Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Business and Industry
Climate Change
Coorporate Accountability
Economics and Finance
Education
Energy
Environment
Food
Information
Intellectual Property
Sustainable Development
Water
Sustainable Development:
Capacity-building
Climate change
Consumption and production patterns
Education
Health
Information for decision-making and participation
Transport
Waste (solid)
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Geographic scope: |
National
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Country of activity: |
Brazil
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Millennium Development Goals: |
Ensure environmental sustainability
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Year of registration: |
1987 |
Organizational structure: |
The monitoring and intervention activities conducted by Idec on a regular basis are part of a broader strategy for political intervention. The strategy aims to coordinate actions to pressure decision-makers, to defend and represent consumers’ rights and interests, to produce information, provide training, to intervene in the media, and to coordinate and mobilize the consumer movement. All of these activities are orientated by guidelines developed from research on each of these issues: food, health, public services (telecommunications, electricity and water and sanitation), Internet, access to knowledge, quality and safety of products and services, banking services, education on consumption. Sustainable consumption, international trade, corporate social responsibilities are cross cutting issues. |
Number and type of members: |
11,000 dues paying members and 80,000 online subscribers |
Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Consumers International, FNECDC, FBOMS, Red Puentes, |
Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Foreign and international grants
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