Brazilian Portal for Social Participation (BR0076)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Brazil Second Action Plan
Action Plan Cycle: 2013
Status: Inactive
Institutions
Lead Institution: General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic
Support Institution(s): NA
Policy Areas
E-Government, Public Participation, Regulatory GovernanceIRM Review
IRM Report: Brazil End-of-Term Report 2013-2016, Brazil Progress Report 2013-2014
Starred: No
Early Results:
Outstanding
Design i
Verifiable: Yes
Relevant to OGP Values: Civic Participation , Technology
Implementation i
Description
to develop a Portal with the aim of disclosing information on opportunities for social participation in the federal level and of stimulating the creation of communities for discussing topics related to citizen participation. The Portal is part of the development of the National Policy for Social Participation.
IRM End of Term Status Summary
Commitment 3.8. Brazilian Portal for Social Participation
Commitment Text: To develop a Portal with the aim of disclosing information on opportunities for social participation in the federal level and of stimulating the creation of communities for discussing topics related to citizen participation. The Portal is part of the development of the National Policy for Social Participation.
Responsible institution: General Secretariat of the Presidency
Supporting institution: None
Start date: Not specified End date: 14 December 2014
Commitment aim
The goal of the commitment was to develop a virtual platform to carry out innovative participation practices, and to open up a space for citizens and organisations, including those within the government, to debate.
Status
Midterm: Completed
The commitment resulted in the creation of the Participa.br portal, which contains interactive and participatory functions for public consultation, as well as virtual screen casting for the transmission of conferences, events, and meetings. The site has become a repository of knowledge about social participation that was previously dispersed across the network. Some of the participation features available in previous portals were expanded upon by Participa.br. For additional details, please see the IRM Midterm Progress Report.
Did it open government?
Civic participation: Outstanding
The portal is ambitious as its technological innovation improves citizen involvement in the development of public policies. The portal allows for debate and discussion in Thematic Communities, which include both government and civil society participants. In addition, people can learn about social participation on the site, and exchange comments and questions in real-time through the integrated Google Hangout function.
By October 2015, the site contained 39 active communities (i.e., with at least one existing participation thread), and more than 13,500 users who produced 400,000 comments via more than 6 million logins.[Note 103: Abner da Costa Peixoto, “Instrumentos da Democracia Participativa: Um estudo sobre o Participa.br e o Dialoga Brasil,” 2015, http://bit.ly/2i4EyMa. ] The portal was used to involve citizens in important activities, such as the Regulatory Framework of Civil Society Organisations, the National Policy for Social Participation, and the Federal Public Ombudsmen. The platform was also used for consulting citizens on Internet governance. In the course of one month, it received 295 proposals and more than 280,000 votes.[Note 104: Secretary General of the Presidency, Public Consultation results, http://bit.ly/2o4tNef. ]
The public reacted positively to the site. A study carried out in 2014 found that nearly half of all registered users (44%) actively participated on the portal. Seventy-four percent of those users believed that public participation in national policy had clearly improved as a result of their interactions on the site.[Note 105: Grazielle Machado Fernanda, UNDP, Project BRA/12/018 – desenvolvimento de Metodologias de articulação e gestão de políticas públicas para promoção da democracia participativa, produto 6, http://bit.ly/2jt1SUf. ] While researchers have pointed out areas for improvement, such as user friendliness,[Note 106: Raphael dos Santos Pinto, “Avaliação de Sistemas de Particiação Social Online,” August 2016, http://bsi.uniriotec.br/tcc/201608Pinto.pdf.] the involvement of government administrators,[Note 107: Vanderlei de Menezes Souza, “Plataforma Participa.br: Um Estudo Sobre a Participação Social na Formação das Políticas Públicas,” 2014, http://bit.ly/2nbFlh6. ] and overly complex threads,[Note 108: Abner da Costa Peixoto, “Instrumentos da Democracia Participativa: Um estudo sobre o Participa.br e o Dialoga Brasil,” 2015, http://bit.ly/2i4EyMa.] they all agree that the system is effective in bringing together civil society and government to co-develop policies. According to a survey of users, 56% of respondents thought that citizen participation on the platform influenced public policies, at least to a large extent.[Note 109: Vanderlei de Menezes Souza, “Plataforma Participa.br: Um Estudo Sobre a Participação Social na Formação das Políticas Públicas,” 2014, http://bit.ly/2nbFlh6.] In addition, the Head of Technology at ThoughtWorks Latin America praised the initiative for creating a platform for social participation while using open software, and emphasised expansion of Internet access in Brazil as the next step to ensuring greater access to these new mediums.[Note 110: “Participa.br é destaque na Conferência Latino-Americana de Software Livre,” 20 October 2014, http://bit.ly/2oJBbKs.]
Carried forward?
This commitment was carried forward to Brazil’s third action plan. The latter includes a commitment on improving free access to technological tools for social participation. Going forward, the IRM researcher recommends further promoting Participa.br inside and outside of government to strengthen and expand the base of participants.
