Brazil

Economic and Social Development Council

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 2003 – ongoing
Name of organization in charge: Presidencia da República
Type of organization in charge: government
Level: national

Impact

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Implementation: was the innovation effectively, partially or not put into practice at all?

Fulfillment of Aims: were the goals of the innovation completely, partially or not achieved at all?

Output: has the innovation generated recommendations, initiatives, decisions or policies?

Outcome: if there were a policy output, was it enacted or implemented?

Implementation: yes
Fulfillment of Democratic Innovation’s aim: yes
Output: yes
Policy Outcome: yes

The Economic and Social Development Council was created on May 28th, 2003. The Economic and Social Development Council is responsible for advising the President of the Republic in the elaboration of specific policy and guidelines, apart from examining proposals regarding public policies, structural reforms, and economic and social development submitted by the president in order to strengthen relations between the government and the civil society. The council is chaired by the President of the Republic, who appoints its members by formal acts of appointment for two years, with the possibility of renewal. The board is comprised of workers, businessmen, social movements, the government and leaders from different sectors. Currently, the council has 104 councilors. The council has substantially collaborated to intensifying dialogueue between the government and society. This open debate supports and enables long-term development plans, since it is an expression of the possible synthesis of prevalent values and interests incorporated by society and guide government-led initiatives.

Institutional design

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Formalization: is the innovation embedded in the constitution or legislation, in an administrative act, or not formalized at all?

Frequency: how often does the innovation take place: only once, sporadically, or is it permanent or regular?

Mode of Selection of Participants: is the innovation open to all participants, access is restricted to some kind of condition, or both methods apply?

Type of participants: those who participate are individual citizens, civil society organizations, private stakeholders or a combination of those?

Decisiveness: does the innovation takes binding, non-binding or no decision at all?

Co-governance: is there involvement of the government in the process or not?

Formalization: embedded in the constitution/legislation
Frequency: regular
Mode of selection of participants: restricted
Type of participants: civil society
Decisiveness: democratic innovation yields a non-binding decision
Co-Governance: yes

Means

Deliberation
Direct Voting
E-Participation
Citizen Representation

Ends

Accountability
Responsiveness
Rule of Law
Political Inclusion
Social Equality

Policy cycle

Agenda setting

Formulation and decision-making

Implementation

Policy Evaluation

Sources

http://www.cdes.gov.br/