Brazil

National Council of Solidarity Economy

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 2003 – ongoing
Name of organization in charge: Presidencia da República
Type of organization in charge: government
Level: national

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 National Council of Solidarity Economy was created on May 28th, 2003. It is a collegial body, advisory and propositional in character, and an integral part of the structure of the Ministry of Labor and Employment. The council aims to coordinate interests and ensure policies and actions that strengthen the solidarity economy. The council?s main responsibilities are to encourage and promote actions that stimulate civil society and government engagement in solidarity economy policies; establish guidelines for solidarity economics policies; propose measures to improve legislation and the activities and proposals of the Ministry of Labor and Employment and the National Secretariat of Solidarity Economy; mediate partnerships established between civil society entities in the council and the secretariat; and act with other councils focused on the areas of development, employment and income generation. In 2016, the council was comprised of 56 members: 19 representatives of the federal government, of state labor departments and of state and municipal agencies that support the solidarity economy; 20 representatives of the so-called solidarity economy enterprises; and 17 members of other civil society organizations and social services.

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
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