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Chronology

Timeline

Generated from the dossiers. Each event keeps the year and the government in which it took place.

1967

  1. December 1967 Program Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
    Legal act: Law No. 5,371 authorizes the establishment of the National Indian Foundation, linked to the Ministry of the Interior.

1985

  1. August 1985 Program Special Secretariat for Women's Policies of the Presidency of the Republic (SPM), later Secretariat for Women's Policies (2010) and Ministry of Women (2023)
    Legal act: Law 7,353/1985 creates the National Council on Women's Rights.

1988

  1. 1988 Program Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)
    Start: INPE begins measuring the annual deforestation rate of the Legal Amazon through the PRODES Project (technical precedent).
  2. October 1988 Program Land tenure regularization of quilombola territories (identification, recognition, delimitation, demarcation, and titling of the lands of the remnants of quilombo communities)
    Legal act: Art. 68 of the ADCT recognizes definitive ownership of the lands occupied by remnants of quilombo communities.

1995

  1. November 1995 Program Land tenure regularization of quilombola territories (identification, recognition, delimitation, demarcation, and titling of the lands of the remnants of quilombo communities)
    Legal act: Incra Ordinance No. 307 requires the titling of quilombola lands, without detailing the procedure.
  2. November 1995 Program Land tenure regularization of quilombola territories (identification, recognition, delimitation, demarcation, and titling of the lands of the remnants of quilombo communities)
    Implementation: First title listed by Incra (Boa Vista, Oriximiná, PA).

1996

  1. January 1996 Program Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
    Legal act: Decree No. 1,775 regulates the administrative procedure for the demarcation of Indigenous lands.
  2. May 13, 1996 Program National Human Rights Program (PNDH-3)
    Legal act: Decree No. 1,904 establishes the Programa Nacional de Direitos Humanos (PNDH I).

1998

  1. May 1998 Program National High School Exam (Enem)
    Legal act: MEC Ordinance No. 438 establishes the Enem (Fernando Henrique Cardoso government).

2000

  1. June 2000 Program Law No. 12,288 of July 20, 2010 (Racial Equality Statute)
    Announcement: Deputy Paulo Paim introduces in the Chamber PL 3198/2000, which establishes the Racial Equality Statute.
  2. July 2000 Program Land tenure regularization of quilombola territories (identification, recognition, delimitation, demarcation, and titling of the lands of the remnants of quilombo communities)
    Legal act: FCP Ordinance No. 40 establishes titling procedures by the Palmares Cultural Foundation.
  3. December 2000 Program Special program for access to federal institutions of higher education and secondary-level technical education (Law No. 12,711/2012, the Quotas Law, amended by Law No. 14,723/2023)
    Legal act: Rio de Janeiro State Law No. 3,524 reserves 50% of the places at UERJ and UENF for graduates of the state's public schools.

2001

  1. September 2001 Program Land tenure regularization of quilombola territories (identification, recognition, delimitation, demarcation, and titling of the lands of the remnants of quilombo communities)
    Legal act: Decree No. 3,912/2001 regulates the procedure under the authority of the FCP.
  2. October 2001 Program Fome Zero (Zero Hunger)
    Announcement: Proposal of the Instituto Cidadania (pre-government).

2002

  1. May 13, 2002 Program National Human Rights Program (PNDH-3)
    Legal act: Decree No. 4,229 provides for the revised PNDH (PNDH II) and repeals Decree No. 1,904.
  2. September 2002 Program Special Secretariat for Women's Policies of the Presidency of the Republic (SPM), later Secretariat for Women's Policies (2010) and Ministry of Women (2023)
    Legal act: Law 10,539/2002 creates the State Secretariat for Women's Rights within the Ministry of Justice (FHC government).

2003

  1. 2003 Program Minimum wage appreciation policy
    Legal act: Minimum wage adjustment by provisional measure (MP 116/2003).
  2. 2003 Program Special program for access to federal institutions of higher education and secondary-level technical education (Law No. 12,711/2012, the Quotas Law, amended by Law No. 14,723/2023)
    Implementation: UERJ holds the first entrance exam with reserved places.
  3. January 2003 Program Fome Zero (Zero Hunger)
    Launch: Public launch within the government, according to official publications.
  4. January 2003 Program Special Secretariat for Women's Policies of the Presidency of the Republic (SPM), later Secretariat for Women's Policies (2010) and Ministry of Women (2023)
    Legal act: MP 103/2003 transforms the State Secretariat into the Special Secretariat for Women's Policies of the Presidency and transfers the CNDM.
  5. January 1, 2003 Program Fome Zero (Zero Hunger)
    Announcement: Fight against hunger announced as a priority in the inauguration speech.
  6. March 2003 Program Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality (Seppir)
    Legal act: MP 111/2003 creates the Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality.
  7. May 2003 Program Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality (Seppir)
    Legal act: Law 10,678/2003, the conversion of MP 111, promulgated by the Board of the Congress.
  8. May 2003 Program Special Secretariat for Women's Policies of the Presidency of the Republic (SPM), later Secretariat for Women's Policies (2010) and Ministry of Women (2023)
    Legal act: Law 10,683/2003, the conversion of MP 103/2003.
  9. June 18, 2003 Recognition Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation 2003
    Fundación Princesa de Asturias (then Fundación Príncipe de Asturias), Spain
  10. July 2003 Program Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)
    Legal act: Decree of July 3, 2003 establishes the Permanent Interministerial Working Group to reduce deforestation in the Legal Amazon.
  11. July 2003 Recognition Order of Liberty: Grand Collar (recorded as "GCol")
    Presidency of the Portuguese Republic: Chancery of the Portuguese Honorific Orders
  12. July 2, 2003 Program Food Acquisition Program (PAA)
    Legal act: Art. 19 of Law 10,696 establishes the program.
  13. September 2003 Program Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)
    Announcement: The group's preliminary report presents a proposed action plan, with consultations planned.
  14. September 23, 2003 Speech Address by Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil
    UN General Assembly General Debate
  15. September 29, 2003 Program Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU 192)
    Legal act: Ordinance GM/MS 1,864 establishes the mobile pre-hospital component.
  16. October 20, 2003 Program Bolsa Família Program
    Legal act: Provisional Measure 132 creates the program.
  17. November 2003 Program Land tenure regularization of quilombola territories (identification, recognition, delimitation, demarcation, and titling of the lands of the remnants of quilombo communities)
    Legal act: Decree No. 4,887/2003 passes federal authority to Incra and revokes Decree No. 3,912/2001.
  18. November 2003 Program Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality (Seppir)
    Legal act: Decrees 4,885 (CNPIR) and 4,886 (National Policy for the Promotion of Racial Equality).
  19. November 11, 2003 Program National Program for the Universalization of Access to and Use of Electric Power (Luz para Todos, Light for All)
    Legal act: Decree 4,873 establishes the program.

