Participatory Budgeting in the city of Recife, Brazil - the world’s most participative public agency?

Further information

More details on this Recife case study in participatory budgeting can be gathered from the Prefeitura de Recife website, http://www.recife.pe.gov.br/op/

Inquiries for further information can be addressed to Evelyne Labanca Corrêa De Araújo, Municipal Secretary for Management and Planning, City of Recife  (evelynelabanca@gmail.com)

Information on the Reinhard Mohn Prize of the Bertelsmann Foundation

The Reinhard Mohn Prize is for a governmental institution which has run projects which have been successful in revitalizing democracy and which have established new forms of popular participation.The Bertelsmann Foundation scored entrants for the 2011 Reinhard Mohn Prize on the actual and potential effectiveness of the initiatives undertaken to strengthen democratic structures and institutions, the capacity to establish innovative strategies to resolve problems, the level and scale of mobilization and representation of civil society, the integration of under-represented and socially exlcuded groups, the sustainability and impact of the initiatives , their degree of innovation and their replicability in other social contexts where participation might be relevant.
The approach in Recife was recommended to the Bertelsmann Foundation by the Centro de Estudos em Administração Pública e Governo (CEAPG) of the Fundação Getúlio Vargas de São Paulo (FGV-EAESP) as an example of innovation in local governance and citizen participation in municipal democracy. It was one of more than 1000 projects worldwide entered (through an internet application process) for the Reinhard Mohn prize.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the Prefeitura de Recife for the photos and information in this website, with particular thanks for their co-operation to the Mayor, João da Costa Bezerra Filho , and Evelyne Labanca Corrêa De Araújo, Municipal Secretary for Management and Planning, City of Recife.

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