Brazil

Municipal Councils of School Transport

The Municipal Councils of School Transport have the purpose of supporting the public sector in the monitoring and supervision of municipal school transport programs that provide support to primary and elementary school students, together with transport contractors and the municipalities themselves. In general, the councils aim to: oversee and control the implementation of local school transport programs; establish its own regulations to optimally meet the demand of local students; establish criteria for the definition of routes, itineraries and timetables for school transport; and coordinate with the state and federal bodies or departments, and other entities, in order to establish partnerships for municipal and state schools. They should also carry out educational campaigns to clarify and disseminate the Municipal Council of School Transport?s actions, its purpose and its scope, in order to disseminate a greater understanding of citizenship, especially among high school students.

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
only backed by a governmental program or policy 
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

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