Abong (Brazilian Association of Non-Governmental Organizations) is a national platform founded in 1991 with the purpose of coordinating civil society organizations (CSOs) that campaign for human rights, democracy and a more solidary, just and sustainable world. The association also fosters local and regional processes, disseminates information, builds and shares strategies and gives visibility to this political field, which has acquired a higher public profile in the country and worldwide since the ECO-92 Earth Summit (the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development) which took place in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.