Transparency of Federal Properties (BR0116)

What is the public problem that the commitment will address? The commitment aims to address the problem of lack of comprehensive and integrated information on the use of federal public properties available to civil society. Despite some initiatives aimed at disclosing these data, they lack centralized management and coordination at the national level so that information from all government bodies involved (INCRA, FUNAI, ICMBio, etc.) and their respective public policies is made available with increasingly transparency.

What is the commitment? The commitment involves the implementation of coordinated actions by government bodies in charge of managing federal public properties to enhance transparency for civil society of information related to the theme. It also aims to both improve the quality of existing information - including on the use of federal properties - and disclose data in formats enabling its reusability.

How will the commitment contribute to solve the public problem? By engaging federal public institutions involved with the theme and establishing forums for dialogue with civil society.

Why this commitment is relevant to OGP values? The commitment is relevant to OGP values because it: 1) improves the quality of the information already available and thus enhances transparency; and 2) encourages social participation by engaging civil society in the implementation of actions. It is important to note that it also allows: i) through the cooperation agreement between SPU and INCRA, the establishment of new rules to increase transparency in the use of rural federal public properties, a matter of high interest to civil society; and ii) through the holding of a meeting to coordinate the public bodies involved, the engagement of more actors in the generation of products to help implement the improvement actions.

Additional information This commitment supports the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11, which aims to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

Milestones (with verifiable deliverable) Start Date: End Date: Milestone 1 - Regular disclosure of improved data and information on the use and sale of federal public properties (in process or completed) December 2021 August 2022 Milestone 2 - Signing of a technical cooperation agreement between SPU and INCRA for implementing georeferencing and inspection actions and integration of data on federal public properties December 2021 December 2022 Milestone 3 - Improvement of the integrated database of federal public properties, based on an assessment of whether public bodies provide information and data in a timely manner December 2021 June 2022 Milestone 4 - National meeting on public property governance to develop a technical proposal, with the participation of civil society and state and municipal governments December 2021 June 2022

Action Plan Review

Commitment 6. Transparency in the use of Federal Properties

Results Report

Commitment 6. Transparency in the use of federal properties

The commitment aimed to tackle the lack of integrated and reusable information on the use and sale of federal properties. Land transparency has been an ongoing and early priority in Brazil’s action plans, [83] with commitments seeking to increase transparency of rural and urban properties by creating registries. This commitment specifically identified a lack of transparency and quality on federal property data.

In its conception, the commitment grouped relevant stakeholders to coordinate, integrate, and improve federal property data. Despite assembling these relevant stakeholders, the commitment achieved limited completion and no notable early results. According to the government self-assessment and commitment implementation reports, coordination and participation were ongoing issues as the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA), which administers land reform, had limited participation and the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI), which is in charge of protecting Amerindian rights and interests, did not assign a representative to support the commitment. [84]

In advancing Milestone 1, the Secretariat of the Brazilian Union Patrimony (SPU), who has been engaged in ongoing transparency efforts, [85] carried out some work individually, increasing transparency and data availability in an open format. [86] However, Milestones 2, 3, and 4 on data integration and improved governance achieved no to little progress. [87] In general, the evidence points to ineffective inter-agency coordination [88] while the design lacked a focus on facilitating civil participation and the use of data, [89] both of which were not addressed in implementation.