Framing, Fighting and Coalitional Building

Abstract

The Campanha Brasileira pelo Direito à Educação17 (CBDE) was created in 1999 as one of the first national coalitions of the Global Campaign for Education (GCE). Today, the CBDE is a recognized political actor and the principal civil society reference for educational funding in Brazil. Furthermore, the coalition occupies an important role as representative of the Latin American continent in the GCE board. The CDBE is the most plural network of its kind in Brazil, uniting more than 200 non-governmental organizations, social movements, teachers unions, education councils and international agencies around the common goal to guarantee free public education of high quality for all Brazilian citizens.