The Southern Regional Meeting took place on Saturday, May 18, in Curitiba, Paraná. In the first of six events that will be held for students of the 2024 Elections training, RenovaBR brought together 70 participants from the Southern region for an afternoon of learning and knowledge exchange. 

With 19 parties represented and students from 32 municipalities, the event was mediated by Faynara Merege, RenovaBR leader and parliamentary advisor, and José Henrique Nascimento, Secretary of Finance of Brusque (SC). 

For the classes, the event was attended by Helton Souto, President of the DACOR Institute, who spoke about Elections and Diversity. TEDx Speakers Micarla Lins and Giovanni Begossi spoke about communication, public speaking and insecurity. Irina Bullara, RenovaBR Advisor, spoke about self-knowledge in politics; and finally, political scientist Humberto Dantas closed the day with the dynamic Letter of the Future. 

The meeting also had the presence of RenovaBR leaders in two panels: the first, “Cities and Society”, was attended by councilwoman Indiara Barbosa (NOVO/PR) and Fernanda dos Santos, specialist in partnerships and fundraising at the Sivis Institute. Valdemar Jorge, former Secretary of Sustainable Development of Paraná and Mayor André Vechi (PL/SC) participated in the second panel, “Politics and Market”.

In the last block of the event, the best projects of the “Day of Renewing Brazil” in the South region were awarded, separated into 3 categories: Promotion, Popular Mobilization and Civic Entrepreneurship. In the first, the winning project was “Entre Gestos e Sonhos”, by student João Pedro Azevedo, from class C.

In the Popular Mobilization category, the winning project was “Empowerment and Women in Politics”, by student André Nicoletti, from class A. The third highlight went to the project “Renewed Energy”, by students Elis Domingues and Letícia Fanini, both from class D.