Structure
The IBGE is an institution of the Federal Government, constituted a public foundation by Decree Law No. 161 of February 13, 1967, and is bound to the Brazilian Department of Planning, Budget and Management. It has four directors and two other central organs.
The IBGE has a network of national research and dissemination components, comprising:
- 27 state units (26 in state capitals and one in the Federal District);
- 27 centres for documentation and dissemination of information (26 in the capital and one in the Federal District);
- 27 units for separate territories (26 in the capital and one in the Federal District )
- 533 data collection agencies in major cities.
- Headquarters in Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro was the capital of the Republic when the Office was established).
Also in Rio de Janeiro are five boards and a school: Executive Directors (ED), Directorate of Research (DPE), Department of Geosciences (DGC), Department of Informatics (DI), Center for Documentation and Information Dissemination (CDDI) and the "National School of Statistical Sciences".
The Directorate of Research is responsible for planning and coordinating the research of nature and processing of statistical data collected by the state units, the Department of Geosciences is responsible for basic cartography, the national geodetic system, with a survey of natural resources and environment and by survey and geographical studies. The Center for Documentation and Information Dissemination is responsible for documentation and dissemination of information produced by the institute as well as coordinating the 27 SDDIs in the country, and the National School of Statistical Sciences besides being responsible for training the institute's employees, is a federal institution of higher learning that offers the following courses: BA in Statistics; specialization in Environmental Analysis and Management Planning, and Masters in Population Studies and Social Research.
The IBGE also maintains the Roncador Ecological Reserve, situated 35 km south of BrasÃlia.
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