2004

  1. 2004 Program Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)
    Launch: Launch of the first PPCDAm (1st phase, 2004 to 2008).
  2. 2004 Program Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)
    Start: INPE launches DETER, a daily alert system to support enforcement.
  3. 2004 Program Brasil Sorridente: National Oral Health Policy
    Legal act: The Ministry of Health publishes the Guidelines of the National Oral Health Policy.
  4. 2004 Program Fome Zero (Zero Hunger)
    Implementation: Coordination passes to the MDS.
  5. 2004 Program Land tenure regularization of quilombola territories (identification, recognition, delimitation, demarcation, and titling of the lands of the remnants of quilombo communities)
    Launch: Creation of the Brasil Quilombola Program, coordinated by Seppir.
  6. 2004 Program Special program for access to federal institutions of higher education and secondary-level technical education (Law No. 12,711/2012, the Quotas Law, amended by Law No. 14,723/2023)
    Implementation: First admission through racial quotas at UnB (388 students).
  7. 2004 Program Special Secretariat for Women's Policies of the Presidency of the Republic (SPM), later Secretariat for Women's Policies (2010) and Ministry of Women (2023)
    Implementation: 1st National Conference on Women's Policies, convened in December 2003.
  8. January 2004 Program Mercosur trade agreements with partners outside the region (India, Israel, SACU, Egypt, Palestine, Singapore, European Union, and EFTA)
    Implementation: Conclusion of the Mercosur-India Preferential Trade Agreement, in New Delhi.
  9. January 2004 Program National Statute of Microenterprises and Small Businesses and Simples Nacional (LC 123/2006), Individual Microentrepreneur (LC 128/2008), and Desenrola Pequenos Negócios (Small Business Debt Renegotiation) (MP 1,213/2024 and Law 14,995/2024)
    Announcement: Introduction of PLP 123/2004 in the Chamber of Deputies by Deputy Jutahy Junior.
  10. January 9, 2004 Program Bolsa Família Program
    Legal act: Conversion of the MP into Law 10,836.
  11. March 2004 Program Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)
    Legal act: Decree of March 15, 2004 names the Action Plan and creates the Executive Commission coordinated by the Casa Civil (Chief of Staff's Office).
  12. March 2004 Program Land tenure regularization of quilombola territories (identification, recognition, delimitation, demarcation, and titling of the lands of the remnants of quilombo communities)
    Legal act: Incra Normative Instruction No. 16/2004 regulates the procedure.
  13. March 2004 Program Law No. 11,340 of August 7, 2006 (Maria da Penha Law)
    Legal act: Decree 5,030/2004 establishes the Interministerial Working Group coordinated by the SPM.
  14. April 13, 2004 Program Farmácia Popular do Brasil Program (Popular Pharmacy)
    Legal act: Law 10,858 authorizes the provision of medicines.
  15. April 27, 2004 Program Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU 192)
    Legal act: Decree 5,055 establishes SAMU in municipalities and regions.
  16. May 20, 2004 Program Farmácia Popular do Brasil Program (Popular Pharmacy)
    Legal act: Decree 5,090 establishes the program.
  17. July 29, 2004 Program Brasil Sorridente: National Oral Health Policy
    Legal act: Ordinance GM/MS 1,570 defines criteria for the Dental Specialty Centers.
  18. September 10, 2004 Program University for All Program (ProUni)
    Legal act: Provisional Measure 213 establishes the program.
  19. September 21, 2004 Speech Address by Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil
    UN General Assembly General Debate

2005

  1. 2005 Program Changes to the individual Income Tax exemption
    Legal act: Law 11,119/2005 adjusts the Income Tax table.
  2. January 2005 Program National High School Exam (Enem)
    Legal act: Law No. 11,096/2005 provides for the pre-selection of ProUni scholarship holders through the Enem.
  3. January 2005 Program Special program for access to federal institutions of higher education and secondary-level technical education (Law No. 12,711/2012, the Quotas Law, amended by Law No. 14,723/2023)
    Legal act: Law 11,096/2005 (ProUni) provides for a percentage of scholarships for affirmative policies.
  4. January 13, 2005 Program University for All Program (ProUni)
    Legal act: Conversion of the MP into Law 11,096.
  5. March 2005 Program Special Secretariat for Women's Policies of the Presidency of the Republic (SPM), later Secretariat for Women's Policies (2010) and Ministry of Women (2023)
    Legal act: Decree 5,390/2005 approves the 1st National Plan of Policies for Women and establishes the monitoring committee.
  6. June 2005 Program Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality (Seppir)
    Implementation: 1st National Conference for the Promotion of Racial Equality, in Brasília.
  7. September 14, 2005 Speech Statement by Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil (Security Council, 5261st meeting)
    UN Security Council Summit Meeting
  8. September 15, 2005 Speech Address by Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil (High-level Plenary Meeting, A/60/PV.5)
    High-Level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly (2005 World Summit, Millennium Goals)
  9. October 2005 Program Minimum wage appreciation policy
    Announcement: Congress sets up a joint commission on the minimum wage.
  10. October 17, 2005 Recognition FAO Agricola Medal
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  11. November 18, 2005 Program Federal Network of Vocational, Scientific and Technological Education and Federal Institutes
    Legal act: Law 11,195 changes the rule for the expansion of the federal vocational education network.

2006

  1. March 2006 Program Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
    Legal act: National Commission on Indigenous Policy established in the Ministry of Justice.
  2. March 9, 2006 Program Farmácia Popular do Brasil Program (Popular Pharmacy)
    Legal act: GM/MS Ordinance 491 provides for the expansion of the program.
  3. August 2006 Program Law No. 11,340 of August 7, 2006 (Maria da Penha Law)
    Legal act: Law 11,340/2006 signed into law on August 7 and published on August 8.
  4. September 15, 2006 Program Fome Zero (Zero Hunger)
    Legal act: LOSAN creates the SISAN (without citing the name Fome Zero).
  5. September 19, 2006 Speech Allocution de M. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Président de la République fédérative du Brésil (French version of the record; equivalent English title not read)
    UN General Assembly General Debate
  6. December 2006 Program Minimum wage appreciation policy
    Announcement: Protocol of intent between the federal government and the union confederations.
  7. December 2006 Program National Statute of Microenterprises and Small Businesses and Simples Nacional (LC 123/2006), Individual Microentrepreneur (LC 128/2008), and Desenrola Pequenos Negócios (Small Business Debt Renegotiation) (MP 1,213/2024 and Law 14,995/2024)
    Legal act: LC 123/2006 establishes the National Statute of Microenterprises and Small Businesses and the Simples Nacional.

