Aiming to interact with its congeners, Brother José Otão Foundation - FIJO emphasizes the importance of highlighting the international events that took place before the VI International Meeting on the Third Sector- Social Economy

* I International Meeting of Foundations (1995): Integration and Collaboration among Foundations;
* II International Meeting of Foundations (1997): Foundations' Actions and their Integration;
* III International Meeting of Foundations (1999): Exchange and Quality in Social Work;
* IV International Meeting of Foundations (2001): Foundations' Relationship - Third Sector / the Government and the Market
* IV International Meeting of Foundations (2003): Social Capital - a path for everyone - generator of a better world; interactive actions among the First, Second and Third Sectors.

FIJO recognizes the importance of the social actions developed by the Third Sector. However, FIJO also recognizes that there is a lot of misunderstanding about such actions and Government actions. Simply because their approach is different.