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Instituto de Estudos Socio-Economicos
(INESC)
Institute for Social and Economic Studies
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| Contact |
Iara Pietricovsky |
| Email |
iarap@inesc.org.br; inesc@inesc.org.br |
| Web Site |
http://www.inesc.org.br |
| Phone |
55 61 321 20200 |
| Fax |
55 61 226 8042 |
| Address |
INESC
SCS v Qd. 08
Supercenter Venancio 2000
Bloco B-50 Salas 431/441
Cep: 70.333-970
Brasilia. DF. Brazil |
| Areas of Expertise |
Legislative budget process,
legislative lobby, monitory of social expenditure, budget and policies analysis, training
of grassroots and non-governmental organizations to budget lobby. INESC works specifically
with these issues: environment, indigenous matters, land ownership, agriculture, social
assistance and children. We are planing to work with education and all issues of Brazilian
social security (social assistance, health and social welfare). |
| Regular Publication |
- Nota Tecnica - released every two or three
months.
- Bulletin on specific policies.
- Argumento - released every three months.
(These publications are in Portuguese)
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| Recent Reports |
Our reports are in Portuguese,
but their titles (in English) are:
a) Local Budget: the civil society ways of participation on its elaboration and execution,
INESC, 1996.
b) Local Legislative Power Guide in Public Budget, INESC, 1996.
c) Social Control of Public Budget, at: Annals of XVI National Conference of Lawyers v
Right, Advocacy and Change. Brasflia: Brazilian Lawyers Order - Federal Council, 1997.
d) Social Assistance Expenditure, at: Ortamento, Financiamento e controle social. Cadernos
Abong (Magazine of Brazilian Association of NGOs), nª 21, October 1997, pp. 16-30.
e) Report of Fiscal and Budget Policies. Numbers 1 and 2, covering the issues of INESC and
analyzing the Budget approved by the National Congress to 1997 and de Budget planned by
the Government to 1998). |
| Major Current
Activities |
Since 1996 INESC has been
monitoring and analyzing federal budget and communicating the situation to civil society
organizations, from the beginning of the executive proposal until the end of the
expenditure, including debates at the Brazilian National Congress. During these debates,
INESC develops lobby to increase social expenditures. In
1997 INESC was dedicated to developing a model of Budget Policy Analysis, and its
finishing reports covering budget expenditures from 1995 to 1998 with environment, indian
people, agriculture and agrarian policies, social assistance and children (to be published
until June 1999). In this model, it's of great importance the relationship between
external loans (Basically IFI's loans) and the Federal Budget. |
Instituto Brasileiro de Análises
Sociais e Econômicas (IBASE)
Brazilian Institute for Social and Economic Analysis
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| Contact |
João
Antônio S. L. Sucupira |
| Email |
sucupira@ibase.br |
| Web Site |
http://www.ibase.br |
| Phone |
55 21 2509 0660 |
| Fax |
55 21 3852 3517 |
| Address |
IBASE
Av. Rio Branco 124/8º andar - Centro Rio de Janeiro - RJ, CEP:
20148-900 |
| Areas of
Expertise |
Federal and local
budget analysis, participatory budgets, children policies, income distribution, budget
trainings. |
| Regular
Publications |
- Orcamento e Democracia - released every four
months.
- Jornal da cidadania - bimonthly.
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| Recent
Reports |
IBASE publishes a
newsletter every four months called Budget and Democracy "Orçamento e
Democracia". The newsletter covers reports on a variety of
topics including the effectiveness of the social actors responsible for
public policies targeting children and infants at the local level. |
| Major
Current Activities |
Right now we are
working in several ways. One is to analyze the budget data and the decision making process
related to policies for children and infants at the local level. This analysis will
consider the lack of funds that this level of government has in Brazil and the social
movements involved. The goal is the improvement of the situation of the target population
(children and infants).
Another important task we have been developing is the training of key social actors on
skills related to budget analysis, in order to allow them to conduct their own analysis. Furthermore, we are beginning a project aiming to build, from raw
data, indicators to help decision makers make informed decisions based on the real
situation of the population, their needs and the public services currently delivered. |
Centro de Assessoria e Estudos Urbanos
(CIDADE)
Urban Studies and Advise Center
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| Contact |
Sergio Gregorio Baierle |
| Email |
baierle@ongcidade.org |
| Web Site |
www.ongcidade.org |
| Phone/Fax |
+55 51 3264 3386
Mobile: +55
51 91518597 |
| Address |
Rua Antão de Farias, 50
Porto Alegre - RS
CEP: 90035-386 |
| Areas of Expertise |
CIDADE was
founded in 1988 and works on social and urban development and participatory budgeting.