2007

  1. 2007 Program Changes to the individual Income Tax exemption
    Legal act: Law 11,482/2007 sets monthly tables for 2007 to 2010.
  2. 2007 Program Fundo Amazônia (Amazon Fund)
    Announcement: According to the midterm evaluation, the Fundo Amazônia is announced at COP 13, in Bali, after a cooperation agreement between Brazil and Norway.
  3. 2007 Program Minimum wage appreciation policy
    Announcement: Bill with the adjustment rule (PL 1/2007), not concluded; the rule was applied through annual measures.
  4. January 22, 2007 Program Growth Acceleration Program (PAC)
    Legal act: Decree 6,025 establishes the program.
  5. February 2007 Program National Statute of Microenterprises and Small Businesses and Simples Nacional (LC 123/2006), Individual Microentrepreneur (LC 128/2008), and Desenrola Pequenos Negócios (Small Business Debt Renegotiation) (MP 1,213/2024 and Law 14,995/2024)
    Announcement: Introduction of PLP 2/2007 in the Chamber of Deputies by Deputy Antonio Carlos Mendes Thame.
  6. April 2007 Program National Policy on Climate Change (PNMC), established by Law No. 12,187/2009, with the National Plan on Climate Change (Plano Clima) and the National Fund on Climate Change (Climate Fund, Law No. 12,114/2009)
    Announcement: Drawing up a national plan for confronting climate change enters the government agenda, at the suggestion of the MMA and the FBMC.
  7. April 2007 Program National professional salary floor for public basic education teaching professionals (Law No. 11,738 of July 16, 2008)
    Announcement: The Executive Branch introduces PL 619/2007, with a proposed floor of R$850.00; the bill is attached to PL 7431/2006.
  8. April 24, 2007 Program Program to Support Restructuring and Expansion Plans of the Federal Universities (Reuni)
    Legal act: Decree 6,096 establishes the program.
  9. June 4, 2007 Recognition Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (for the Year 2006)
    Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), India; presented by the President of India
  10. August 2007 Program Law No. 11,340 of August 7, 2006 (Maria da Penha Law)
    Launch: Launch of the National Pact to Confront Violence against Women, according to the SPM.
  11. September 25, 2007 Speech Address by Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil
    UN General Assembly General Debate
  12. November 2007 Program Land tenure regularization of quilombola territories (identification, recognition, delimitation, demarcation, and titling of the lands of the remnants of quilombo communities)
    Legal act: Decree No. 6,261/2007 organizes the Quilombola Social Agenda within the Brasil Quilombola Program.
  13. November 2007 Program National Policy on Climate Change (PNMC), established by Law No. 12,187/2009, with the National Plan on Climate Change (Plano Clima) and the National Fund on Climate Change (Climate Fund, Law No. 12,114/2009)
    Legal act: Decree No. 6,263/2007 establishes the CIM and guides the drawing up of the National Plan on Climate Change.
  14. December 2007 Program Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)
    Legal act: Decree No. 6,321/2007 creates the basis for the annual list of priority municipalities and registry restrictions.
  15. December 2007 Program Mercosur trade agreements with partners outside the region (India, Israel, SACU, Egypt, Palestine, Singapore, European Union, and EFTA)
    Implementation: Signing of the Mercosur-Israel Free Trade Agreement, in Montevideo.

2008

  1. 2008 Program Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)
    Implementation: First list of 36 priority municipalities (MMA Ordinance No. 28/2008).
  2. 2008 Program Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality (Seppir)
    Legal act: Law 11,693/2008 transforms the position of head into Minister of State Head.
  3. March 2008 Program Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)
    Legal act: CMN Resolution No. 3,545/2008 makes rural credit in the Amazon Biome conditional on environmental compliance.
  4. March 5, 2008 Recognition Order of the Tower and Sword, of Valor, Loyalty and Merit: Grand Cross (recorded as "GC")
    Presidency of the Portuguese Republic: Chancery of the Portuguese Honorific Orders
  5. April 29, 2008 Program National Human Rights Program (PNDH-3)
    Legal act: Decree convenes the 11th National Human Rights Conference to propose the revision and updating of the PNDH.
  6. July 2008 Program National professional salary floor for public basic education teaching professionals (Law No. 11,738 of July 16, 2008)
    Legal act: Law No. 11,738/2008 signed into law on July 16, with vetoes to art. 3, I, and art. 7; floor of R$950.00.
  7. August 1, 2008 Program Fundo Amazônia (Amazon Fund)
    Legal act: Decree 6,527/2008 authorizes the BNDES to establish and manage the Fundo Amazônia, with the CTFA and the COFA.
  8. September 23, 2008 Speech Address by Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil
    UN General Assembly General Debate
  9. December 2008 Program Mercosur trade agreements with partners outside the region (India, Israel, SACU, Egypt, Palestine, Singapore, European Union, and EFTA)
    Implementation: The Mercosur countries sign the Preferential Trade Agreement with SACU in Salvador.
  10. December 2008 Program National Policy on Climate Change (PNMC), established by Law No. 12,187/2009, with the National Plan on Climate Change (Plano Clima) and the National Fund on Climate Change (Climate Fund, Law No. 12,114/2009)
    Launch: Publication of the National Plan on Climate Change by the CIM.
  11. December 2008 Program National Statute of Microenterprises and Small Businesses and Simples Nacional (LC 123/2006), Individual Microentrepreneur (LC 128/2008), and Desenrola Pequenos Negócios (Small Business Debt Renegotiation) (MP 1,213/2024 and Law 14,995/2024)
    Legal act: LC 128/2008 adds to LC 123/2006 the payment of taxes by the MEI in fixed monthly amounts.
  12. December 29, 2008 Program Federal Network of Vocational, Scientific and Technological Education and Federal Institutes
    Legal act: Law 11,892 establishes the Federal Network and creates the Federal Institutes.

2009

  1. 2009 Program Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)
    Implementation: 2nd phase of the PPCDAm (2009 to 2011), after the 2008 revision, with a system for monitoring the actions.
  2. 2009 Recognition Lula, l'homme de l'année 2009
    Le Monde (newspaper, France)
  3. 2009 Program Unified Selection System (Sisu)
    Announcement: MEC presents a proposal to reformulate the Enem so that its score is used as the sole selection parameter at public institutions.
  4. March 25, 2009 Program Fundo Amazônia (Amazon Fund)
    Contracting: First donation contract with Norway (up to 700 million Norwegian kroner).
  5. March 25, 2009 Program Minha Casa, Minha Vida Program (My House, My Life)
    Legal act: Provisional Measure 459 creates the program.
  6. May 2009 Program Mercosur trade agreements with partners outside the region (India, Israel, SACU, Egypt, Palestine, Singapore, European Union, and EFTA)
    Legal act: Decree 6,864/2009 promulgates the agreement with India, which enters into force externally on June 1, 2009.
  7. May 2009 Program National professional salary floor for public basic education teaching professionals (Law No. 11,738 of July 16, 2008)
    Announcement: MEC announces complementation from the Union, via Fundeb, for entities unable to pay the floor.
  8. June 2009 Program Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality (Seppir)
    Legal act: Decree 6,872/2009 approves the Planapir and its monitoring committee.
  9. July 2009 Program National Statute of Microenterprises and Small Businesses and Simples Nacional (LC 123/2006), Individual Microentrepreneur (LC 128/2008), and Desenrola Pequenos Negócios (Small Business Debt Renegotiation) (MP 1,213/2024 and Law 14,995/2024)
    Start: Start of the effects of arts. 18-A to 18-C of LC 123/2006 (MEI).
  10. July 7, 2009 Recognition Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize (2008 Prize)
    UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
  11. July 7, 2009 Program Minha Casa, Minha Vida Program (My House, My Life)
    Legal act: Conversion of the MP into Law 11,977.
  12. September 2009 Program Law No. 12,288 of July 20, 2010 (Racial Equality Statute)
    Announcement: The Chamber's special committee approves the opinion with a supplementary opinion (September 9, 2009), after agreement among the members.
  13. September 21, 2009 Recognition Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service
    Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Smithsonian Institution): Brazil Institute
  14. September 23, 2009 Speech Address by Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil
    UN General Assembly General Debate
  15. November 5, 2009 Recognition Chatham House Prize 2009
    Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs), London
  16. December 2009 Program Minimum wage appreciation policy
    Legal act: MP 474/2009, the first norm with guidelines for the appreciation policy.
  17. December 2009 Program Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
    Legal act: Decree No. 7,056 approves the Statute of Funai, which is linked to the Ministry of Justice.
  18. December 2009 Program National High School Exam (Enem)
    Implementation: 2009 Enem administered on December 5 and 6, after the leak of the exam.
  19. December 2009 Program National Policy on Climate Change (PNMC), established by Law No. 12,187/2009, with the National Plan on Climate Change (Plano Clima) and the National Fund on Climate Change (Climate Fund, Law No. 12,114/2009)
    Legal act: Law No. 12,114/2009 creates the National Fund on Climate Change.
  20. December 2009 Program National Policy on Climate Change (PNMC), established by Law No. 12,187/2009, with the National Plan on Climate Change (Plano Clima) and the National Fund on Climate Change (Climate Fund, Law No. 12,114/2009)
    Legal act: Law No. 12,187/2009 establishes the PNMC, signed into law with partial vetoes.
  21. December 21, 2009 Program National Human Rights Program (PNDH-3)
    Legal act: Decree No. 7,037 approves the PNDH-3 and repeals Decree No. 4,229/2002.

