Humanitas360 Institute’s 2026 Annual Report highlights citizen participation in the Americas; read it here

The Humanitas360 Institute has published its 2026 Annual Report, which brings together the main actions and projects carried out by the organization over the past 12 months. The report was first presented at the H360 Annual Board Meeting, held October 9–11 in Aspen, Colorado (USA). Aspen is the city where, in addition to São Paulo, the Institute is also headquartered. In her opening letter, founder Patrícia Villela Marino sums up the spirit of the publication: “Democracy is not something to be contemplated: it is something to be practiced, and its practice has a name: citizen participation.”

This is the theme of the report’s central article, “Citizen Participation: Pillar of a Healthy Democracy,” which also gives the cover its title. The article starts from the retreat from international cooperation under the Donald Trump administration and argues that when governments step back, civil society must step forward. With offices in the United States and Brazil, H360 positions itself as a trusted bridge for American individuals, foundations and companies to support initiatives in Brazil, Latin America and the U.S. itself. The article also highlights the special consultative status granted to the Institute in June by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which strengthens its voice in multilateral forums.

The publication also presents the Institute’s Matrix of Programs and Projects, organized into four pillars. The first is Access to Justice and Prison System Reform, the new name of the long-standing Entrepreneurship Behind and Beyond Bars program. The others are Information and Research, Institutional Partnerships, and Climate Justice. Highlights include the CIVIX Index — Barometer of Citizenship in the Americas, which will measure civic vitality in eight countries across the continent, and the Difficult Conversations debate series. Also featured are the Book Club at Tremembé Women’s Penitentiary II, the first in Brazil led by a formerly incarcerated woman, and the Portas Verdes: Saidinha project, which supports women on temporary prison release. The report also covers the technical cooperation with São Paulo’s Institute for Technological Research (IPT) on industrial hemp and medical cannabis. At the end, a special insert brings the full text of the op-eds H360 published in the press over the past year, in outlets such as O Globo, Folha de S.Paulo, Estadão, Poder360 and Correio Braziliense.

Click here or read the Humanitas360 2026 Annual Report below: