National Council of Elderly Rights
The National Council of Elderly Rights, established in May 2002, is a permanent superior body, collegiate and deliberative in nature, and an integral part of the regimental structure of the Human Rights Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic. Its main responsibility is to prepare guidelines for the formulation and implementation of the National Policy for the Elderly in accordance with the Statute of the Elderly. The council is committed to: contributing to the improvement of legislation relevant to the National Policy for the Elderly and ensuring compliance with international conventions and agreements related to the elderly and population aging; supporting the state, municipal and Federal District councils in the defense of the human rights of elderly persons and encouraging the creation of new councils on different levels; evaluating policies developed at the municipal, state and national levels; monitoring institutional reorganization by proposing changes in public and private structures of elderly care whenever necessary; promoting educational campaigns on the rights of the elderly; and monitoring the preparation and execution of federal budget proposals, while signaling necessary changes to ensure compliance with the rights of the elderly. The council?s responsibilities also include promoting partnerships with governmental and non-governmental organizations to develop a system of indicators and monitor activities related to elderly care. In addition, the council promotes studies, discussions and research on the implementation and results of the programs and projects developed by the Department of Human Rights for the elderly population. The council is comprised of 28 members, 14 of which are representatives of the Federal Executive branch, and 14, of civil society institutions.
Institutional design
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
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