Overview
- The program debuted on November 8 at a soccer field in Morro da Lua, in São Paulo’s Capão Redondo/Campo Limpo area, with community leaders, social movements, app workers, recyclers and cultural activists in attendance alongside allied lawmakers.
- Officials pledged state-by-state meetings and an online channel through the Brasil Participativo platform’s Orçamento Participativo Digital for residents to register local priorities.
- Boulos presented the initiative as answering President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s call for ministers to work beyond Brasília and deepen engagement with low-income communities.
- Speakers highlighted demands such as regulation of app-based work, ending the 6×1 work schedule, housing needs and mental health concerns, while Boulos’ portfolio includes leading talks on app-work rules.
- Launched less than 20 days after Boulos took office, the initiative is his first project as Secretary-General, and he also cited the Reforma de Casa Brasil program for home-improvement aid.