Brazil

Public Transparency and Anti-Corruption Council

The Public Transparency and Anti-Corruption Council is a collegial and advisory organ linked to the Office of the Comptroller General, is intended to suggest and discuss measures for the improvement of control methods and systems and to increase transparency in public administration. Its responsibilities are: to contribute to the elaboration of guidelines for policies on transparency in public resource management and on fighting corruption and impunity, to be implemented by the Office of the Comptroller General and by other bodies and agencies of the federal public administration; suggest projects and priority actions for policies on transparency in public resource management and on fighting corruption and impunity; suggest procedures that promote the improvement and incorporation of actions to increase transparency and fight corruption and impunity within the federal public administration; act as the body responsible for articulating and mobilizing civil society in the fight against corruption and impunity; conduct studies and establish strategies that support legislative and administrative proposals to maximize transparency in public administration and the fight against corruption and impunity. In 2016, it consisted of 20 councilors.

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 private stakeholders  
Decisiveness
democratic innovation yields no 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

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