OUR HISTORY
Credibility built over more than 25 years of history
Credibility built over 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, judges and prosecutors – who shared their dissatisfaction with the weakness of public authorities’ actions efforts corruption in Brazil.
From 2000 to 2007, TB represented Transparency International in Brazil. Since then, TB is no longer has a relationship with the international organization.
Foundation
Global movement with a national outlook
The creation of TB was inspired by the growing global mobilization to fight corruption at the time, with an unique approach that accounted for the specific 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
Our ways of working and expertise have consolidated Transparência Brasil as a source of qualified knowledge for society, the press and public authorities.
IMPACT
Our work was fundamental in ensuring positive outcomes on issues that directly impact Brazilian 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 Act was approved as a national law covering all spheres and branches.
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 members of the Brazilian Congress. The initiative sparked debate about the record of the country’s elected politicians, leading to the approval of the Ficha Limpa (Clean Record) Law in 2010.
Secret Budget
Our work delivered an analysis of Congress budget amendments execution data within case ADPF nº 854 in the Supreme Federal Court which was the basis for: the decision that ruled the secret budget unconstitutional in 2022; the decision to investigate non-compliance with the ban on the secret budget; and other decisions that improved the transparency and traceability of Congress budget amendments.
Timeline
Recognition
Legenda:
Projetos
Impactos
Marcos na história da TB
TB in depth
25 years of strengthening democracy
Who created TB
Our 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