2010

  1. 2010 Recognition Global Statesmanship Award
    World Economic Forum
  2. 2010 Recognition Lifting Families Out of Poverty in Brazil - Bolsa Familia Program
    World Bank (IBRD)
  3. 2010 Recognition The 2010 TIME 100
    TIME (magazine, USA)
  4. January 2010 Program Unified Selection System (Sisu)
    Legal act: MEC Normative Ordinance No. 2 of January 26, 2010 establishes and regulates the Sisu.
  5. January 2010 Program Unified Selection System (Sisu)
    Launch: First edition (first semester of 2010), with 51 institutions and 47,913 places, according to the MEC.
  6. January 13, 2010 Program National Human Rights Program (PNDH-3)
    Legal act: Decree creates the working group for the draft bill of the National Truth Commission, based on Guideline 23.
  7. April 2010 Program Mercosur trade agreements with partners outside the region (India, Israel, SACU, Egypt, Palestine, Singapore, European Union, and EFTA)
    Legal act: Decree 7,159/2010 promulgates the agreement with Israel, in force for Brazil since April 3, 2010.
  8. May 10, 2010 Recognition WFP Global Champion in the Battle Against Hunger award
    United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
  9. May 12, 2010 Program National Human Rights Program (PNDH-3)
    Legal act: Decree No. 7,177 amends and repeals programmatic actions of the Annex.
  10. May 20, 2010 Program National Human Rights Program (PNDH-3)
    Implementation: The Executive Branch introduces in the Chamber PL 7376/2010, which creates the National Truth Commission.
  11. June 2010 Program National High School Exam (Enem)
    Legal act: MEC Ordinance No. 807/2010 establishes the Enem again and revokes Ordinance No. 438/1998.
  12. July 2010 Program Law No. 12,288 of July 20, 2010 (Racial Equality Statute)
    Legal act: Law 12,288/2010 signed into law on July 20 and published on July 21; in force 90 days after publication.
  13. July 2010 Program Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality (Seppir)
    Legal act: Law 12,288/2010 (Racial Equality Statute, originating in the Senate) establishes the Sinapir.
  14. August 2010 Program Mercosur trade agreements with partners outside the region (India, Israel, SACU, Egypt, Palestine, Singapore, European Union, and EFTA)
    Implementation: Signing of the Mercosur-Egypt Free Trade Agreement, in San Juan.
  15. August 2010 Program Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality (Seppir)
    Legal act: Law 12,314/2010 transforms the Special Secretariat into the Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality.
  16. August 2010 Program Special Secretariat for Women's Policies of the Presidency of the Republic (SPM), later Secretariat for Women's Policies (2010) and Ministry of Women (2023)
    Legal act: Law 12,314/2010 transforms the Special Secretariat into the Secretariat for Women's Policies, headed by a Minister of State.
  17. September 2010 Program Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)
    Legal act: Decree of September 15, 2010 extends the group's purpose to biomes and creates the PPCerrado Executive Commission.
  18. September 2010 Program National Human Rights Program (PNDH-3)
    Implementation: Follow-up and monitoring committee established, according to the Brazilian State's account to the UPR (2012).
  19. December 2010 Program Law No. 11,340 of August 7, 2006 (Maria da Penha Law)
    Legal act: Decree 7,393/2010 provides for the Women's Service Center, Ligue 180.
  20. December 2010 Program Minimum wage appreciation policy
    Legal act: MP 516/2010 sets the 2011 value by the INPC variation only.
  21. December 1, 2010 Recognition 2010 UNAIDS Award for Leadership
    UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS)
  22. December 7, 2010 Program Fundo Amazônia (Amazon Fund)
    Contracting: First donation contract with the Government of Germany, through the KfW.

2011

  1. 2011 Program Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)
    Implementation: Ipea/Cepal/GIZ evaluation of the 2007 to 2010 period.
  2. 2011 Recognition Docteur honoris causa de Sciences Po
    Sciences Po (Institut d'études politiques de Paris / Fondation nationale des sciences politiques)
  3. 2011 Program Minimum wage appreciation policy
    Legal act: Law 12,382/2011, the first law with a multiyear rule (Dilma Rousseff government).
  4. February 2011 Program National professional salary floor for public basic education teaching professionals (Law No. 11,738 of July 16, 2008)
    Implementation: Adjustment of 15.85%, floor of R$1,187.00.
  5. March 30, 2011 Recognition Doctor Honoris Causa from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra
    University of Coimbra (Portugal)
  6. April 27, 2011 Recognition The Order of the Companions of OR Tambo: Gold
    Presidency of the Republic of South Africa (National Orders)
  7. June 21, 2011 Recognition World Food Prize: 2011 Laureates: John Agyekum Kufuor and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
    The World Food Prize Foundation (Des Moines, USA)
  8. July 8, 2011 Program National Program for the Universalization of Access to and Use of Electric Power (Luz para Todos, Light for All)
    Relaunch: Decree 7,520 establishes the program for 2011 to 2014 (Dilma government, context).
  9. October 14, 2011 Program Fundo Amazônia (Amazon Fund)
    Contracting: First donation contract with Petrobras.

2012

  1. February 2012 Program National professional salary floor for public basic education teaching professionals (Law No. 11,738 of July 16, 2008)
    Implementation: Adjustment of 22.22%, floor of R$1,451.00.
  2. August 2012 Program Special program for access to federal institutions of higher education and secondary-level technical education (Law No. 12,711/2012, the Quotas Law, amended by Law No. 14,723/2023)
    Legal act: Law 12,711/2012 signed into law by President Dilma Rousseff, with a veto of art. 2.
  3. November 22, 2012 Recognition Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development (2010)
    Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust (India); presented by the President of India

2013

  1. 2013 Program Unified Selection System (Sisu)
    Implementation: Sisu begins applying the reservation of places under Law No. 12,711/2012.
  2. January 2013 Program National professional salary floor for public basic education teaching professionals (Law No. 11,738 of July 16, 2008)
    Implementation: Adjustment of 7.97%, floor of R$1,567.00.
  3. March 2013 Program Special Secretariat for Women's Policies of the Presidency of the Republic (SPM), later Secretariat for Women's Policies (2010) and Ministry of Women (2023)
    Legal act: Decree 7,959/2013 (Dilma government) addresses the PNPM 2013 to 2015.
  4. June 2013 Program Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)
    Implementation: 3rd phase (2012 to 2015), under the Dilma Rousseff government; coordination of the Executive Commission passes to the MMA (Decree No. 7,957/2013).
  5. June 16, 2013 Recognition FAO recognition of countries meeting anti-hunger targets for 2015 (MDG 1)
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  6. July 2013 Program Mais Médicos Program
    Legal act: MP 621/2013 establishes the program (Dilma Rousseff government).
  7. August 2013 Program Law No. 11,340 of August 7, 2006 (Maria da Penha Law)
    Legal act: Decree 8,086/2013 (Dilma government) establishes the Mulher Viver sem Violência Program and the Casas da Mulher Brasileira.
  8. October 2013 Program Mais Médicos Program
    Legal act: Law 12,871/2013, conversion of MP 621.
  9. November 2013 Program Law No. 12,288 of July 20, 2010 (Racial Equality Statute)
    Legal act: Decree 8,136/2013 (Dilma Rousseff government) approves the Sinapir regulation.

