Increase the Power of Intervention of the Municipal Participative Councils in Each Subprefecture (City District), Creating Deliberative Open Sessions to Receive Proposals and Demands from the Citizens. (SAO0001)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: São Paulo, Brazil Action Plan
Action Plan Cycle: 2017
Status:
Institutions
Lead Institution: Municipal Secretariat for Institutional Relations
Support Institution(s): Municipal Secretariat for Subprefectures; Participative and Thematic Municipal Councils
Policy Areas
Local Commitments, Public ParticipationIRM Review
IRM Report: São Paulo IRM Report 2017
Early Results: Marginal
Design i
Verifiable: Yes
Relevant to OGP Values: Yes
Ambition (see definition): High
Implementation i
Description
Issue to be addressed: Concerning open government initiatives promoted by the City Hall, there are low participation levels among citizens. Primary Objective: Improving social participation by means of new communication channels between citizens and Participative Councils in order to empower these participatory structures at the Subprefectures. Short Description: By means of open deliberative sessions, it aims at bringing citizens closer to the Municipal Participative Councils and Subprefectures, so that their demands can be heard and received, and they can also engage with local participative structures. OGP Challenge: Participative Councils, as important structures of reception and discussion of popular demands, by reaching out to citizens, can strengthen social participation in decision-making local level processes. Likewise, the creation of open sessions, the production of reports and the provision of the meetings’ agenda and minute will grant better access of information to citizens.