Commitments
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Subnational Good Governance
BR0100, 2018, Capacity Building
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Open Data Policy
BR0101, 2018, Access to Information
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Scientific Data Governance
BR0102, 2018, Access to Information
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Capacity-Building and Oversight on Nutrition Policy
BR0103, 2018, Capacity Building
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Transport Data
BR0104, 2018, E-Government
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Transparency and Oversight in Infrastructure Repair Processes
BR0105, 2018, Capacity Building
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Increase Participation in Legislative Process
BR0106, 2018, Capacity Building
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Urban and Rural Land Registers
BR0107, 2018, E-Government
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Climate Change Policy Evaluation
BR0108, 2018, E-Government
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Water Resource Management
BR0109, 2018, Capacity Building
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National Electronic System/ATI implementation
BR0110, 2018, Access to Information
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Open Data on the Federal Government
BR0084, 2016, Access to Information
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Transparency of Public Funds
BR0085, 2016, Capacity Building
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Access to Information Policy in the Federal Government – Promptness and Effectiveness to Information Requests
BR0086, 2016, Access to Information
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Access to Information Policy in the Federal Government – Requesters’ Personal Information Safeguard
BR0087, 2016, Access to Information
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Effectiveness of National Policy for Social Participation Mechanisms
BR0088, 2016, Capacity Building
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Digital Educational Resources
BR0089, 2016, Capacity Building
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Open Data and Information Governance in Health
BR0090, 2016, Access to Information
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Prevention to Torture and Mean, Inhuman, or Humiliating Treatments in the Penitentiary System
BR0091, 2016, Access to Information
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Innovation Spaces for Management in Public Services
BR0092, 2016, Capacity Building
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Assessment and Streamline of Public Services
BR0093, 2016, E-Government
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Open Innovation and Transparency in the Legislative
BR0094, 2016, Capacity Building
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Fostering Open Government in States and Municipalities
BR0095, 2016, Capacity Building
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Transparency and Innovation in the Judiciary
BR0096, 2016, Access to Justice
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Social Participation in Federal Government’S Planning Cycle
BR0097, 2016, E-Government
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Open Data and Active Transparency in Environment Issues
BR0098, 2016, Access to Information
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Mapping and Participatory Management for Culture
BR0099, 2016, Access to Information
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Probity Defense and Asset Recovery
BR0033, 2013, Anti-Corruption
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Development of a Methodology for Social Participation on the Monitoring of the Pluriannual Plan (PPA) and on the Formulation of the Federal Public Budget
BR0034, 2013, Capacity Building
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Development of the Monitoring System for the Social Movements Demands
BR0035, 2013, Capacity Building
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Capacity-Building of Educators, Political Agents, Public Managers, Councilors for Social Policies and Community Leaderships
BR0036, 2013, Capacity Building
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Encourage States and Municipalities to Endorse the OGP Four Principles
BR0037, 2013, Capacity Building
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Implementation of the ODP.Nano
BR0038, 2013, Fiscal Openness
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Strengthening of the Office of the Comptroller General (CGU)
BR0039, 2013, Anti-Corruption
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Online Accountability of Resources for Education Within the National Fund for Education Development
BR0040, 2013, E-Government
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Generation of Knowledge and Capacity-Building of Managers and Public Resources Operator’S Partners and of Councilors for Social Control
BR0041, 2013, Capacity Building
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National Program for Strengthening School Councils
BR0042, 2013, Capacity Building
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Development of a Unified and Interactive Information Panel on the Implementation of the Water for All Program, Which Can Be Publicly Accessed Through the Internet
BR0043, 2013, Capacity Building
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Digital Inclusion of Health Councils
BR0044, 2013, E-Government
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Development of Tools for Increasing Transparency and Enhancing Land Governance
BR0045, 2013, E-Government
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Implementation of the Document Management Policy in the Federal Government
BR0046, 2013, Capacity Building
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Development of the “Access to Information Library”
BR0047, 2013, Access to Information
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Disclosure of Data from the Execution of the Union Budget and from Government Purchases
BR0048, 2013, Access to Information
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Dissemination of the Public Open Data Culture to the Local Governments
BR0049, 2013, Access to Information
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Development of Support Technologies and Licensing Models for the Disclosure of Open Data
BR0050, 2013, Access to Information
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Disclosure of Information from Government Systems in an Open Data Format
BR0051, 2013, Access to Information
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Corporative Information Management in Social Security (E-Governance)
BR0052, 2013, E-Government
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Improvement of Active Transparency and of the Unique Health System’ Ombudsman Unit
BR0053, 2013, Access to Justice
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Strengthening of the National Audit System of the Unique Health System (SUS)
BR0054, 2013, Anti-Corruption
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Increasing Public Transparency of the Labor Relations Secretariat of the Ministry of Labor and Employment
BR0055, 2013, E-Government
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Disclosure of Recommendations to Carry Out Public Audiences to Serve as Reference for the Government
BR0056, 2013, Capacity Building
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Development of a Database of the Federal Public Administration Purchases Prices
BR0057, 2013, Anti-Corruption
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Participatory Audits on the Constructions of Brazilian Host Cities for the 2014 FIFA World Cup
BR0058, 2013, Anti-Corruption