2014

  1. 2014 Recognition The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014: section on Brazil
    FAO, IFAD, and WFP: The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014
  2. January 2014 Program National professional salary floor for public basic education teaching professionals (Law No. 11,738 of July 16, 2008)
    Implementation: Adjustment of 8.32%, floor of R$1,697.00.
  3. April 23, 2014 Recognition Doctor honoris causa por la Universidad de Salamanca
    University of Salamanca (Spain)

2015

  1. 2015 Program Minimum wage appreciation policy
    Legal act: Law 13,152/2015 extends the rule to 2016 to 2019 (Dilma Rousseff government).
  2. January 2015 Program National professional salary floor for public basic education teaching professionals (Law No. 11,738 of July 16, 2008)
    Implementation: Adjustment of 13.01%, floor of R$1,917.78.
  3. October 2015 Program Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality (Seppir)
    Legal act: MP 696/2015 (Dilma government) abolishes the position of minister head of the Secretariat.
  4. October 2015 Program Special Secretariat for Women's Policies of the Presidency of the Republic (SPM), later Secretariat for Women's Policies (2010) and Ministry of Women (2023)
    Legal act: MP 696/2015 (Dilma government) abolishes the position of minister head of the Secretariat.
  5. December 2015 Program Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
    Legal act: Decree No. 8,593 creates the National Council of Indigenist Policy within the Ministry of Justice; the 1st National Conference on Indigenist Policy is scheduled for December 14 to 17.

2016

  1. 2016 Program Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)
    Implementation: 4th phase (2016 to 2020), with the axis of normative and economic instruments.
  2. 2016 Program Fundo Amazônia (Amazon Fund)
    Legal act: Decree 8,773/2016 begins to refer the fund to the Legal Amazon and ties the actions to the PPCDAM and the ENREDD+.
  3. 2016 Program National Policy on Climate Change (PNMC), established by Law No. 12,187/2009, with the National Plan on Climate Change (Plano Clima) and the National Fund on Climate Change (Climate Fund, Law No. 12,114/2009)
    Launch: National Adaptation Plan (MMA Ordinance 150/2016).
  4. February 2016 Program National professional salary floor for public basic education teaching professionals (Law No. 11,738 of July 16, 2008)
    Implementation: Update of 11.36%, floor of R$2,135.64.
  5. April 2016 Program Mercosur trade agreements with partners outside the region (India, Israel, SACU, Egypt, Palestine, Singapore, European Union, and EFTA)
    Legal act: Decree 8,703/2016, signed by Dilma Rousseff, promulgates the agreement with SACU.
  6. April 2016 Program Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality (Seppir)
    Termination: Law 13,266/2016 abolishes the Presidency's Secretariat and creates the Ministry of Women, Racial Equality, Youth, and Human Rights.
  7. April 2016 Program Special Secretariat for Women's Policies of the Presidency of the Republic (SPM), later Secretariat for Women's Policies (2010) and Ministry of Women (2023)
    Termination: Law 13,266/2016 abolishes the Presidency's Secretariat and creates the Ministry of Women, Racial Equality, Youth, and Human Rights.
  8. May 2016 Program Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality (Seppir)
    Legal act: MP 726/2016 abolishes that ministry and transfers the portfolio to the Ministry of Justice and Citizenship.
  9. May 2016 Program Special Secretariat for Women's Policies of the Presidency of the Republic (SPM), later Secretariat for Women's Policies (2010) and Ministry of Women (2023)
    Legal act: MP 726/2016 (Temer government) transfers the responsibilities to the Ministry of Justice and Citizenship.
  10. December 2016 Program Special program for access to federal institutions of higher education and secondary-level technical education (Law No. 12,711/2012, the Quotas Law, amended by Law No. 14,723/2023)
    Legal act: Law 13,409/2016 includes persons with disabilities in the reservation.

2017

  1. January 2017 Program National professional salary floor for public basic education teaching professionals (Law No. 11,738 of July 16, 2008)
    Implementation: Adjustment of 7.64%, floor of R$2,298.80.
  2. November 2017 Program Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality (Seppir)
    Legal act: Law 13,502/2017 places the National Secretariat in the Ministry of Human Rights.
  3. December 2017 Program Mercosur trade agreements with partners outside the region (India, Israel, SACU, Egypt, Palestine, Singapore, European Union, and EFTA)
    Legal act: Decree 9,229/2017, signed by Michel Temer, promulgates the agreement with Egypt.
  4. December 2017 Program National professional salary floor for public basic education teaching professionals (Law No. 11,738 of July 16, 2008)
    Implementation: Ordinance with an adjustment of 6.81% for 2018, floor of R$2,455.35.

2018

  1. April 2018 Program Law No. 11,340 of August 7, 2006 (Maria da Penha Law)
    Legal act: Law 13,641/2018 establishes the crime of noncompliance with protective measures.
  2. June 2018 Program National High School Exam (Enem)
    Legal act: Decree No. 9,432/2018 includes the Enem in the National Policy for the Assessment and Examination of Basic Education.
  3. November 2018 Program National Policy on Climate Change (PNMC), established by Law No. 12,187/2009, with the National Plan on Climate Change (Plano Clima) and the National Fund on Climate Change (Climate Fund, Law No. 12,114/2009)
    Legal act: Decree No. 9,578/2018 consolidates the regulation of the PNMC and the Climate Fund and repeals Decrees 7,343/2010 and 7,390/2010.

2019

  1. 2019 Program Fundo Amazônia (Amazon Fund)
    Interruption: Donors order the suspension of support for new projects; no new project is approved from 2019 to 2022, with disbursements maintained for projects contracted earlier.
  2. 2019 Program Mais Médicos Program
    Legal act: Law 13,958/2019 creates Médicos pelo Brasil, without altering the execution of the Mais Médicos Project.
  3. January 2019 Program Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
    Legal act: MP No. 870 assigns the demarcation of Indigenous lands to the Ministry of Agriculture.
  4. January 2019 Program National professional salary floor for public basic education teaching professionals (Law No. 11,738 of July 16, 2008)
    Implementation: Adjustment of 4.17%, floor of R$2,557.74.
  5. April 2019 Program Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)
    Interruption: Decree No. 9,759/2019 abolishes collegiate bodies, including the PPCDAm Executive Commission.
  6. May 2019 Program Law No. 11,340 of August 7, 2006 (Maria da Penha Law)
    Legal act: Law 13,827/2019 authorizes removal of the aggressor by a police chief (delegado) or police officer in municipalities that are not the seat of a judicial district (comarca).
  7. June 2019 Program Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality (Seppir)
    Legal act: Law 13,844/2019 places the National Secretariat in the Ministry of Women, Family, and Human Rights.
  8. June 2019 Program Special Secretariat for Women's Policies of the Presidency of the Republic (SPM), later Secretariat for Women's Policies (2010) and Ministry of Women (2023)
    Legal act: Law 13,844/2019 (Bolsonaro government) creates the Ministry of Women, Family, and Human Rights, with the National Secretariat for Women's Policies.
  9. June 28, 2019 Program Fundo Amazônia (Amazon Fund)
    Termination: Date for the abolition of collegiate bodies set by Decree 9,759/2019; according to the BNDES and the midterm evaluation, the COFA and the CTFA were abolished by that decree.
  10. November 2019 Program Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)
    Termination: Decree No. 10,142/2019 revokes the 2003 and 2004 decrees and creates another executive commission within the MMA.
  11. November 5, 2019 Program National Human Rights Program (PNDH-3)
    Interruption: Decree No. 10,087 declares art. 4 of Decree No. 7,037 repealed (Follow-up and Monitoring Committee); the rest of the decree is not repealed by that act.

