This report was funded by the Telles Foundation and developed in close co-operation with Todos Pela Educação and Insituto Sonho Grande whose staff provided valuable guidance and support throughout the process. In particular, the OECD would like to convey its sincere appreciation to Priscila Cruz, Olavo Nogueira Filho, Gabriel Corrêa, Caio Sato, Guilherme Freitas, Priscila Cabral, Bruna Rodrigues and Cristina Duarte from Todos Pela Educação, as well as Clara Schettino and Helena Lima from Instituto Sonho Grande. We would also like to thank the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for their support and insights.
We are very grateful to the education experts who graciously shared their insights and knowledge with us, in particular, Prof. Maria Helena Guimarães de Castro, Prof. Francisco Soares, and Prof. Naercio Aquino Menezes Filho.
The OECD team was led by Elizabeth Fordham (OECD Secretariat), co-ordinated by Manuela Fitzpatrick (OECD Secretariat), and included Simon Field (external consultant), Anna Vitória Perico e Santos (OECD Secretariat), Caitlyn Guthrie (OECD Secretariat), Daniel Trujillo (former OECD Secretariat), and Charlotte Mayard (former OECD Secretariat). Within the OECD Secretariat, we would also like to thank Richard Ruochen Li, Jens Arnold, Gabor Fulop, Pablo Fraser, Tarek Mostafa, Daniel Sanchez Serra, Christa Rawkins, Diana Toledo Figueroa, Estela Souto, Jean Yip, Pedro Lenin and Jacqueline Frazer for their support. The team is grateful for the support and advice from Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, and Paulo Santiago, Head of Policy Advice and Implementation Division. Sara Gouveia (former OECD Secretariat) provided administrative support, Lidia Gromadzka (OECD Secretariat) organised the publication process and Rachel Linden helped to prepare the draft for publication.