Federative Caravan
IBGE carries out workshops and attendances in the first day of Federative Caravan in Rio de Janeiro
March 27, 2026 10h52 AM | Last Updated: March 30, 2026 03h21 PM
This Thursday (26), the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) began its participation in the Rio de Janeiro Federative Caravan. On the first day, the IBGE held workshops on sustainable development in the territories and the IBGEeduca project, in addition to providing assistance to public managers and civil society representatives on access and application of statistical data. The event, held at Niemeyer Way, in Niterói, brings together several federal offices until this Friday (27).
At the stand, which has an interactive totem, the IBGE officials showed how to locate information from its different surveys available on Sidra, in addition to extracting the data requested by visitors. The personalized attendance clarified doubts and registered the public's demands. Kits with institutional gifts were distributed as well.
The executive undersecretary of Niterói City Hall, Marcelo Martins, was at the IBGE facility and explored the figures of the municipality's indigenous population, in addition to other information from the database. “The IBGE’s participation in this Caravan is fundamental, as its statistical surveys allow all municipalities, states and the Union to develop public policies to serve the population effectively. Niterói, for example, always uses the results of the last Census carried out in 2022.”
The superintendent of the IBGE in Rio de Janeiro, José Francisco Teixeira Carvalho, highlighted the interactivity of the information totems, which attracted the attention of those who passed by the stand. “Today, we brought the IBGE data even closer to civil society and public managers. We showed up close the work done by the data collection network, which is where it all begins down to the production of knowledge through our huge database. The IBGE information portrays Brazil in the most diverse areas.”
WORKSHOPS ATTRACT REPRESENTATIVES OF INSTITUTIONS
In the morning, the Educational Affairs manager, Marcos Balster, and the deputy manager of the Department of Library, Information and Memory (GEBIM), Soymara Santos, taught the “IBGEeduca” workshop. The general coordinator of the SDG Indicators Project, Denise Kronemberger, held the workshop “Indicators for the 2030 Agenda: How to measure the progress of sustainable development in territories.”
Santos presented the execution and results of the education project in Brazil and showed the IBGEeduca website, which has several features for children, teenagers and teachers. Everyone can use the pedagogical activities planned and inserted on the digital platform. “We hope that this knowledge will strengthen the practice of educational and citizenship actions in Brazil.”
Then, Denise Kronemberger discussed the IBGE's experience in building indicators and their relationship with the monitoring of public policies. “Taking advantage of the fact that the event is aimed at municipalities, we emphasize what they need to build and implement the 2030 Agenda at the local level.” She also presented the IBGE´s database for the construction of municipal SDGs.
OFFICIAL OPENING
The official opening ceremony of the Federative Caravan was attended by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the minister of Institutional Relations, Gleisi Hoffman and the ministers of the Civil House, Racial Equality, Mines and Energy and Management and Innovation in Public Services, as well as other authorities and political leaders. According to the organization of the event, representatives from 85 municipalities were present, including 60 mayors and vice-mayors, in addition to 550 public managers. On the first day, there were nearly three thousand attendances.
President Lula highlighted the purpose of the Caravans across Brazil. “Everyone needs to be working together for things to work out. This Caravan is so that you can visit the ministries' stands and resolve the situations and needs of the municipalities. It is also the time for deliveries and investments.”
The Federative Caravan is a Federal Government initiative that brings together more than 30 ministries, agencies and federal offices, with the aim of expanding access to services, programs and information aimed at states and municipalities, strengthening institutional dialogue and support for the implementation of public policies.
