National Electronic System/ATI implementation (BR0110)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Brazil National Action Plan 2018-2021
Action Plan Cycle: 2018
Status: Active
Institutions
Lead Institution: Ministry of Transparency and Comptroller General of Brazil – CGU
Support Institution(s): Ministry of Transparency and Comptroller General of Brazil – CGU Transparency Secretariat/Brazilian Senate Federal Court of Accounts - TCU National Council for Internal Control - CONACI Comptroller General of the Federal District Article 19 Agenda Pública Getúlio Vargas Foundation
Policy Areas
Access to Information, E-Government, Public Participation, Right to InformationIRM Review
IRM Report: Brazil Design Report 2018-2020
Starred: Pending IRM Review
Early Results: Pending IRM Review
Design i
Verifiable: Yes
Relevant to OGP Values: Access to Information , Technology
Implementation i
Completion: Pending IRM Review
Description
Commitment 11: Develop a National Electronic System for information requests (e-Sic) in order to implement the Access to Information Law (LAI) in states and municipalities.
Lead government institution Ministry of Transparency and Comptroller General of Brazil – CGU
Civil servant in charge for implementing at lead government institution Adenísio Álvaro de Souza
Position - Department General Coordinator/Federative Cooperation and Public oversight Coordination
E-mail adenisio.souza@cgu.gov.br
Telephone (61) 2020-6516
Other involved actors Government Ministry of Transparency and Comptroller General of Brazil – CGU
Transparency Secretariat/Brazilian Senate
Federal Court of Accounts - TCU
National Council for Internal Control - CONACI
Comptroller General of the Federal District
Civil Society Article 19
Agenda Pública
Getúlio Vargas Foundation
Status quo or problem/issue to be addressed Lack of established channels to follow up and referral to access to information requests on state and municipal levels.
Main objective Create a unified platform for access to information requests, available with no cost for states and municipalities.
Commitment short description The commitment intends to increment the access to information on state and municipalities levels by, mostly, creating and implementing a unified platform for access to information requests, with no cost for subnational entities.
OGP Challenge addressed by the Commitment Increase the availability of information about governmental activities
Support civic participation
Expand the access to new technologies in order to disclosure and promote accountability.
Commitment relevance Increase the access to information on state and municipalities levels
Goal Increase the level of implementation of LAI between federated entities.
Situation Initiated in October 2018.
Results description Not available.
Implemented until July/2020
Verifiable and measurable milestones to fulfill the Commitment Start date: End date: Responsible:
LAI diagnoses on states and municipalities
10/01/2018
03/31/2020 Public Agenda
FGV*
TCU
Identification of partners (managers and society) to promote engagement.
10/01/2018
10/31/2018 CGU/CFECS
TCU
Article 19*
FGV
Public Agenda
Development of an analyses over the technical viability of the System 10/01/2018 10/31/2018
CGU*
Develop a survey about the System
10/01/2018
10/31/2018 Brazilian Senate/ Secretariat for Transparency*
CGU
Definition of requirements and demands of the System 10/01/2018 12/31/2018 CGU*
CGDF
Establishment of the System
01/01/2019
06/30/2019
CGU*
Execution of articulation actions with transparency fostering programs
01/01/2019
06/30/2019 CGU*
Brazilian Senate/ Secretariat for Transparency*
FGV
Creation of support materials for managers and society
03/01/2019
06/30/2019 Article 19*
TCU
Brazilian Senate
Public Agenda
Creation of advertising campaigns over the System/LAI
10/01/2018
07/31/2020 CGDF
Brazilian Senate/ Secretariat for Transparency
CGU*
Article 19
TCU
Public Agenda
IRM Midterm Status Summary
11. Governmental Transparency—Access to Information Act in States and Municipalities
Language of the commitment as it appears in the action plan:
“Create a unified platform for access to information requests, available with no cost for states and municipalities.”
11.1. LAI diagnoses on states and municipalities
11.2. Identification of partners (managers and society) to promote engagement.
11.3. Development of an analyses over the technical viability of the System
11.4. Develop a survey about the System
11.5. Definition of requirements and demands of the System
11.6. Establishment of the System
11.7. Execution of articulation actions with transparency fostering programs
11.8. Creation of support materials for managers and society
11.9. Creation of advertising campaigns over the System/LAI
Start Date: January 2018 End Date: July 2020
Editorial note: to see the complete text, visit https://www.opengovpartnership.org/documents/brazil-national-action-plan-2018-2020/.