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Development of an Indicators Model for Transparency of Brazilian Municipalities Institutional Development
BR0059, 2013, Capacity Building
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Development of a Brazilian Portal for the Open Government Partnership (OGP)
BR0060, 2013, E-Government
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Development of Monitoring Reports on the Electronic Citizen Information System (e-SIC)
BR0061, 2013, Access to Information
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Encouragement of Social Participation
BR0062, 2013, Anti-Corruption
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Formulation and Implementation of the Ministry of Defense’S Information Management Policy
BR0063, 2013, Records Management
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Development of a Database of Administrative Documents Produced by Brazil’S Navy
BR0064, 2013, Public Participation
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Open Educational Data
BR0065, 2013, Access to Information
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Improvement of Data Transparency from the National Consumer Protection Information System (Sindec)
BR0066, 2013, Access to Information
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Restructuring of the Brazilian Federal Government Transparency Portal
BR0067, 2013, Access to Information
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Electronic System for Public Consultations
BR0068, 2013, E-Government
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Improvement of Health Services Through the Increased Use of the National Health Card
BR0069, 2013, Health
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Participatory Development of the Federal Ombudsman System
BR0070, 2013, Justice
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“Brazil Transparent” Program
BR0071, 2013, Access to Information
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Development of the Unique Health System Letter
BR0072, 2013, Health
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Digital Cities Project
BR0073, 2013, E-Government
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Development of the National System for the Promotion of Racial Equality (SINAPIR)
BR0074, 2013, Human Rights
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Improvement of Mechanisms for Social Participation in the Formulation of Public Policies
BR0075, 2013, Public Participation
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Brazilian Portal for Social Participation
BR0076, 2013, E-Government
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Open Data in the Ministry of Justice
BR0077, 2013, Access to Information
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Improvement of the Pro-Ethics Company Registry
BR0078, 2013, Private Sector
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Expansion of the Database of the National Debarment List (CEIS):
BR0079, 2013, Anti-Corruption
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Monitoring of the National Plan for Food and Nutrition Security (PLANSAN)
BR0080, 2013, Health
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Development of an Information System on the Maria Da Penha Law (Law No. 11,340/2006)
BR0081, 2013, Gender
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Development of Processes for Prior Consultation Under the 169 Convention of the International Labour Organization’S (ILO)
BR0082, 2013, Labor
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Redesign of the Current Protection Programs
BR0083, 2013, Access to Justice
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Capacity Building Programs
BR0001, 2011, Access to Information
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Distance Education Program
BR0002, 2011, Access to Information
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Guide for Public Officials on Access to Information
BR0003, 2011, Access to Information
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Information Services Model
BR0004, 2011, Access to Information
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Diagnostic Study on the Transparency Values of Executive Branch
BR0005, 2011, Access to Information
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Diagnostic Study on Role of Federal Ombudsman Units (FOUs)
BR0006, 2011, Access to Information
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Research Study to Identify the Demands of Society in Regard to Access to Information
BR0007, 2011, Access to Information
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Preparation of a Catalogue of Public Data and Information
BR0008, 2011, Capacity Building
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Organization of a Meeting of the Inter-Council Forum Multi-Year Plan 2012–15 (Phase 2)
BR0009, 2011, Capacity Building
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Organization of the 1st National Conference on Transparency and Social Control (1St Consocial)
BR0010, 2011, Capacity Building
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Organization of the 1st National Open Data Meeting
BR0011, 2011, Access to Information
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Organization of the National Seminar on Social Participation
BR0012, 2011, Capacity Building
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Partnership with the Digital Culture Laboratory
BR0013, 2011, Access to Information
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Partnership with World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Brazil
BR0014, 2011, Access to Information
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Development of the National Open Data Infrastructure (INDA)
BR0015, 2011, Access to Information
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INDA Capacity Building Plan
BR0016, 2011, Access to Information
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INDA Awareness- Raising Activities
BR0017, 2011, Access to Information
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Launch of the Brazil Open Data Portal
BR0018, 2011, Access to Information
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Resource Transfer Agreements and Contract System (SICONV)
BR0019, 2011, Access to Information
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Aquarius Platform
BR0020, 2011, Access to Information
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Data Warehouse
BR0021, 2011, E-Government
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Restructuring the Transparency Portal
BR0022, 2011, Access to Information
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Facilitate Access to Specific Databases
BR0023, 2011, E-Government
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Interactive School Development Plan
BR0024, 2011, E-Government
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Control Panel for the Integrated Monitoring and Oversight System (Public Module)
BR0025, 2011, E-Government
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United Suppliers Registry (SICAF)
BR0026, 2011, Access to Information
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Registry of National Education Prices
BR0027, 2011, Anti-Corruption
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Contractual Management of IT Services
BR0028, 2011, Anti-Corruption
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Implementation of Pro-Ethics Company Registry
BR0029, 2011, Private Sector
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Systemic Integration of Ombudsman Units
BR0030, 2011, Access to Justice
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Continued Training for Public Ombudsman Units
BR0031, 2011, Access to Justice
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Public Services Portal
BR0032, 2011, Access to Information