Controladoria-Geral da União
Americas Regional Conference on the Right of Access
to Information
Panel I
Is Transparency Delivering (In Brazil) ?
Jorge Hage
Minister of State, Head of the Office of the Comptroller General
Lima, April 28th 2009
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Inspiring References:
"A popular Government without popular information or
the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or
a Tragedy or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever
govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their
own Governors, must arm themselves with the power
knowledge gives."
James Madison
“Sunlight is the best disinfectant ”
Louis Brandeis
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CGU – Our view on the matter
Transparency as pre-condition to:
- fight against corruption
- improvement of public management
- social control
- social inclusion
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There are 2 kinds of transparency:
Active/Spontaneous
and
Passive/Demanded
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Important actions taken by the Brazilian
Government towards openness and
transparency
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Transparency time line
Transparency
Portal
Purchase Cards on Web
End of “B Accounts”Purchase Cards
mandatory
Transparency
Pages (ministries)
2004
2005
e-procurement
Audit Reports on Web
2006
2007
2008
Black List
Transparency Portal
in states and local
governments
Web-based system
for Federal
Transfers: Siconv
on Web
SICAF – Suppliers
Registration System
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May, 2009: Bill on Access
to Information
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TRANSPARENCY PORTAL
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The Transparency Portal provides
information on:
• Resources applied directly by the federal departments
• Federal resources transferred from the federal level to
states and municipalities.
• Federal resources transferred directly to citizens.
• Transactions on the Federal Government's Purchase
Card.
www.portaldatransparencia.gov.br
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Public Transparency Pages
of each federal department
• Data referring to the spending of each department
or entity (self-managed federal entities, foundations,
state and semistate enterprises), with information on
each procurement process, each contract and each
agreement.
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Direct Spending
Transparency Portal
Budget year
Transfers
By state/county
spending category
Punished Firms
Transfers to citizens
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Transparency Portal in Numbers:
Amount displayed
Over US$ 2 trillion
Over 780 m. entries
Information
1,443,610
Visits in 2008
1.443.610
1.600.000
1.400.000
1.200.000
1.000.000
646.701
800.000
377.078
600.000
400.000
285.968
200.000
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0
2005
2006
2007
2008
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International Awards
UNODC Award
2008
“Important work on promotion of transparency
on public money spending”
UNCAC States Parties Conference
Bali 2008
One of the five best practices in strategies for
transparency and fight on corruption in the
world
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Spreading Transparency countrywide:
- Currently, 11 Brazilian state governments are
running adapted versions of the Transparency
Portal
- Other 3 states and several municipalities are
developing theirs Transparency Portals with
CGU support
- In all cases, CGU provides know-how and
technicians to help on development
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List of Ineligible Firms - CEIS
133 firms declared ineligible
777 firms temporarily suspended
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133 Ineligible Firms
Firm’s identification
Sanctioned by
State
Source of
information
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777 suspended firms
Firm’s identification
Sanctioned by
State
Source of
information
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Federal Government’s
Purchase Card
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Executive Order number 6.370,
February 1st, 2008
the end of “B Accounts” for small
purchases, which were not transparent and hardly
accountable
- Establish
- Use of the Purchase Card became mandatory for
small purchases
- Cash withdraws strongly limited
- Spending with the Purchase Card displayed Online
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Reduction on spending - 2007/2008
Small Purchases using “B Accounts”:
2007 - R$ 168.374.665,00
- 31%
2008 - R$ 116.488.772,00
Using Purchases Card:
2007 - R$ 76.254.492,00
- 27%
2008 - R$ 55.257.326,00
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Reduction on spending:
1st quarters of 2007-2008-2009
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Total Amount on Small Purchases
30.000.000
26.437.580
25.000.000
45%
20.866.374
20.000.000
2007
14.660.335
15.000.000
2008
2009
10.000.000
5.000.000
0
1st Quarter
1º Trimestre
Fonte: Cartão de Pagamento - Portal da Transparência; Contas Tipo B e outros - Siafi Gerencial (*até 23 de março)
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B Accounts x Purchase Card
14.000
2007
2008
2009
12.000
10.000
8.000
6.000
4.000
Milhares R$
2.000
-
JAN
FEV
MAR
ABR
MAI
JUN
JUL
SET
OUT
NOV
DEZ
JAN
FEV
MAR
ABR
MAI
ContasB 4.183 5.890 8.715 7.680 9.029 8.189 9.969 8.019 9.160 8.540 4.388 3.735 4.947 3.174 3.475 2.617
CPGF
4.409
878
2.362 3.488 8.565 7.054 9.790 9.526 7.655 6.037 4.865 6.282
805
JUN
JUL
AGO
OUT
NOV
DEZ
841
2.177 1.065 1.870 2.240 1.284
JAN
FEV
MAR
417
390
749
1.922 2.742 2.452 3.680 4.569 4.842 6.287 6.246 9.414 7.969 1.429 3.706
Fonte: Cartão de Pagamento - Portal da Transparência; Contas Tipo B e outros - Siafi Gerencial (*até 23 de março)
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Purchase Card - Withdraws
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9.000.000
8.000.000
7.000.000
6.000.000
5.000.000
4.000.000
3.000.000
2.000.000
1.000.000
0
FEV
MAR
2007 1.691.750
217.917
870.551
2008 2.799.319
371.722
547.263
159.838
395.648
2009
JAN
945.589
Fonte: Portal da Transparência
ABR
MAI
JUN
JUL
AGO
SET
OUT
NOV
DEZ
1.268.128 5.219.517 4.091.718 6.065.288 7.838.971 6.570.588 5.157.649
2.374.467
1º Trim. 3.357.117
2007 = 2.780.218
453.796
363.978
566.396
644.780
711.657
879.729
793.752
924.809= 3.718.304
1.165.981
1º
Trim. 2008
1º Trim. 2009 = 1.501.075
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Transfers Portal
- Web-based system for registering agreement
procedures between central and local governments
- Standardized and transparent methods
- Information on money transfers, monitoring public
policy execution and accounting
- Information freely available on Web
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Transfers Portal
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Other tools for enhancing
transparency
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Brazilian e-procurement system
In 2007 the Federal Government purchased over US$ 8
billion in goods and services using e-procurement
Conventional
procurement
52%
e-procurement
48%
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ComprasNet Portal (e-procurement)
Comprasnet Portal
COMPRASNET is the entry point for the
Brazilian Federal Government eprocurement system. In this portal the
user may find information on all the
Federal Government purchases of
goods and services as well as
participate in the electronic procurement
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Audit Reports Online
- On CGU website: Regular Audit
reports (Program monitoring), Random
Audit reports, Special Audits reports
- On each ministry website: Annual
Account Audit Reports
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Yes. Transparency is
already delivering in
Brazil
(and it can deliver
even more)
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CONTROLADORIA-GERAL DA UNIÃO
Address: Setor de Autarquia Sul,
Quadra 1, Bloco A
Edifício Darcy Ribeiro
CEP: 70070-905
Phone: +55 61 3412 7241
Fax: +55 61 3412 7230
Visit the Transparency Portal:
www.portaldatransparencia.gov.br
www.cgu.gov.br
cgu@cgu.gov.br