Associação Centro de Estudos de Liderança Pública

Associação Centro de Estudos de Liderança Pública (CLP) is a nonprofit dedicated to the improvement of public leadership and advocacy for strategic issues in Brazil. By preparing and empowering public leaders to promote change of behavior and to implement effective and ethical public policies, CLP aims to contribute to the strengthening of democratic institutions and the demise of populism in Brazil. We want to build the next generation of transformational leaders in Brazil by supporting the efforts of the Centro de Liderança Publica, a Brazilian social organization that has trained over 5,000 public leaders in the past eight years.

Portuguese Level

Intermediary, advanced or fluent Portuguese preferred

Internship Description

Our Advocacy team helps leaders who work in the public sphere to prioritize and address important issues in Brazil, and to develop independent research around strategic themes to influence public policy. This team works with innovative strategies to engage public leaders effectively and to advocate for the improvement of Competitiveness, review of the social security legislation, review of the Brazilian electoral system and review of the administrative legislation. Among the main initiatives of the department are:

  • The Ranking of State Competitiveness made in partnership with Economist Intelligence Unit and Tendências Consulting 

  • Review of the social security legislation does advocacy for improvement of the social security legislation with deputies and other politicians, aiming at a fairer and more equal system

  • Review of the administrative legislation does advocacy for improvement of the administrative structure in government in order to encourage public servants to act on a systematic and planned manner seeking results instead of spending energy and money on bureaucratic and legal processes 

Intern Responsibilities

In order to help us strengthen our Mobilization strategy and tackle the challenges to consolidate and expand our programs, we expect the summer intern to:

  • Be responsible for the organization of Ranking of Competitiveness Summit in B3 which will count with the presence of Brazilian Governors, Secretaries of State, and Brazilian press in September 2020

  • Produce recommendations for the discussions of Ranking of Competitiveness International Experts Committee, formed by Economist Intelligence Unit and Brazilian specialists

  • Help to build a research project regarding social security legislation and administrative legislation

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