To promote actions for the institutional strengthening of Public Policy Councils and Collegiate Boards in the City of São Paulo. (BRSP0003)

Commitment ID

BRSP0003

Commitment Title

To promote actions for the institutional strengthening of Public Policy Councils and Collegiate Boards in the City of São Paulo.

Problem

The commitment seeks to ensure that the public policy councils and collegiate bodies active in the municipality of São Paulo are strengthened so as to be effectively involved in the entire cycle of public policies.

Status quo

There are a number councils and collegiate bodies that are formed by government and civil society actors that meet periodically to make decisions on various types of public policy in effect in the city of São Paulo, however, acting in a disjointed manner and, many of them, with a distant relationship with the secretariats to which they are linked. The lack of continuous training for councilors and the employees of the agencies and secretariats responsible for them about their attributions and competencies, and the deficiency in the availability of information related to their activities, are also issues that present themselves as adverse to the full and integrated exercise of the councils and the achievement of autonomy.

Action

The commitment is about institutionally strengthening the more than 30 types of public policy councils and collegia in the municipality of São Paulo, in order for them to become part of the policy-making process itself. It is aimed at promoting the strengthening and integration of all of them, but with two Milestones focused on the Municipal Participatory Council due to the possibility of its replacement by a new Council, called the "Council of Representatives" linked to the Legislative Branch.

To this end, the commitment will guarantee the formation of a commission composed of representatives of the Municipal Participative Council itself, and of the Executive and Legislative branches, to organize the transition between the two Councils. The commitment also provides for the implementation of training courses offered to the citizens who work in these Councils on the functioning of the Public Administration, the Public Policy Cycle, Budgeting, and Accountability, so that these citizens can better perform their role.

The information used in the courses will also be available in publications that will be made available. A communication mechanism will also be created to integrate information about attributions, norms, routines, and other information related to the functioning of all Public Policy Councils.

How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem described above?

The commitment will contribute to the articulation and integration of the various existing public policy councils and collegials. As well as with the training of the civil society representatives who participate in them, so that they can better exercise their attributions in the accountability of the public policies offered by the municipality.

What long-term goal as identified in your Open Government Strategy does this commitment relate to?

The goal identified in the Open Government Strategic Vision that most strongly relates to the commitment in question is: "that participatory forums, especially municipal councils, are effective in the design, implementation, and evaluation of public policies.

Primary Policy Area

Civic Space, Social Accountability

Primary Sector

Cross-sectoral, Public Services (general)

What OGP value is this commitment relevant to?