other municipal offices of the prefecture of rio de janeiro include the Secretaria Especial de Ciência e Tecnologia - SECT (Special Secretariat for Science and Technology), Secretaria Especial de Desenvolvimento Econômico Solidário - SEDES (Special Secretary for Economic Development Outreach), Secretaria Especial de Envelhecimento Saudável e Qualidade de Vida - SESQV (Special Secretariat for Healthy Aging and Quality of Life) Secretaria Especial de Políticas para as Mulheres - SPM-RIO (Special Secretariat of Policies for Women) Secretaria Especial de Promoção e Defesa dos Animais - SEPDA (Special Secretariat for the Promotion and Defense of Animals), the Secretaria Extraordinária de Defesa do Consumidor - SEDECON (Secretariat extraordinary Consumer Protection), Secretaria Municipal da Casa Civil - CVL (Municipal Civil House), Secretaria Municipal da Pessoa com Deficiência - SMPD (City Department of Persons with Disabilities), Secretaria Municipal de Administração - SMA (Municipal Administration), Secretaria Municipal de Conservação - SECONSERVA (City Department of Conservation), and the Secretaria Municipal de Cultura - SMC (Municipal Culture).