Brazil

The Brazilian Service to Micro and Small and Enterprises (SEBRAE) is a non-profit private entity. It is an agent of capacity building and promotion of development created to support the small business in the country. It works since 1972 to stimulate entrepreneurship and enable the competitiveness and sustainability of the micro and small initiatives.

It also encourages workers in Brazil to attain professional qualifications.

The National Pact for the Elimination of Slave Labour was signed in 2005 by 100 different entities, with private companies, economic groups and 11 business entities (in 2010 there were already 130 signataries).

The Pact envisages the introduction of tools that will be used for the business sector and society to prevent the use of slave labour in the productive chain.

The Portuguese and Brazilian Governments signed a bilateral agreement in 2009 aimed at regularizing the immigrant status of several Brazilian nationals residing in Portugal. 

The Council of Brazilians Abroad (Conselhos dos Brasileiros no Mundo) establilshes the principles and directives of the Brazilian Government policy towards its communities residing abroad. It created the Brazilians around the World Conferences - CBM, the Council of Representatives of Brazilians abroad - CRBE and, under the coordination of the MInistry of External Relations, acts on behalf of the Brazilian communities abroad.

The Argentinean National Migration Directorate established via its disposition N. 53253/2005 a "National Program for Migrant Documents Regularization", which was also called "Patria Grande". This programme was arranged to regularize the immigration status of natives of foreign countries belongining to MERCOSUR (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela) and their associate member countries (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Suriname), that were residing in Argentina prior to April 17th, 2006.