Brazil

National Committee on the National Policy of Agroecology and Organic Farming

The National Committee on the National Policy of Agroecology and Organic Farming, established in 2012, aims to promote civil society participation in the formulation and monitoring of the National Policy of Agroecology and Organic Farming, whose objective is to integrate, coordinate and adapt policies, programs and actions that induce agro-ecological transitions, as well as to organic farming, therefore contributing to sustainable development and the population's quality of life through the sustainable use of natural resources and the supply and consumption of healthy foods. The commission is comprised of 28 representatives: 14 from the government and 14, from civil society.

Institutional design

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Formalization: is the innovation embedded in the constitution or legislation, in an administrative act, or not formalized at all?

Frequency: how often does the innovation take place: only once, sporadically, or is it permanent or regular?

Mode of Selection of Participants: is the innovation open to all participants, access is restricted to some kind of condition, or both methods apply?

Type of participants: those who participate are individual citizens, civil society organizations, private stakeholders or a combination of those?

Decisiveness: does the innovation takes binding, non-binding or no decision at all?

Co-governance: is there involvement of the government in the process or not?

Formalization
only backed by a governmental program or policy 
Frequency
regular
Mode of selection of participants
restricted 
Type of participants
civil society  
Decisiveness
democratic innovation yields a non-binding decision  
Co-Governance
yes 

Means


  • Deliberation
  • Direct Voting
  • E-Participation
  • Citizen Representation

Ends


  • Accountability
  • Responsiveness
  • Rule of Law
  • Political Inclusion
  • Social Equality

Policy cycle

Agenda setting
Formulation and decision-making
Implementation
Policy Evaluation

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