Brazilian Transparency Portal: Increasing Accountability and Empowering Citizens

1. International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) First Annual Conference The Brazilian Transparency Portal Minister of State, Head of the Office of the Comptroller General of Brazil www.portaldatransparencia.gov.br The Hague, October 21st,2009

2. Executive branch Legislative branch Judiciary branch Institutional FrameworkFederal Republic of Brazil 26 States 1 Federal District 5563 Municipalities

3. CGU is the Internal Audit Unit and Anti-Corruption Agency of the Executive branch of the Brazilian Federal Government

4. CGU implements the following actions: Guidance to Public Managers Audits - Internal Control - Referral of audit results to the agencies with responsibility for enforcement of the applicable sanctions - Disciplinary Actions - Corruption Prevention

5. Main Prevention Measures • Increasing Transparency • E-procurement system • Online monitoring of public expenditure • List of Ineligible Firms - CEIS • Incentive to Social Control • Education for Ethics and Citizenship • Implementation of International Conventions • Public - Private Co-operation Against Corruption • Studies and research on corruption • Strengthening the Legal Framework

6. “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants ” Louis Brandeis Transparency Portal

7. Portal goals • To increase the transparency of public money, using language people understand, in a single website • To provide information for audit and corruption prevention actions • To empower NGOs and individuals to oversee on public spending

8. Portal features • Provides free information, no registration or passwords required • 100% on web: no need of installing additional software Requirements to build up the Portal • Computer based budget system • Financial operations through the banking system

9. Transparency Portal: contents Direct Spending Punished Firms Transparency Portal Resource allocations Transparency Network Other Tools for Social Control

10. Transparency Portal Direct spending Budget year Resource allocations By state/municipality Spending category Punished firms Direct transfers to citizens 10

11. Federal Government Direct Spending Examples NGOs • Spending on civil servants salaries • Pension payments • Purchases of goods and services • Public works • Incentives for research Firms Transparency Portal Citizens Civil Servants Public Bodies

12. Direct Federal Government Spending Information options By government body Sources:Databases Budget Accounting System By programme Transparency Portal By Card holder Banking Transaction System By spending category Per Diems and Travel Allowance By persons and/or entities that receive payments

13. Beneficiary

16. Resource allocations Examples of Transfers States and Municipalities • Building and refurbishing of Schools and hospitals • Public works to prevent accidents • School meals • Basic health care • Food and drug regulation and supervision • Anti-drug programmes Transparency Portal NGOs • HIV/AIDS and other STD Prevention • Literacy Programmes Direct Transfers to Citizens • Conditional Cash Transfers (Bolsa Familia)

17. Direct Transfers Information options Sources Databases By grants to States and Municipalities Budget Accounting System By persons and/or entities receiving payments from Federal Government Transparency Portal Health Care Programmes By federal programme Social Programmes By Transfer Agreement with states and municipalities

18. Select the Budget year Select a State

21. List of Ineligible Firms - CEIS Information options SourcesDatabases Punished Firms – complete list Budget Accounting System Transparency Portal By type of penalty List of penalties applied by federal or state bodies By name or taxpayer number

22. By type of penalty

24. Other Tools for Social Control Examples Training for citizen participation Transparency Portal Tutorial on federal programmes Mailing list: “allocations to your town” (push system)

25. Transparency Network Links to other websites • Transparency Pages of each Ministry • Comprasnet Portal • List of health care units • List of family doctor teams • Price list for medical equipments and drugs Transparency Portal

27. Transparency Portal by the Numbers: Total amount displayed Over US$ 3 trillion 856,887,566 files Information Pages accessed 2008 1,443,610

28. Results • Reduced number of irregularities (for example: Bolsa Família, Government Payments Card) • Double-check tool, helping to improve government databases and to identify and correct errors • Information source for the press • Dissemination of the Portal’s model to states and municipalities

29. National Awards 20062nd National Prize for Good IT Practice 1st place in the Federal Government - Citizen Modality 2007IT & Government Prize–Editorial Plan 1st place in E-Democracy Category 200812th Innovation in Public Management Contest 5th place in General Category 200811th Excellence in Innovation Prize in Public Management 1st place in Finances and Public Management Category 20098th Excellence Prize in Electronic Government 1st place in E-Public Service Category

30. International Awards 2008 UNODC Award “Important work on promotion of transparency on public money spending” 2008 UNCAC States Parties Conference BaliOne of the five best practices in strategies fortransparency and fight on corruption in the world

31. Thanks for your attention Jorge Hage Sobrinho cgu@cgu.gov.br Visit the Transparency Portal http://www.portaldatransparencia.gov.br