The Planning Committee was established in 2021 under the current PPGEdu Regulations with the following responsibilities:

I – lead the strategic planning process of the Program, ensuring alignment with the actions outlined in the Institutional Development Plan (PDI) of UFPE;
II – ensure the development of a political-educational project that contributes to improving the regional and national education landscape, through solidarity actions and democratic processes, aimed at building a postgraduate education that is both academically strong and socially committed;
III – develop actions to strengthen the Program at the local, regional, and national levels;
IV – continuously review the selection processes for the Master's and Doctoral programs;
V – plan the long-term offering of courses and other curricular components.

The first structural action of the Planning Committee was to systematize the Strategic Planning of PPGEdu for the 2021-2024 term. This was based on discussions and agreements made during the Annual Evaluation and Planning Seminars held in 2021 and 2022. The challenge was to reposition the Program's political-formative project considering the impacts caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. In this context, six Strategic Actions were defined, which began to be monitored by the Planning Committee, the Self-Assessment and Faculty Monitoring Committee (CAAD), and the Coordinations of the Research Lines. The main priorities included the implementation of Self-Assessment Policies, promoting Faculty and Student Academic Production, and supporting students’ participation in scientific events.

In 2023, the Planning Committee coordinated a Technical Visit from PROPG to address the implementation of our planning and self-assessment policies within the Collegiate, taking into account the first evaluative indicators of the Program released by CAPES. Following the CAPES Mid-Term Seminar, the Committee, in collaboration with the Research Line Coordinations, conducted a new situational analysis of the Program to identify its key weaknesses and realign the goals and actions to be implemented in the final year before the quadrennial evaluation. This process culminated in another Technical Visit from PROPG, which, in August 2024, met with the Coordinations of the Program's Research Lines.

With the new regulations for the granting and use of funds from the Graduate Support Program (PROAP/CAPES), established by the Research and Graduate Studies Chamber at the Federal University of Pernambuco, it was decided that the Program's financial resources would be directed towards achieving the strategic objectives outlined in its Strategic Planning (see Art. 5 of Normative Instruction No. 02/2024). Furthermore, each Program was required to establish a Management Committee to define criteria for fund distribution, monitoring methods, and the execution of PROAP funds in coordination with the Program's management. With the Collegiate's approval, during its Ordinary Meeting in May 2024, it was decided that the members of this Committee would be the same as those in the Planning Committee. Thus, the Planning Committee assumed the responsibilities of the PROAP Resource Management Committee:

I – to collaborate with the Coordination in planning and execution PROAP, focusing on PPGEdu’s strategic objectives;
II – to partner with the Coordination in ensuring proper use resources and submitting the accountability for qualitative analysis by the Collegiate.

As a result, starting in the second semester of 2024, the Planning and Financial Management Committee began coordinating the publication of Notices and developing procedures for executing PROAP funds. The Planning Committee currently consists of five members appointed by the Collegiate, with a two-year term, renewable for another two years.

Aims to collect and analyze data on the operation and scientific, artistic, technological, and extension productions to improve the quality of teaching and research in PPGEdu.