Jorge Hage Minister of State, Head of the Office of the Comptroller General

1. 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

2. 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 2

3. CGU – Our view on the matter • Transparency as pre-condition to: • fight against corruption • improvement of public management • social control • social inclusion 3

4. There are 2 kinds of transparency: Active/Spontaneous and Passive/Demanded 4

5. Important actions taken by the Brazilian Government towards openness and transparency 5

6. Transparency time line Transparency Portal Purchase Cards on Web End of “B Accounts”- Purchase Cards mandatory Transparency Pages (ministries) 2006 2007 2008 2005 2004 Black List on Web e-procurement Transparency Portal in states and local governments SICAF – Suppliers Registration System Web-based system for Federal Transfers: Siconv Audit Reports on Web 6

7. May, 2009: Bill on Access to Information 7

8. TRANSPARENCY PORTAL 8

9. 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 9

10. 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. 10

11. Transparency Portal Direct Spending Budget year Transfers By state/county spending category Punished Firms Transfers to citizens 11

12. Transparency Portal in Numbers: Amount displayed Over US$ 2 trillion Over 780 m. entries Information Visits in 2008 1,443,610 12

13. UNODC Award 2008 International Awards “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 13

14. 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 14

15. List of Ineligible Firms - CEIS 133 firms declared ineligible 777 firms temporarily suspended 15

16. 133 Ineligible Firms Source of information Sanctioned by Firm’s identification State 16

17. 777 suspended firms Source of information Sanctioned by Firm’s identification State 17

18. Federal Government’s Purchase Card 18

19. Executive Order number 6.370, February 1st, 2008 • Establish the end of “B Accounts” for small purchases, which were not transparent and hardly accountable • Use of the Purchase Card became mandatory for small purchases • Cash withdraws strongly limited • Spending with the Purchase Card displayed Online 19

20. Reduction on spending - 2007/2008 Small Purchases using “B Accounts”: 2007 - R$ 168.374.665,00 2008 - R$ 116.488.772,00 Using Purchases Card: 2007 - R$ 76.254.492,00 2008 - R$ 55.257.326,00 - 31% - 27% 20

21. Reduction on spending: 1st quarters of 2007-2008-2009 21

22. Total Amount on Small Purchases 45% 1st Quarter 22 Fonte: Cartão de Pagamento - Portal da Transparência; Contas Tipo B e outros - Siafi Gerencial (*até 23 de março)

23. 23 B Accounts x Purchase Card 2007 2008 2009 Fonte: Cartão de Pagamento - Portal da Transparência; Contas Tipo B e outros - Siafi Gerencial (*até 23 de março)

24. Purchase Card - Withdraws 24 1º Trim. 2007 = 2.780.218 1º Trim. 2008 = 3.718.304 1º Trim. 2009 = 1.501.075 Fonte: Portal da Transparência

25. 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 25

26. Transfers Portal 26

27. Other tools for enhancing transparency 27

28. Brazilian e-procurement system In 2007 the Federal Government purchased over US$ 8 billion in goods and services using e-procurement 28

29. ComprasNet Portal (e-procurement) Comprasnet Portal COMPRASNET is the entry point for the Brazilian Federal Government e-procurement 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 29

30. 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 30

31. Yes. Transparency is already delivering in Brazil (and it can deliver even more) 31

32. 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