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City Hall appoints new members to the Municipal Council of Favelas.
Published on 26/11/2025 - 12:32 | Updated on 27/11/2025 - 11:51
Forty-four council members will represent civil society and the public sector over the next two years - Iago Campos/Rio City Hall The Deputy Mayor of Rio, Eduardo Cavaliere, alongside the Deputy Mayor of the Large Complexes, Marli Peçanha, and the Secretary of Governmental Coordination, Edson Menezes, swore in, this Wednesday (November 26th), at the City Palace, the 44 new full and alternate council members who will represent civil society and the public authorities for the next two years on the Municipal Council of Favelas. Created in 2021, COMFAV is an unprecedented space for popular participation in Brazil, which aims to assist the municipal government in improving public policies in favelas and communities.
– The Council plays a crucial role in formulating public policies. This is not a space for specific problems of a community. It is very important that each council member feels part of the whole, that you understand that this is the space for building public policies that have the capacity to serve everyone on a large scale – stated Eduardo Cavaliere.
COMFAV is composed of representatives from civil society – residents' associations, community councils, and non-profit non-governmental organizations with proven experience in communities – as well as members of the municipal government. The Council is chaired by Marli Peçanha and has Janaina Marcia Garcia, from the Subprefecture of Large Complexes, as its executive secretary.
– COMFAV is a listening project that discusses the territories and came to help the mayor govern the city, pointing out the priorities in the favelas. The council members are the mayor's eyes, bringing to light the difficulties so that we can work to resolve them – said Marli Peçanha.
This advisory and participatory body is characterized by representativeness, inclusion, and transparency in the dialogue between public authorities and communities. COMFAV represents a commitment from the municipal administration to a more just and sustainable city with opportunities for all.
– Through dialogue and listening, we are able to look at those who need it most. Within the Council's concept, we have the example of the Aço Community. A place that had a reality forgotten by the public authorities, where people lived in degrading conditions, and today each one has their own apartment and their dignity – declared the Secretary of Governmental Coordination, Edson Menezes.
COMFAV members sworn in:
Civil society
Residents' Association of Morro do Alemão (Ramos)
Luciene da Silva Santos – Holder
Paulo Soares Moreno – Alternate
Thinking of You Association (School)
Ricardo da Silva Souza – Holder
Juliana Silva Reis – Alternate
Residents and Friends Association of Vila Santa Clara (Taquara)
Antonio Carlos Amaral Bastos – Holder
Daniel Porto Pereira Lopes – Alternate
Residents' Association of Fazenda Botafogo Margem da Linha (Costa Barros)
Joseandro Freire Vieira – Holder
Suelen de Lima Inácio – Alternate
Environmental Events Institute – IEVA (Center)
Alexandre Gontijo dos Santos – Holder
Diego Kobylirski de Lacerda – Alternate
Residents' Association of Morro do São João (Engenho Novo)
Péricles dos Santos Barreto – Holder
Paola Nunes da Silva Trindade – Alternate
Maré Development Networks Association (Maré)
Mauricio Dutra de Oliveira – Holder
Everton Pereira da Silva – Substitute
Transforming Art Project (Penha)
Albert Martins Alves – Holder
Antônio Wagner Vieira – Alternate
Light and Peace Social Project (Piedade)
Gedilsa de Melo Ferreira – Holder
Marcio Leal Ferreira – Alternate
Phoenix Social Institute (Praça Seca)
Elenice José Vilela Fabiano – Holder
Marcos Fabiano Araújo – Alternate
Public Power
Municipal Housing Secretariat
Murilo Pedro Xavier Barbosa – Holder
Fabiana Fernandes Machado – Alternate
Municipal Secretary of Education
Renata Costa de Oliveira – Holder
Izabel Cristina de Oliveira – Alternate
Special Secretariat for Policies for Women and Care
Bárbara Bahia de Melo Holanda – Holder
Fernanda Rocha Fernandes – Alternate
Special Secretariat for Youth in Rio
Fernando Dias da Silva – Holder
Adriano Aguiar de Almeida – Alternate
Municipal Secretariat for the Environment and Climate
Mayra dos Santos Assumpção – Owner
Simone Rezende do Nascimento – Alternate
Municipal Secretariat of the Civil House
Maysa Cabral Ávila – Holder
Franciane Duarte Lima – Substitute
Special Secretariat for Community Action
Jéssica do Nascimento Pereira – Holder
Tatiana Duarte Affonso – Alternate
Pereira Passos Municipal Institute of Urban Planning (IPP)
Diego Maggi – Starter
Bianca Medina Lanceta Ramos – Alternate
Special Secretariat for Solidarity Economy
Luiz Anderson Barbosa Menezes – Holder
Manoel Ribeiro de Marins – Alternate
Municipal Secretariat of Labor and Income
Manoel Vieira Gomes Junior – Holder
Cristiane Izidoro de Souza – Alternate
Municipal Department of Social Welfare
Edna Ferreira Conceição – Holder
Reinaldo Jesus dos Santos – Alternate
Municipal Health Department
Sebastián Freire – Holder
Márcio Alexandre Baptista – Alternate
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