de Pessoas), an open data platform, scholarship and training programs, an annual award (Prêmio Espírito Público) for civil servant excellence, and advocacy initiatives promoting legislative and managerial reforms in public administration.

Product overview

República.org is a non-partisan, anti-racist organization dedicated to transforming human resources management in Brazil's public service. The organization operates as a knowledge and research platform rather than a traditional software product company. Its portfolio includes research tools (Panorama de Gestão de Pessoas, Índice de Qualidade da Burocracia), annual publications (Anuário de Gestão de Pessoas), data platforms (Dados.republica.org), award programs (Prêmio Espírito Público), scholarship and training programs (Residência em Capital Humano, Bolsa Hertie School, Programa Columbia), and advocacy initiatives (Movimento Pessoas à Frente). These offerings work together to promote evidence-based public administration reform, recognize excellence in public service, and build capacity among civil servants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Prêmio Espírito Público: Award recognizing public servants for excellence in public service management.

Products and services

• Panorama de Gestão de Pessoas (PGP) Assessment tool that measures the maturity of human resources management policies and processes in government entities, providing a practical guide for improvement. It is used by federal ministries, regulatory agencies, and state administrations to benchmark HR practices and identify modernization pathways.
• Índice de Qualidade da Burocracia Tool that measures the efficiency of the Brazilian public service by evaluating bureaucratic quality and management practices, supporting evidence-based reform.
• Anuário de Gestão de Pessoas no Serviço Público Annual publication presenting comprehensive data and analysis on public service personnel management in Brazil, including demographics, compensation, performance evaluation, and diversity.
• República em Dados (dados.republica.org) Open data platform providing public administration statistics, infographics, and visualizations on people management in the Brazilian public service.
• Prêmio Espírito Público Annual award program recognizing public servants who implement initiatives that improve services delivered to the Brazilian population, with 60 civil servants recognized to date.
• Residência em Capital Humano Program developing strategic solutions for human resources transformation in the Brazilian public sector, supporting civil servants in building advanced public management capabilities.
• Programa Columbia - Liderança Feminina Partnership training program with Columbia University's Women's Leadership Network that strengthens female leadership in the Brazilian public service through training and support networks.
• Bolsa Hertie School Scholarship program delivered in partnership with the Hertie School in Germany that supports qualification and advanced study for Brazilian public servants, with 500 scholarships awarded in total across the organization's capacity-building programs.
• Movimento Pessoas à Frente Advocacy initiative that proposes legislative and managerial reforms to modernize public administration and people management in Brazil.

Quantifiable outcome

• 500 scholarships awarded to public professionals for training and development
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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AI maturity

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Partnerships

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

• Hertie SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership between República.org and Hertie School (Germany) to provide study scholarships for public servants in Brazil, supporting capacity building in public management and governance.
• Columbia UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProgram with Columbia University's Women's Leadership Network to strengthen female leadership in Brazilian public service through training and support network.
• Ministério da Gestão e da Inovação em Serviços Públicos (MGI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with MGI's Secretaria de Gestão de Pessoas to develop the theoretical framework for the labor cycle in federal public service, organizing the functional journey of servants from entry to retirement.
• UNICEFmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNICEF methodology underpins the Programa Bora pra Escola for active school search, demonstrating institutional collaboration in education policy.
• Comitê Internacional da Cruz Vermelha (CICV)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Programa Acesso developed by SME/RJ in conflict-affected areas, providing training for crisis and emergency response in schools.
• Various Federal Government AgenciescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative participation in the Panorama de Gestão de Pessoas study including MGI, ANP, ANTT, MPS, MDS, MMA, MPOR, and MEMP, representing approximately 2.5% of federal effective servants.
• Instituto Pereira PassosmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the intersectoral structure of Programa Bora pra Escola, contributing to the active school search program of Rio de Janeiro city government.
• Tribunal de Justiça do Rio de JaneiromajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJudicial partner in the Sala Lilás project convenant for humanized care to violence victims in Forensic Medicine Institutes, along with health and public safety sectors.
• Secretaria Municipal de Saúde do Rio de JaneiromajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth sector partner in intersectoral collaboration for public service programs including Sala Lilás and active school search initiatives.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• International Budget Partnership (IBP): Global nonprofit working with civil society and governments to improve public finance management and accountability — analogous operating model of diagnostic tools, country-level partnerships, and policy advocacy.
• Instituto Unibanco: Brazilian nonprofit that works with state education secretariats on public-management improvement — closely comparable as a domestic NGO providing diagnostics, technical assistance, and capacity-building to public-sector entities.
• Results for Development (R4D): Global nonprofit that conducts research, advocacy, and capacity-building to improve public-sector performance in low- and middle-income countries — directly comparable research-plus-advocacy model targeting government institutions.
• Fundação Brava: Brazilian nonprofit that funds and incubates initiatives to strengthen Brazilian democracy and public institutions — closely comparable as a domestically focused, grant-making civil-society organization with public-sector reform themes.
• Centro de Liderança Pública (CLP): Brazilian nonprofit focused on recruiting and developing leaders for the public sector — directly comparable as a nonpartisan, Brazil-based NGO working on civil-service talent and management quality.
• Transparência Internacional Brasil: Brazilian chapter of Transparency International working on government accountability and anti-corruption — directly comparable as a nonpartisan Brazilian civil-society organization producing research and advocacy aimed at government institutions.

Broad incumbents

• Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV): Brazil's largest higher-education and applied-research institution, with extensive public-administration research and policy advisory work — comparable as a producer of public-sector research, but operates at much broader scale and as an academic incumbent.
• Insper: Brazilian education and research institution with public-policy and governance programs — comparable as a domestic producer of public-policy research and executive education for public servants, but with a much broader academic portfolio.

Emerging players

• International IDEA: Intergovernmental organization supporting democratic governance and public-institution reform globally — comparable focus on civil-service strengthening and policy advocacy, though operates across multiple jurisdictions rather than one country.
• The Governance Lab (GovLab): NYU-based research lab focused on how technology and innovation can improve governance — comparable as a research-and-advocacy intermediary producing diagnostics and capacity tools for public-sector improvement.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCpbjsw9mF88khKetP-xWgAw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/republica-org
• Instagraminstagram.com/republica_org

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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