Brazil

Urban Management SP

City/State/Region: Sao Paulo - SP
Begin – End: 2013 – ongoing
Name of organization in charge: Prefeitura de São Paulo
Type of organization in charge: government
Level: local

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: unknown

The Urban Management web platform of the São Paulo local government has a digital citizen participation area designed to enable several types of consultation with citizens. The prefecture enables open thematic consultations during a specified period, during which citizens can contribute with comments, suggestions, and in several cases through collaborative mapping tools. The topics covered range from the identification of idle and dilapidated properties, to the programming of street carnivals, including the review of strategic plans or the open government plan. Other topics discussed were more related to urban management itself: the management of parks and green spaces, the installation of public WiFi services, and public safety plans for transit were discussed. At the conclusion of the consultations, the prefecture publishes a document that collects and systematizes the proposals. Until 2019, 56 consultations had been made in this way, with a range from 20 to more than 600 contributions from citizens per consultation.

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: sporadic
Mode of selection of participants: open
Type of participants: citizens
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

https://participe.gestaourbana.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/