Brazil

Multiannual Participatory State Plan

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 2007 – ongoing
Name of organization in charge: Governos Estaduais
Type of organization in charge: government
Level: regional

Impact

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Implementation: was the innovation effectively, partially or not put into practice at all?

Fulfillment of Aims: were the goals of the innovation completely, partially or not achieved at all?

Output: has the innovation generated recommendations, initiatives, decisions or policies?

Outcome: if there were a policy output, was it enacted or implemented?

Implementation: partial
Fulfillment of Democratic Innovation’s aim: yes
Output: yes
Policy Outcome: yes

The Multiannual Participatory State Plan (port. PPPA - Plano Plurianual Participativo Estadual) is a decentralized means of political participation adopted by several Brazilian regional governments which aims to include citizen input in the guidelines for the strategic planning outlined by each state. The Multiannual Plan is a budget scheme, provided by the federal constitution, in which federal bodies propose the goals and strategic objectives of public plans for the next four years. Since 2007, after a first experience in the state of Pará, state governments have been developing communication tools to discuss the plans with the population. These tools increased citizen participation in defining budget allocation. In most cases, the states involved their citizens in the planning process through plenary sessions, conferences and regional debates. They also promoted simultaneous digital consultations through online deliberation platforms, where users could give suggestions and discuss ideas. Some states also incorporated permanent monitoring councils and other democratic innovations into the Multiannual Plan deliberation process, among other features.

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: sporadic
Mode of selection of participants: open
Type of participants: citizens civil society private stakeholders
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