2020

  1. 2020 Program Minimum wage appreciation policy
    Interruption: 2020 adjustment based on the INPC variation; the real increase rule of Law 13,152/2015 was valid until 2019.
  2. January 2020 Program National professional salary floor for public basic education teaching professionals (Law No. 11,738 of July 16, 2008)
    Implementation: Adjustment of 12.84%, floor of R$2,886.24.
  3. March 2, 2020 Recognition Citoyenneté d'honneur de la Ville de Paris
    City of Paris (Council of Paris)
  4. October 2020 Program Market openings for Brazilian agricultural products (sanitary and phytosanitary negotiations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock)
    Implementation: The MAPA reports 100 new markets opened since January 2019 (another government).

2021

  1. 2021 Program Pé-de-Meia Program (Nest Egg)
    Announcement: Bill in the Chamber (PL 54/2021), later the originating bill of the law.
  2. January 12, 2021 Program Minha Casa, Minha Vida Program (My House, My Life)
    Termination: Law 14,118 establishes Casa Verde e Amarela, declared the successor for tax purposes (Bolsonaro government).
  3. July 2021 Program Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)
    Implementation: The TCU rules on the operational audit of the deforestation control policy (Ruling 1758/2021).
  4. October 2021 Program National Policy on Climate Change (PNMC), established by Law No. 12,187/2009, with the National Plan on Climate Change (Plano Clima) and the National Fund on Climate Change (Climate Fund, Law No. 12,114/2009)
    Legal act: Decree No. 10,845/2021 creates the Interministerial Committee on Climate Change and Green Growth.
  5. December 29, 2021 Program Bolsa Família Program
    Termination: Law 14,284 institutes Auxílio Brasil to replace Bolsa Família (Bolsonaro government).
  6. December 29, 2021 Program Food Acquisition Program (PAA)
    Termination: Law 14,284 establishes Alimenta Brasil to replace the PAA (Bolsonaro government).

2022

  1. July 2022 Program National High School Exam (Enem)
    Legal act: MEC Ordinance No. 467/2022 creates the Enem Governance Committee and approves update parameters.

2023

  1. 2023 Program Mais Médicos Program
    Legal act: Law 14,621/2023 amends Law 12,871/2013.
  2. 2023 Program Market openings for Brazilian agricultural products (sanitary and phytosanitary negotiations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock)
    Implementation: 78 market openings in 2023, according to the MAPA 2023 Management Report.
  3. 2023 Program Minimum wage appreciation policy
    Relaunch: Law 14,663/2023, permanent appreciation policy.
  4. January 2023 Program Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)
    Relaunch: Decree No. 11,367/2023 reinstates the PPCDAm and establishes the Permanent Interministerial Commission.
  5. January 2023 Program Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
    Legal act: MP No. 1,154 creates the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples and renames Funai.
  6. January 2023 Program Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
    Legal act: Decree No. 11,355 approves the regimental structure of the MPI (in force from January 24).
  7. January 2023 Program Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
    Legal act: Decree No. 11,384 establishes the national committee on the lack of health care in the Yanomami territory.
  8. January 2023 Program National professional salary floor for public basic education teaching professionals (Law No. 11,738 of July 16, 2008)
    Implementation: Ordinance No. 17, adjustment of 14.9%, floor of R$4,420.55.
  9. January 2023 Program Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality (Seppir)
    Legal act: MP 1,154/2023 creates the Ministry of Racial Equality.
  10. January 1, 2023 Program Fundo Amazônia (Amazon Fund)
    Relaunch: Decree 11,368/2023 reestablishes the governance of the Fundo Amazônia (certificates, CTFA and COFA).
  11. February 14, 2023 Program Minha Casa, Minha Vida Program (My House, My Life)
    Relaunch: Provisional Measure 1,162 resumes the program.
  12. February 15, 2023 Program Fundo Amazônia (Amazon Fund)
    Implementation: 26th COFA meeting, the first since November 9, 2018.
  13. March 2023 Program Land tenure regularization of quilombola territories (identification, recognition, delimitation, demarcation, and titling of the lands of the remnants of quilombo communities)
    Legal act: Decree No. 11,447/2023 establishes the Aquilomba Brasil Program and revokes Decree No. 6,261/2007.
  14. March 2023 Program Law No. 11,340 of August 7, 2006 (Maria da Penha Law)
    Relaunch: Decree 11,431/2023 establishes anew the Mulher Viver sem Violência Program, coordinated by the Ministry of Women.
  15. March 2023 Program Mais Médicos Program
    Legal act: MP 1,165/2023 amends the program.
  16. March 2, 2023 Program Bolsa Família Program
    Relaunch: Provisional Measure 1,164 institutes Bolsa Família again.
  17. April 2023 Program Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm)
    Announcement: Draft of the 5th phase under public consultation (April 10 to 26), with more than 500 contributions.
  18. April 2023 Program Law No. 11,340 of August 7, 2006 (Maria da Penha Law)
    Legal act: Law 14,550/2023 on the granting and duration of protective measures.
  19. April 2023 Program Law No. 12,288 of July 20, 2010 (Racial Equality Statute)
    Legal act: Law 14,553/2023 amends arts. 39 and 49 of the Statute (race and color records in employment and IBGE survey in the public sector).
  20. April 2023 Program Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
    Legal act: Decree No. 11,509 establishes the National Council of Indigenist Policy within the MPI.
  21. April 2023 Program Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
    Implementation: Six decrees ratifying Indigenous lands (Decrees No. 11,503 to 11,508), two of them amending earlier ratifications.
  22. April 22, 2023 Recognition Order of Camões: Grand Collar
    Presidency of the Portuguese Republic: Chancery of the Portuguese Honorific Orders
  23. May 2023 Program Changes to the individual Income Tax exemption
    Legal act: New tax-free bracket and simplified deduction (Law 14,663/2023).
  24. May 8, 2023 Program Brasil Sorridente: National Oral Health Policy
    Legal act: Law 14,572 institutes the National Oral Health Policy in the SUS.
  25. June 2023 Program Emergency Program for Renegotiation of Debts of Defaulting Individuals (Desenrola Brasil)
    Legal act: MP 1,176/2023 establishes the program.
  26. June 2023 Program Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality (Seppir)
    Legal act: Law 14,600/2023, the conversion of MP 1,154, keeps the Ministry of Racial Equality.
  27. June 2023 Program Special Secretariat for Women's Policies of the Presidency of the Republic (SPM), later Secretariat for Women's Policies (2010) and Ministry of Women (2023)
    Legal act: Law 14,600/2023, the conversion of MP 1,154/2023.
  28. June 19, 2023 Program Bolsa Família Program
    Legal act: Conversion of the MP into Law 14,601.
  29. July 13, 2023 Program Minha Casa, Minha Vida Program (My House, My Life)
    Legal act: Law 14,620 provides for the program.
  30. July 20, 2023 Program Food Acquisition Program (PAA)
    Relaunch: Law 14,628 establishes the PAA again.
  31. August 2023 Program Brasil Sem Fome Plan (Brazil Without Hunger)
    Legal act: Decree 11,679/2023 institutes the plan.
  32. August 2023 Program Brasil Sem Fome Plan (Brazil Without Hunger)
    Legal act: MDS/CAISAN Resolution 3/2023 regulates the management of the plan.
  33. August 4, 2023 Program National Program for the Universalization of Access to and Use of Electric Power (Luz para Todos, Light for All)
    Legal act: Decree 11,628 broadens the program's purpose.
  34. August 11, 2023 Program Growth Acceleration Program (PAC)
    Relaunch: Decree 11,632 establishes the Novo PAC.
  35. August 25, 2023 Recognition Order of Agostinho Neto
    Presidency of the Republic of Angola
  36. September 2023 Program Emergency Program for Renegotiation of Debts of Defaulting Individuals (Desenrola Brasil)
    Implementation: Discount auction with creditors.
  37. September 2023 Program Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty
    Announcement: In New Delhi, upon receiving the G20 presidency, Lula announces the creation of the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty task force.
  38. September 2023 Program Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
    Implementation: Decrees No. 11,689 (Acapuri de Cima) and No. 11,690 (Rio Gregório, amendment of a 1991 ratification).
  39. September 2023 Program National Policy on Climate Change (PNMC), established by Law No. 12,187/2009, with the National Plan on Climate Change (Plano Clima) and the National Fund on Climate Change (Climate Fund, Law No. 12,114/2009)
    Relaunch: CIM Resolution No. 3/2023 defines the structure of the new Plano Clima.
  40. September 19, 2023 Speech Address by Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil
    UN General Assembly General Debate
  41. October 2023 Program Emergency Program for Renegotiation of Debts of Defaulting Individuals (Desenrola Brasil)
    Legal act: Law 14,690/2023 enacted without vetoes.
  42. October 2023 Program Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
    Legal act: Law No. 14,701 is enacted with a partial veto of the marco temporal (time-frame thesis) (Message No. 536).
  43. November 2023 Program Pé-de-Meia Program (Nest Egg)
    Legal act: Provisional measure 1,198/2023, which ceased to be in force in 2024.
  44. December 2023 Program Mercosur trade agreements with partners outside the region (India, Israel, SACU, Egypt, Palestine, Singapore, European Union, and EFTA)
    Implementation: Brazil signs the Mercosur-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, in Rio de Janeiro.
  45. December 2023 Program Pé-de-Meia Program (Nest Egg)
    Legal act: Ministry of Finance Ordinance 1,660 authorizes the Union's payment of shares into the fund, based on MP 1,198/2023.
  46. December 2023 Program Pé-de-Meia Program (Nest Egg)
    Implementation: Transfer of R$6.1 billion to the fund (payment of shares, fiscal year 2023); it is not a payment to students.