Context and Objectives
The commitment aims to address the lack of established channels to follow up on access to information requests at the state and municipal levels. In the executive branch at the federal level, access to information portals have become well established since the Access to Information Law (LAI) passed in 2012. These portals are supervised by the Comptroller-General’s Office of the Union and include support for data sharing and capacity building for public actors. [73] Outside the executive branch, other agencies are responsible for the same process, and states and municipalities are required to pass their own legislation and implement similar models. Through these efforts, freedom of information has improved considerably in the past several years in both states and municipalities across the country. [74]
However major challenges remain. Academics have shown that 50 percent of the responses to information requests exceed the time limits established by law and that information to track progress is limited to generic quality indexes, such as time stamps of decisions made during the process. [75] In a study of information requests made between 2013 and 2017, the response rate at the federal level was significantly higher than that at the state and municipal levels—91 percent, compared to 53 percent and 44 percent, respectively. Furthermore, only 37 percent of all state-level and 54 percent of all municipal-level responses scored as minimally accurate or better, compared to 74 percent at the federal level. [76]
To address the challenges resulting from LAI implementation, this commitment aims to create a unified platform for access to information requests. The platform would be available at no cost to states and municipalities.
The commitment proposes a set of policy activities to develop the new platform (Milestones 11.1−11.3) and tools for designing system specifications (11.4 and 11.5), and for the platform’s launch along, with an accompanying awareness campaign (11.6−11.9).
The commitment is specific enough to be verifiable and addresses access to information through the use of technology.
The IRM researcher received feedback from three stakeholders regarding this commitment, all of whom highlighted the importance of the initiative in standardizing access to information in Brazil. Joara Marchezini, of the civil society organization (CSO) Article 19 Brasil, believes the quality of service delivery is an urgent issue in advancing transparency in Brazil. Valdênia Santos Souza, from the Comptroller-General’s Office of the Union, argued civil society expertise can improve mechanisms of social control. Gregory Michener, from Fundação Getulio Vargas [77] stated that a unified portal is critical for progress in service delivery at subnational levels.
The commitment is an important step to help state and local governments improve their access to information portals. It could provide them with the tools and capacity building support necessary to bring their performance in processing information requests to the same level or above that of the federal government. It could make it easier for citizens to start an access to information request. Three clicks or less is a criterion that Article 19 considers key in the implementation of LAI. [78] And such platforms would also allow participating portals to be seamlessly monitored and their data compared, which is currently not possible.
In spite of these positive potential outcomes, the commitment is limited to the creation of the platform and is limited in scale. Without the platform’s uptake, implementation is uncertain. And with an uncertain assessment of the platform’s uptake, the commitment’s potential impact is considered moderate.
Next steps
The commitment is highly relevant to open government efforts in Brazil. It continues a trend of including commitments to strengthen access to information standards, a trend followed by all of the country’s previous action plans. This commitment addresses a critical area: improving transparency across municipalities and states by means of transparency portals. [79]
To increase the commitment’s impact, its offerings should be widely advertised with governments and civil society across the country, as its impact will ultimately depend on the update of the platform the commitment proposes. Besides increasing awareness, capacity building among state and municipality officials will be critical. Researchers have attributed poor performance in the processing of information requests, in part, to lack of awareness of both the access to information law and the agency responsible for implementing the law within their jurisdictions. [80] Addressing this knowledge gap could help propel this commitment into having a significant impact in the country.
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Open Data Policy
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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)
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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
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National Program for Strengthening School Councils
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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
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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
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Dissemination of the Public Open Data Culture to the Local Governments
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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
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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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BR0055, 2013, E-Government
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Disclosure of Recommendations to Carry Out Public Audiences to Serve as Reference for the Government
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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Electronic System for Public Consultations
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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
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Development of the Unique Health System Letter
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Digital Cities Project
BR0073, 2013, E-Government
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Open Data in the Ministry of Justice
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Improvement of the Pro-Ethics Company Registry
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Expansion of the Database of the National Debarment List (CEIS):
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Monitoring of the National Plan for Food and Nutrition Security (PLANSAN)
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Development of Processes for Prior Consultation Under the 169 Convention of the International Labour Organization’S (ILO)
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Redesign of the Current Protection Programs
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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
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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
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Partnership with World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Brazil
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Development of the National Open Data Infrastructure (INDA)
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INDA Capacity Building Plan
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INDA Awareness- Raising Activities
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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)
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Aquarius Platform
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Data Warehouse
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Restructuring the Transparency Portal
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Facilitate Access to Specific Databases
BR0023, 2011, E-Government
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Interactive School Development Plan
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Control Panel for the Integrated Monitoring and Oversight System (Public Module)
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United Suppliers Registry (SICAF)
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Registry of National Education Prices
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Contractual Management of IT Services
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Implementation of Pro-Ethics Company Registry
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Systemic Integration of Ombudsman Units
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Continued Training for Public Ombudsman Units
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Public Services Portal
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