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Instituto Brasileiro de Defesa do Consumidor

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	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)
Geographic scope:	National
Country of activity:	Brazil
Millennium Development Goals:	Ensure environmental sustainability
Mission statement:	Idec - Instituto Brasileiro de Defesa do Consumidor (Brazilian Institute for Consumer Defense) - is a Brazilian non-profit consumer’s organization. It has no ties with any corporations, governmental entities or political parties. Idec's main objectives are to contribute to: the balance of market relationships; to the enforcement and enhancement of consumer's legislation; to promote a better quality of life, especially regarding access to and quality of services and products; to improve the standards of sustainable consumption; and to strength democracy, by stimulating citizen awareness and participation. For Idec, the concept of consumer is not restricted to those who participate in the market, exercising their purchasing power, but also those who can not access to essential goods and services, because of their lack of purchasing power. The Institute conducts studies and research, promotes campaigns, and mobilizes public opinion and pressures companies and governments in order to improve consumer relations in the country. It also participates in national and international forums that define public policies in the area of consumer relations. It publishes a monthly magazine, “Revista do Idec”, information on its website (www.idec.org.br) and numerous other publications. Furthermore, it presents and accompanies legal procedures to defend collective and diffuse interests of consumers in general and the Institute’s members.
Year established:	1987
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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