The inspiration for the name of the project comes from the Latin term civitas, which means citizenship. The CIVITAS Nucleus was born in 2015 thanks to the partnership between CIVITAS - Cultural and Citizenship Association and Tabosa de Almeida University Center (ASCES-UNITA), in order to promote, in Caruaru (PE) and region, activities of academic, cultural and civic nature. Through courses, events, and social intervention projects, it stimulates new generations of citizens to actively participate in different spaces of the civil life of their respective communities, through democratic and fraternal dialogue, seeking to unite in diversity and act towards the common good.

• Collaborate with the training of people, in order to prepare new leaders with the human competencies needed for political, social and cultural qualification in the local, regional, national and global contexts;

• To provide an atmosphere of open dialogue for all those who wish to be active collaborators in building a more just society, aware of their rights and duties as citizens;

• To function as a laboratory of study and experimentation, guided by the principle of universal brotherhood, in continuous openness to dialogue with the most diverse branches of knowledge;

• Promote every year schools of social and political education, called ‘’Escolas Civitas’’, dedicated to the formation of citizens committed to the essence of true politics (the art of promoting the good of all), highlighting the attitude of "being political";

• Develop courses, lectures, forums, seminars, conferences, workshops, and social intervention projects, in order to contribute concretely to the construction of a new political and social reality in the diverse situations and scenarios presented in the present time.

Weekly meetings with dialogue rounds and visits, besides other activities, aimed at the community in general, about several themes related to the life of the city and the community, such as the activities already developed throughout these years:

- Action developed at Marco Zero of the city of Caruaru to raise the citizen-elector's political awareness and the importance of qualifying their vote. 

- Technical visits to schools in the municipality of Caruaru for the political formation of teenagers and young people, with lectures given by the project members themselves. 

- Dialogue rounds between students and civil society on the themes involving the culture of peace and non-violence, ambient displacement; peaceful means of conflict resolution; youth protagonism; implementation of the SDGs - UN Sustainable Development Goals, etc. 

- Partnership with the City Council of Caruaru, with dialogue rounds between councilmen and the academic community. 

- Signature of the Political Pact for Citizenship 2017/2020: this is a letter of commitment signed by some councilmen during the "Roundtable on the Perspectives of Youth: sports, leisure, culture, education, and work", to be observed and fulfilled during the years 2017 to 2020, with the purpose of stimulating the councilmen to build actions based on the principles and values of the Civitas Nucleus, for the benefit of the youth of Caruaru..

In addition, it seeks to promote advocacy with public and private institutions, aiming to qualify the democratic processes.

One of the main activities of the Nucleus is to periodically promote the Schools of Social and Political Formation, called "Escola Civitas".