Brazil

National Council of Aquaculture and Fisheries

The National Council of Aquaculture and Fisheries is a collegial and advisory body, created as part of the basic structure of the Secretariat for Aquaculture and Fisheries on May 28th, 2003, and regulated on May 5th, 2004. The council, which in 2016 was part of the Ministry of Fishery and Aquaculture, proposes public policies in order to promote the coordination and debate between different levels of government and the civil society so as to develop and promote aquaculture and fishery activities within the national territory. The council is comprised of 54 members - 27 members of the federal administration and 27 members of civil society organizations. Among them are representatives of fishermen, farmers, entrepreneurs, shipowners, researchers and government agencies connected to the area of aquaculture and fisheries

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
embedded in the constitution/legislation 
Frequency
regular
Mode of selection of participants
restricted 
Type of participants
civil society private stakeholders  
Decisiveness
democratic innovation yields a 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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