Brazil

Municipal Participatory Councils (SP)

The Municipal Participatory Councils of the city of São Paulo were instituted by Law 15764, on May 27th, 2013, as autonomous bodies from civil society recognized by the Municipal Government. They are consultative and representative spaces which are present in 32 sub-prefectures of the city. Their function is to exercise social monitoring and to ensure participation in the planning and control of public actions and expenditures, as well as to suggest actions and public policies in the territories. They are composed of representatives of civil society elected by all citizens. The Participatory Councils are regularly composed of 1163 councilors, among which at least one immigrant in each council is counted (i.e. 38 immigrants).

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  
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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