World Cup Brazil 2014

The Brazilian Head Comission for the World Cup 2014  (represented by the President of CBF) and the National Council of Justice (represented by the President Justice of Supreme Federal Court) signed an agreement, by which the parties start a project to include as many ex-convicts as possible to work in the building of the stadia for the World Cup.

These buildings are going to create millions of jobs (particularly for less educated people), and the Comission sees this as an opportunity of social reinclusion for many ex-convicts who made a mistake and paid their debts with the society; the idea is that the major building companies reserve a share of the jobs for ex-convicts.

Ricardo Teixeira, president of CBF, admitted that the entity can not oblige  the companies to hire anyone, but said that “the companies will understand the social importance of the project and will comply with the Comissions’ goals”.

Gilmar Mendes, Justice of the Supreme Court, revealed that the project was suggested by FIFA’s Secretary, Jerome Valcke, when he visited Brazil last year to attend the Futsal World Cup.

At that occasion, Valcke was introduced to the project  “Starting Over” (Começar de Novo); Valcke found the project very positive and suggested CBF to join it. The goal of  Starting Over is, first, to release convicts who are jailed for crimes that they didn’t commit (according to the Council of Justice, 30% of the 450,000 inmates in Brazilian prisons are in such situation); and then, Starting Over helps those ex-convicts to find jobs in the building sector.

It’s the World Cup giving opportunities to the less fortunate classes in Brazil.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 at 3:15 pm and is filed under stadium.