CSN Foundation

Space for free and multidisciplinary actions, aimed at training and disseminating art, education and culture. During the pandemic in 2020, it reinvented itself in the digital environment and expanded the possibilities of exchanges and connections with other regions from the country. It adapted its programming with virtual exhibitions, lives, podcasts, workshops, webseries, among other actions.

Consultancy, promotion and dissemination program for Brazilian audiovisual production. In 2021, the third edition was launched, in a new format in partnership with the São Paulo International Documentary Meeting (DOCSP). Four documentaries were selected to participate in three training processes in impact campaigns between 2021 and May 2022.

The final prize of R$ 108,000 was destined to promote the documentary named “Asexybilidade”, which addresses the sexuality of people with disabilities. The CSN Foundation monitors the finalization of the four films selected in the call for proposals through creative consultations.

Program aimed at inserting young people into the job market. It has been operating for over 50 years with Apprenticeship programs. National operations in 9 hubs: Belo Horizonte, Congonhas, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Contagem, Ouro Branco, São Gonçalo do Rio Below, Duque de Caxias, Volta Redonda and São Paulo.

In 2021, another action front was created, the Internship Integration.

Socio-environmental intervention in communities, lectures and heritage appreciation. Held in municipalities of Minas Gerais: Congonhas, Belo Vale, Ouro Preto and Arcos and in Volta Redonda.

The Garoto Cidadão is a sociocultural project that offers music, theater, dance and visual arts activities after school hours with the aim of providing the human development of children and adolescents in vulnerable situations.

With 9 units, the project is present in five Brazilian states: Minas Gerais (Arcos and Congonhas); Rio de Janeiro (Volta Redonda and Itaguaí); Paraná (Araucaria); the city of São Paulo (in Heliópolis) and Mato Grosso do Sul in three cities (Bonito, Coxim and Porto Murtinho). In 2020 its performance became online with activities such as soirees, storytelling, theatrical presentations, workshops and video editing, among others.

In order to prepare students for the university and the job market, the CSN Foundation grants partial and full scholarships to the Pandiá Calógeras Technical School (RJ) and the Technological Education Center in Congonhas (MG).

The training program that takes place at the Hotel-Escola Bela Vista and at the Vila Buniness Hotel, in Rio de Janeiro, seeks to train young people aged between 16 and 29 for the job market and their first job.

Scholarship program in place since 2016, implemented by the CSN Foundation and sponsored by CSN in partnership with Barnard College, a New York University focused on teaching for women.