PARTICIPATORY REGIONAL SEMINARS
Fostering Participation in Policy-Making Decisions
Through Innovative Mechanisms
Pernambuco
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Located in the northeast region of Brazil
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Seventh most populous State (8,796,032 inhabitants)
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Area: 98,311 square kilometers
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12 Development Regions – 185 cities
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Economy that grows above the average of the
northeast region and Brazil
Pernambuco
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3 capitals
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3 international airports
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2 regional airports
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5 international ports
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16 millions inhabitants
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More than 35% of NE’s GDP
Pernambuco
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6 capitals
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5 international airports
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10 international ports
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1 river port
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36 millions inhabitants
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90% of NE’s GDP
Pernambuco
Strategy map
Strategy map
#1. Dialogue with Society
#2. Transparency, responsability and
public accountability mechanisms
#3. Integrated Management
Model Focused on results
Strategy map
#1. To reach the most vulnerable
segments of the population
#2. To consolidate the development
process and expansion into the
interior regions of the State
Participatory Regional Seminars
“Todos por Pernambuco”
OBJECTIVES
• A broad mechanism for citizen participation to interact directly
with governmental authorities to express their needs, demands
and suggestions in a deliberative forum
• Opportunity to debate regional issues and imminent problems
• Target the most vulnerable segments of the population
• Outcomes influencing the Multi-Year Budget Plan (the law that
consolidates government action and budgetary implementation
over four years)
Participatory Regional Seminars
“Todos por Pernambuco”
OBJECTIVES
• Transmiting the notion of Government´s availability, interest
and readiness to listen to the people
• Restoring the feeling of belonging and citizenship, particularly
among residents in rural communities, through the presence of
the Governor and State Secretaries
• Providing conditions and means for the people to freely
express their demands and suggestions
• Ensuring a technical process for compilation and analysis of the
proposals, characterized by transparency:
Participatory Regional Seminars
“Todos por Pernambuco”
TECHNICAL PROCESS
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Audio and video recording of the plenary sessions and thematic group
discussions;
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Creation of a database by the Planning and Management Secretariat
staff to consolidate the proposals debated and suggested in all Regional
Seminars;
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Analysis and management of the database for ranking priorities,
establishing joint commitments with the Governor and incorporation
into the Multi-Year Plan; and
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Feedback to society on the establishment of joint commitments and
their incorporation into the Multi-Year Plan, using Regional Committees
structured as mechanisms for systematic dialogue with civil society.
Seminars Schedule
Seminars Schedule
Seminars Schedule
Seminars Schedule
Seminars Schedule
Seminars Schedule
Material handed
out to participants
Government
Program
Letter from
the Governor
Proposal
Booklet
Government
Actions
Material handed
out to participants
Participation of the population
2007
2011
Carried out in the 12 Development Regions
of the State
Carried out in the 12 Development Regions
of the State
Actions discussed in General Plenary
Session
06 thematic discussion rooms
5,207 participants
13,498 participants
2,600 proposals registered
26,147 proposals registered
Regional Seminars x Map x Multi-Year Plan
Prioritization Methodology
Inclusion of proposals
in the Multi-Year Plan
2008/2011 MULTI-YEAR PLAN
ALL GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
100%
PRIORITY GOALS
28,7%
PRIORITY GOALS AS
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SOCIETY
6,7%
Total of Government actions
2008/2011 Multi Year Plan – 1,518
(include actions related to: personnel
payment, interest e and maintenance of
current expenses, etc.)
Priority Goals - 436
(2009) = 28,7%
Priority Goals as direct
contributions from society (2007
Seminars) - 102
Inclusion of proposals
in the Multi-Year Plan
2012/2015 MULTI-YEAR PLAN
ALL GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
100%
PRIORITY GOALS
24,8%
PRIORITY GOALS AS
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SOCIETY
10,5%
Total of Government actions
2012/2015 Multi Year Plan – 2,352
(include actions related to: personnel
payment, interest e and maintenance of
current expenses, etc.)
Priority Goals - 584
(2012) = 24,8%
Priority Goals as direct
contributions from society (2011
Seminars) - 247
Everyone for Pernambuco Management Model
Planning Process
EVERYONE FOR
PERNAMBUCO
REGIONAL
SEMINARS
Thank you
Jorge Vieira
Executive Secretary of Strategic Management
SEPLAG – Planning and Management Secretariat
Pernambuco State Government
+5581 3182.3836
jorge.seplag@gmail.com
jorge.vieira@seplag.pe.gov.br