2024

  1. 2024 Program Minimum wage appreciation policy
    Legal act: Law 15,077/2024 limits the real increase from 2025 to 2030.
  2. 2024 Program Pé-de-Meia Program (Nest Egg)
    Implementation: First payments, according to the government.
  3. 2024 Program Special program for access to federal institutions of higher education and secondary-level technical education (Law No. 12,711/2012, the Quotas Law, amended by Law No. 14,723/2023)
    Implementation: 2024 Higher Education Census: 133,078 new students through reserved places at federal institutions.
  4. 2024 Program Special Secretariat for Women's Policies of the Presidency of the Republic (SPM), later Secretariat for Women's Policies (2010) and Ministry of Women (2023)
    Announcement: Ordinance 132/2024 of the Ministry of Women convenes the 5th National Conference on Women's Policies, scheduled for 2025 (holding not verified).
  5. January 2024 Program National professional salary floor for public basic education teaching professionals (Law No. 11,738 of July 16, 2008)
    Implementation: Ordinance No. 61/2024, adjustment of 3.62%, floor of R$4,580.57.
  6. January 2024 Program Pé-de-Meia Program (Nest Egg)
    Legal act: Law 14,818/2024 establishes the incentive.
  7. January 2024 Program Pé-de-Meia Program (Nest Egg)
    Launch: Decree 11,901/2024 creates the Programa Pé-de-Meia.
  8. January 2024 Program Unified Selection System (Sisu)
    Implementation: Sisu 2024 with a single annual edition and a waiting list throughout the year.
  9. February 2024 Program Changes to the individual Income Tax exemption
    Legal act: Table adjusted by Law 14,848/2024.
  10. February 2024 Program Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty
    Start: First formal meeting of the G20 Task Force (February 21 to 23), start of the negotiation.
  11. March 2024 Program Pé-de-Meia Program (Nest Egg)
    Implementation: First transfer from the fund for paying the incentives to students.
  12. April 2024 Program Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
    Implementation: Decrees No. 12,000 (Aldeia Velha) and No. 12,001 (Cacique Fontoura).
  13. April 2024 Program National Statute of Microenterprises and Small Businesses and Simples Nacional (LC 123/2006), Individual Microentrepreneur (LC 128/2008), and Desenrola Pequenos Negócios (Small Business Debt Renegotiation) (MP 1,213/2024 and Law 14,995/2024)
    Legal act: MP 1,213/2024 establishes Desenrola Pequenos Negócios.
  14. May 2024 Program Emergency Program for Renegotiation of Debts of Defaulting Individuals (Desenrola Brasil)
    Termination: End of the renegotiations, according to the Ministry of Finance.
  15. May 2024 Program Pé-de-Meia Program (Nest Egg)
    Legal act: § 1 of art. 15 of Law 14,818/2024 is promulgated after the veto is rejected.
  16. May 2024 Program Pé-de-Meia Program (Nest Egg)
    Legal act: MP 1,198/2023 loses effect without conversion; Law 14,818/2024 came from PL 54/2021.
  17. June 2024 Program National Policy on Climate Change (PNMC), established by Law No. 12,187/2009, with the National Plan on Climate Change (Plano Clima) and the National Fund on Climate Change (Climate Fund, Law No. 12,114/2009)
    Legal act: Law No. 14,904/2024 establishes guidelines for adaptation plans.
  18. July 2024 Program Law No. 12,288 of July 20, 2010 (Racial Equality Statute)
    Implementation: 26 states, the Federal District and 221 municipalities members of Sinapir (data up to July 22, 2024, cited by the CGU).
  19. September 22, 2024 Speech Address by Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil (Summit of the Future, A/79/PV.3)
    Summit of the Future
  20. September 24, 2024 Speech Address by Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil
    UN General Assembly General Debate
  21. October 2024 Program Law No. 11,340 of August 7, 2006 (Maria da Penha Law)
    Legal act: Law 14,994/2024 increases the penalty for noncompliance with protective measures.
  22. October 2024 Program National Statute of Microenterprises and Small Businesses and Simples Nacional (LC 123/2006), Individual Microentrepreneur (LC 128/2008), and Desenrola Pequenos Negócios (Small Business Debt Renegotiation) (MP 1,213/2024 and Law 14,995/2024)
    Legal act: Law 14,995/2024 establishes Desenrola Pequenos Negócios, including cooperative societies.
  23. November 2024 Program National Policy on Climate Change (PNMC), established by Law No. 12,187/2009, with the National Plan on Climate Change (Plano Clima) and the National Fund on Climate Change (Climate Fund, Law No. 12,114/2009)
    Announcement: NDC with a target of reducing net emissions by 59% to 67% below 2005 levels in 2035.
  24. December 2024 Program Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
    Implementation: Decrees No. 12,288 (Potiguara de Monte-Mor), 12,289 (Toldo Imbu) and 12,290 (Morro dos Cavalos).
  25. December 2024 Program National Policy on Climate Change (PNMC), established by Law No. 12,187/2009, with the National Plan on Climate Change (Plano Clima) and the National Fund on Climate Change (Climate Fund, Law No. 12,114/2009)
    Legal act: Law No. 15,042/2024 establishes the SBCE and amends Law No. 12,187/2009.

