Appendix B: Glossary and Acronyms List Name Acronym Name (Portuguese) Description (English) BNDES Banco Nacional do National Bank of Brazil’s official development Desenvolvimento Development bank, is the source of subsidized loans for the majority of Brazilian business investments, including for agribusiness BR-163 n/a n/a A federal highway that extends 3,467 kilometers from São Miguel do Oeste in Santa Catarina to Santarém, Pará CBO n/a Community-based A public or private nonprofit organization (including a church or religious entity) working at a local level that is representative of a community or a significant segment of a community CDVDH/CB Centro para a Defesa Center for the Defense A non-profit, historically da Vida e dos Direitos of Life and funded by Spanish donors, Humanos/Carmen Rights/Carmen Bascarán based in Açailândia, Bascarán Maranhão, that runs the Your Eyes So You “Open Don’t Become a Slave” with CPT and organized slavery/resilience-themed dance, theater, and Capoeira programs for youth in vulnerable communities CI n/a Collective Impact An approach developed by FSG that consists of a commitment of a group of cross-sector actors to a common agenda for solving a complex social problem CONATRAE Confederação Nacional National Confederation A cross-sector collaboration da Eradicação do of the Eradication of headed by the Secretariat of Trabalho Escravo Slave Labor Social Development, with participation from a wide array of government agencies, unions, and NGOs, focused on eradicating slavery in Brazil
Appendix B: Glossary and Acronyms List Acronym Name (Portuguese) Name (English) Description BNDES Banco Nacional do Desenvolvimento National Bank of Development Brazil’s official development bank, is the source of subsidized loans for the majority of Brazilian business investments, including for agribusiness BR-163 n/a n/a A federal highway that extends 3,467 kilometers from São Miguel do Oeste in Santa Catarina to Santarém, Pará CBO n/a Community-based organization A public or private nonprofit (including a church or religious entity) working at a local level that is representative of a community or a significant segment of a community CDVDH/CB Centro para a Defesa da Vida e dos Direitos Humanos/Carmen Bascarán Center for the Defense of Life and Rights/Carmen Bascarán A non-profit, historically funded by Spanish donors, based in Açailândia, Maranhão, that runs the “Open Your Eyes So You Don’t Become a Slave” with CPT and organized slavery/resilience-themed dance, theater, and Capoeira programs for youth in vulnerable communities CI n/a Collective Impact An approach developed by FSG that consists of a commitment of a group of cross-sector actors to a common agenda for solving a complex social problem CONATRAE Confederação Nacional da Eradicação do Trabalho Escravo National Confederation of the Eradication of Slave Labor A cross-sector collaboration headed by the Secretariat of Social Development, with participation from a wide array of government agencies, unions, and NGOs, focused on eradicating slavery in Brazil
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