HISTORY
Credibility built on more than 25 years of history
Credibility built on more than 25 years of history
Transparência Brasil was founded in March 2000 by a group of 33 people from a wide range of backgrounds – from professors to businessmen, journalists, magistrates and prosecutors – who shared their dissatisfaction with the weakness of public authorities’ actions in the fight against corruption in Brazil.
TB represented Transparency International in Brazil between 2000 and 2007. Since then, the organization no longer has a relationship with the international organization.
Foundation
Global movement with a national outlook
The creation of the organization was inspired by the global mobilization to fight corruption that was growing at the time, with the difference of an approach to the causes of the phenomenon in Brazil.
“Our concern was internal, based on important issues that were happening in Brazil, because the causes of corruption were different from those in other countries, especially developed ones“
Eduardo Capobianco
Founding member and chairman of TB's Board of Directors.
“Corruption is an international phenomenon, but the experiences of fighting it are very rich and diverse. TB brought this complexity to Brazil and the dialog deepened. This is a great legacy”
Rubens Naves
Founding member and advisor to TB
The way it works and its technical rigor have consolidated Transparência Brasil as a source of qualified knowledge for society, the press and public authorities.
IMPACT
Our work was fundamental in ensuring progress on issues that have a direct impact on society
Access to Information Act
As well as proposing the draft bill, TB coordinated a movement within the federal government’s Transparency Council to ensure that the Access to Information Law was approved as a national law covering all spheres and powers.
Clean Record Law
With the Excelências project, which won the 2006 Esso Prize, TB provided voters with data on the legal proceedings and convictions of parliamentarians. The initiative sparked debate about the record of the country’s elected politicians, leading to the approval of the Ficha Limpa Law in 2010.
Secret Budget
Our work at the STF was the basis for the decision that the secret budget was unconstitutional in 2022, based on an analysis of budget execution data; the decision to investigate non-compliance with the ban on the secret budget; and other decisions that improved the transparency and traceability of amendments.
Timeline
Recognition
Legenda:
Projetos
Impactos
Marcos na história da TB
Reports
25 years of strengthening democracy
Who created it
Founders
Aristides Junqueira Alvarenga
Bruno Wilhelm Speck
Claudia Souza de Murayama
David Fleischer
Denise Frossard
Dyrceu Aguiar Dias Cintra Junior
Edson Luiz Vismona
Eduardo Ribeiro Capobianco
Elizabeth Sussekind
Fernando Celso Garcia de Freitas
Fernando Cláudio Antunes Araújo
Francisco Whitaker Ferreira
Guilherme Amorim Campos da Silva
Iradj Roberto Eghrari
Jerry Greene
Jorge Luiz Numa Abrahão
José Alves de Sena
José Carlos Amaral Kfouri
José Mauro Gomes
Kenarick Boujikian Felippe
Ladislau Dowbor
Luiz Pedone
Marcos Fernandes Gonçalves da Silva
Modesto Souza Barros Carvalhosa
Neissan Monadjem
Nilson Seizo Kobayashi
Oded Grajew
Ricardo Young Silva
Rogério Pacheco Jordão
Rubens Naves
Sergio Hadad
Sergio Storch
Vitor Morgensztern