sociedade civil mantenedora

English translation: supporting civil society

10:53 Aug 13, 2004
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: sociedade civil mantenedora
Faculdade católicas, SCM da PUC
Jennifer Gay
English translation:supporting civil society
Explanation:
:)
... For the supporting civil society organizations is it important not to use a standard
list of typical vulnerable groups, but to identify at the national level ...
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5non-profit corporation supporting [Pontífica...]
Marian Greenfield
4non-profit supporting corporation/ non-profit funding corporation
Maria Luisa Duarte
3supporting civil society
Clauwolf


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supporting civil society


Explanation:
:)
... For the supporting civil society organizations is it important not to use a standard
list of typical vulnerable groups, but to identify at the national level ...
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Clauwolf
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non-profit supporting corporation/ non-profit funding corporation


Explanation:
mantenedora = supporting; controlling; funding

nonstock corporation/ civil law partnership /civil society = sociedade civil



They have formed a complex web of associations, which includes CRUB, the Associacao Brasileira de Mantenedoras do Ensino Superior (ABMES), the Associacao das Universidades Particulares (ANUP), and the Associacao Brasileira das Universidades Comunitarias (ABRUC).34 It is
typical of private institutions to have an owner (called supporting institution-instituiado mantenedora) who has all the power to nominate or dismiss the rector and other administrative and academic personnel. Theoretically, these supporting institutions are all
nonprofit; although, in practice, this may be just a way to avoid paying taxes, and to have access to student credit and other public benefits.35 Religious and community-based institutions have argued for long that they are public institutions in terms of their objectives, and that they should be entitled to public support, which is forbidden today by the Constitution except for student credit or research. Their relationship with the federal government and public universities, tend to be tense and difficult. They resent the controls
34For a detailed description and analysis, see Sampaio, 1998, Chapter 4, Campo Politico: Atores e Policies.
35Two recent acts by the government, Decree 2.306 of August, 1997, and Medida Provis6ria 1.477-40, 1997, were aimed at identifying more clearly which institutia.is are in fact for profit, and which ones are truly not. The current legislation allows educational institutions to work openly as for-profit institutions, paying all the taxes, but it is not clear whether any one has taken up this possibility.










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Maria Luisa Duarte
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non-profit corporation supporting [Pontífica...]


Explanation:
but as part of the name of the corporation, I wouldn't translate. Only translate if it's a description in the text.

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