2025

  1. 2025 Program Fundo Amazônia (Amazon Fund)
    Implementation: 22 operations approved in the year (R$2,186,487,385.90, nominal), according to the 2025 report.
  2. 2025 Program Market openings for Brazilian agricultural products (sanitary and phytosanitary negotiations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock)
    Implementation: 225 new markets in 2025 and 525 cumulatively since 2023, according to the MAPA 2025 Management Report.
  3. January 2025 Program Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
    Legal act: Decree No. 12,373 regulates the police power of Funai.
  4. April 2025 Program Mercosur trade agreements with partners outside the region (India, Israel, SACU, Egypt, Palestine, Singapore, European Union, and EFTA)
    Legal act: Decree 12,432/2025 promulgates the agreement with Palestine, signed in 2011 and in force for Brazil since August 9, 2024.
  5. May 2025 Program Changes to the individual Income Tax exemption
    Legal act: Table adjusted by Law 15,191/2025.
  6. June 6, 2025 Recognition Docteur honoris causa de l'université Paris 8
    Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis (France)
  7. July 2025 Program National High School Exam (Enem)
    Implementation: Inep's report records 4,811,338 confirmed registrants in the 2025 Enem.
  8. August 2025 Program Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
    Implementation: Decrees No. 12,582 (Pitaguary), 12,583 (Lagoa Encantada) and 12,584 (Tremembé de Queimadas).
  9. September 2025 Program Mercosur trade agreements with partners outside the region (India, Israel, SACU, Egypt, Palestine, Singapore, European Union, and EFTA)
    Implementation: Signing of the Mercosur-EFTA Free Trade Agreement, in Rio de Janeiro.
  10. September 23, 2025 Speech Address by Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil
    UN General Assembly General Debate
  11. November 2025 Program Changes to the individual Income Tax exemption
    Legal act: Law 15,270/2025 enacted: tax reduction up to R$5,000 per month and minimum taxation of high incomes.
  12. November 2025 Program Land tenure regularization of quilombola territories (identification, recognition, delimitation, demarcation, and titling of the lands of the remnants of quilombo communities)
    Implementation: Incra partial title in the Alcântara territory (MA), whose RTID was published in 2008.
  13. November 2025 Program Ministry of Indigenous Peoples
    Implementation: Decrees No. 12,720 (Kaxuyana-Tunayana), 12,721 (Uirapuru), 12,722 (Estação Parecis) and 12,723 (Manoki, amendment of a 1990 decree).
  14. November 2025 Program Pé-de-Meia Program (Nest Egg)
    Legal act: Law 15,265/2025 makes the Union's participation in the fund subject to budget availability.
  15. December 2025 Program Brasil Sem Fome Plan (Brazil Without Hunger)
    Legal act: Decree 12,779/2025 repeals the plan's duration clause.

2026

  1. 2026 Program Emergency Program for Renegotiation of Debts of Defaulting Individuals (Desenrola Brasil)
    Relaunch: MP 1,393/2026 inserts Desenrola Brasil 3.0 into Law 14,690/2023.
  2. January 2026 Program Changes to the individual Income Tax exemption
    Implementation: Monthly reduction applied by the Federal Revenue Service starting in January 2026.
  3. January 2026 Program Mercosur trade agreements with partners outside the region (India, Israel, SACU, Egypt, Palestine, Singapore, European Union, and EFTA)
    Implementation: Signing of the European Union-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement, in Asunción.
  4. January 2026 Program National professional salary floor for public basic education teaching professionals (Law No. 11,738 of July 16, 2008)
    Legal act: Law No. 15,326/2026 includes early childhood education teachers among teaching professionals.
  5. January 2026 Program National professional salary floor for public basic education teaching professionals (Law No. 11,738 of July 16, 2008)
    Legal act: MP No. 1,334/2026 creates a new annual update formula (INPC plus half of the average of the real change in contributions to Fundeb).
  6. April 2026 Program Law No. 11,340 of August 7, 2006 (Maria da Penha Law)
    Legal act: Laws 15,380, 15,383 and 15,384/2026 amend the Maria da Penha Law.
  7. April 2026 Program Mercosur trade agreements with partners outside the region (India, Israel, SACU, Egypt, Palestine, Singapore, European Union, and EFTA)
    Legal act: Decree 12,953/2026 promulgates the Interim Trade Agreement with the European Union, applied by Brazil from May 1, 2026.
  8. May 2026 Program National High School Exam (Enem)
    Legal act: Inep Ordinance No. 219/2026 establishes the GT Enem to implement the decree.
  9. June 2026 Program National professional salary floor for public basic education teaching professionals (Law No. 11,738 of July 16, 2008)
    Legal act: Law No. 15,437/2026 (conversion of the MP) sets the floor at R$5,130.63, includes temporary staff, requires a calculation worksheet and repeals art. 4 on complementation.
  10. June 2026 Program Unified Selection System (Sisu)
    Implementation: Sisu+, complementary stage of Sisu 2026 for places that became available.
  11. July 2026 Program Brasil Sem Fome Plan (Brazil Without Hunger)
    Legal act: CAISAN/MDS Resolution 25/2026 approves a new stage of the plan.
  12. July 2026 Program Mercosur trade agreements with partners outside the region (India, Israel, SACU, Egypt, Palestine, Singapore, European Union, and EFTA)
    Legal act: Decree 13,081/2026 promulgates the agreement with Singapore, which enters into force for Brazil on August 1, 2026.
  13. September 2026 Program Mercosur trade agreements with partners outside the region (India, Israel, SACU, Egypt, Palestine, Singapore, European Union, and EFTA)
    Legal act: Decree 13,126/2026 promulgates the agreement with the EFTA, which enters into force for Brazil on October 1, 2026.
  14. September 22, 2026 Speech Opening speech of the General Debate of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly (2026)
    UN General Assembly General Debate
  15. September 30, 2026 Program Fundo Amazônia (Amazon Fund)
    Implementation: Portfolio report records 155 contracted projects, R$5,845 million contracted and R$2,897 million disbursed.