Secretaría de Políticas Públicas de Empleo
Ministerio de Trabajo y Empleo de Brasil - SPPE
(Secretariat of Public Policies of Employment
Ministry of Labour and Employment of Brazil)
http://www.mte.gov.br/

Since 1999, the Ministry’s name is Ministry of Labour and Employment by a Provisory Measure number 179 of January 1st.

The Portaria #765 of October 11th, 2000 regulated the structure of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. The administrative unit responsible for occupational qualification is the Department of Qualificacao Profissional-DEQP, linked to the Secretary of Public Policies of Employment and Wages-SPPE.

The Secretary faces the challenge of setting vocational training within the broader agenda of a development model and the modernization of the labour-capital relations.

In this context, vocational training faces various challenges that come both from the new market reality in which it plays and the government in which it is inserted.

The Secretariat proposes a combined strategy of action in three dimensions: conceptual advance, institutional articulation and support to civil society.

The actions proposed define the central axis both of the plan of action of the Secretary as well as the institutional consolidation of the Ministry of labour as the responsible organism for the articulation of employment policies and vocational training in the country. The Ministry intends to contribute to the formulation of a new management methodology of the social policies within the government strategy.

MTE. II Congresso Nacional: Sistema Público de Emprego, Trabalho e Renda.
São Paulo: MTE, CODEFAT, FONSET, 2005. 372p

 - Design of a certification system in Brazil p. 48

- National Plan for the Further Training of Workers (PLANFOR) in Brazil p. 61

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Cinterfor/ILO: Modernization in Vocational Education and Training in the Latin American and the Caribbean Region Montevideo, 2001.