Presentation in the first workshop of the Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries project. Looking at the context of open data, and the research case study planned for 2013 - 2014. See http://www.opendataresearch.org/project/2013/gpopai

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Caring for my neighborhood
Project
Citizen engagement on the public
budget

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Context – legal mark
2000 - Brazil improves accountability and
transparency with Fiscal Responsibility Law
complemented in 2009 by the (Fiscal)
Transparency Law .
This law forces all public entities to web publish
detailed budget data in real time

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Context – legal mark
Fiscal Transparency Law defines the following
deadlines for its compliance:
2010 Federal Government, states and
municipalities with more than 100,000
inhabitants
2011 Municipalities that have between 50,000
and 100,000 inhabitants
2013 Municipalities with up to 50,000 inhabitants

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Context – how many cities
283 Brazilian municipalities with more than
100,000 inhabitants – deadline expired in 2010
324 Municipalities that have between 50,000 and
100,000 inhabitants – deadline expired in 2011
4958 Municipalities with up to 50,000
inhabitants – deadline will expire in 28th
May!

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What is the idea ?
• We have chosen the biggest city in Brazil, São
Paulo, which has around 10.8 million people.
• It has 38 bi Brazilian Reais (around 19 bi USD)
public budget
• The idea is to put individual expenses on the city
map
• Give the people the opportunity to know a little
more about budget theme linking it to their
everyday life

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Why?
• Citizen empowerment
• Fiscal Transparency
• Fight agaisnt corruption
• Efficiency

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First step – the tool

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What do data has told us ?
• R$35 billions 2011 budget has 3,029 individual
expenditures
• 56% of them has elements for geolocation
44%
56%

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Great! But...
Most resources go to expenditures without
geolocation elements
Enacted Values Allocated Values Settled Values
Expend. without geolocation elements Expend. with geolocation elements

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Second step – the people
We have chosen acting in a bottom-up way.
• We are running a pilot project in some São
Paulo East side communities
• There are many districts which sum up to 3
million people
• Poverty concentration and lack of urban
facilities

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How ?
• Around 100 local leaders and citizens will use
the tool in a sistematic way
• We have a very important partner, Our São
Paulo Network, which is almost 600 social
movements network in São Paulo City.
• We expect to contribute with them by giving
elements in order to ask for better
information

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Future steps
São Paulo Municipal executive power become
aware of this project and we hope to sign a
technical cooperation agreement in the next
month
• Work for better data quality
• Official Caring for my Neighbourhood version?

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Comments, suggestions?
Thank you!
giselesc@usp.br
www.gpopai.usp.br/cuidando