the Secretaria Municipal de Esportes e Lazer, SMEL, is the department of rio de janeiro's prefecture in charge of developing public sporting policies. along with its policies smel creates joint activities between government sectors and private entities, by maintaining and modernizing spaces and sports facilities in the city.

this municipal is heavily involved with encouraging sport practice to increase the quality of life of rio de janeiro's residents - for more informaiton on the role of the secertary in the city individuals might have a look at their webpage.