Brazil

Municipal Councils for the Person with Disabilities

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 1985 – ongoing
Name of organization in charge: Governos Municipais
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: unknown
Output: unknown
Policy Outcome: unknown

The Municipal Councils for the Rights of the Person with Disabilities are collegial, deliberative and permanent organs of an equal representation of government and civil society members linked to municipal administration responsible for the Municipal Policy for the Person with Disabilities. These councils aim to: elaborate and define the Municipal Council for the Person with Disabilities? general program; encourage and ensure the integration of all players in the definition of the council?s political guidelines and general program; propose the administrative structure of the council; coordinate the project implementation programs with those from other departments and municipal companies; propose, encourage, assist and monitor initiatives that relate to issues of people with disabilities; establish the rules of procedure of the council; convene the Municipal Conferences for the Person with Disabilities and the council?s monthly plenary meetings; ensure the effective implementation of the Municipal Policy for Inclusion of the Person with Disabilities.

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 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