Brazil

Povos da Mata Network

City/State/Region: Bahia - BA
Begin – End: 2015 – ongoing
Name of organization in charge: Rede Povos da Mata
Type of organization in charge: civil society
Level: regional

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 Povos da Mata Network is the first participatory initiative to approve compliance (OPAC)to produce certifications of bio origins in the state of Bahia. The Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA) authorized the issuance of organic certificates through a participatory process in 2016, through the Participative Guarantee System (GSP). The aim of the network is to establish dialogue with family businesses of agricultural production, farmers benefited by agrarian reform, and indigenous and quilombola communities, to agree on actions and on the certification of agricultural products. It counts with the participation of 4,200 people who are in charge of agro-ecological management in 14 municipalities of Bahia. The Network has the support of the Arapyaú Institute, Funbio and the Instituto Mecenas da Vida, and collaborates with SEBRAE and the Instituto Cabruca. In addition to certification, the network provides training through an electronic portal for the sale and distribution of agricultural products.

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: not backed by constitution nor legislation, nor by any governmental policy or program
Frequency: regular
Mode of selection of participants: both
Type of participants: citizens civil society private stakeholders
Decisiveness: democratic innovation yields a binding decision
Co-Governance: no

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://povosdamata.org.br/