CIDADE's principles are based on the right to citizenship and the
autonomy of popular movements. CIDADE works to promote effective
citizen participation in city management and budget monitoring by
empowering grassroots movements with
research on urban reform policies and local budget processes. CIDADE has worked in Porto
Alegre since 1991 to encourage people's participation. |
| Major Current Activities |
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Promote access to budget
information.
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Propose public
policies that can contribute to participatory budgeting and social
management practices.
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Foster a learning
policy to support participatory culture in the city of Porto Alegre.
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Research on local
budgeting and social and urban policies.
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Exchange of
experiences with research institutes, universities, and popular
organizations.
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Dissemination of
participatory budgeting knowledge through publications, seminars,
lectures, and courses.
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Monitor the public
budget and social and urban policies.
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Partnerships with universities, NGOs, and local
governments to support popular movements and research.
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Development of initiatives to strengthen NGO networks
working toward poverty reduction and democracy.
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| Recent Publications |
Publications are available online at
www.ongcidade.org (mostly in Portuguese). |
PÓLIS - Instituto de Estudos, Formação e
Assessoria em Políticas Sociais
Study, Formulation and Advise Institute on Political Science
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| Contact |
Eduardo de Lima Caldas |
| Email |
eduardo@polis.org.br |
| Web Site |
www.polis.org.br
(in Portuguese) |
| Phone |
5511 - 3258 1013/6121 |
| Fax |
5511 - 3258 3260 |
| Address |
Rua ARAÚJO, 124 - Centro
01220-020
SÃO PAULO - SP - BRASIL |
| Areas of Expertise |
The studies and research conducted at PÓLIS
are centered on urban issues: poverty and local development; municipal management and
popular participation; and sustainability and quality of life. |
| Recent Budget Activities |
Participation in the Municipal Forum on the
São Paulo Budget. Organizing information on budget revenues, budget expenditures,
and on public municipal debt since 1989. These activities are the basis to analyze
the present budget, the Plurianual Plan, and the Budget Guideline Law. |
| Recent Publications |
Budget:
Comparative Study at the Subdistrict Level in the City of Sao Paulo
Budget: Comparative Analysis 2004-2005 |
Centro Cultural Luiz Freire
Cultural Center Luiz Freire
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| Contact |
Ana Nery dos Santos |
| Email |
ananery@cclf.org.br;
cclf@cclf.org.br |
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Website |
http://www.cclf.org.br |
| Phone |
055 81 3301 5242 |
| Fax |
055 81 3429 4881 |
| Address |
Centro de
Cultura Luiz Freire - CCLF
Rua 27 de Janeiro, 181, Carmo. 53020-020. Olinda/PE. Brazil |
| Areas of Expertise |
CCLF has 3 programmes: communication, education, and local development.
The latter one focuses on public budget and citizen participation (Projeto
Orçamento Público Participação Cidadã), since 1999. This project
focuses on the democratization of the public management, the monitoring
of state and municipal budgets, and the empowerment of people's
participation in the municipalities of the different regions of
Pernambuco state. |
| Recent Budget Activities |
- Participation in fora such as the
Fórum Nacional de Participação Popular and Fórum Brasil
Orçamento to promote social mobilization for the democratization
of the public budget process.
- Introduction of the public budget to
grassroots movements and municipal councils to monitor the municipal
and state public budget, and consolidate a state network (reachable at
demorcamento@yahoo.com.br) and municipal grassroots movement on
public budget democratization.
- Acting in the legislative budget
process and its execution giving legal assistance and support in the
dissemination of the actions of the municipal grassroots movement of
public budget democratization to strengthen the diversity of public
budget activities.
- Courses addressed to civil society
to understand budget documents and laws; the importance of social
participation in budget decision-making and execution; the link
between the public budget and human rights (laws related to Federal
Constitution and budget law in the perspective of human rights);
institutional development (organization and political aspects); and
communication techniques.
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