Map of Brazil highlighting Rio Grande do Sul State

Brazil General Data POPULATION DENSITY: 22.4 inhab/km 2 POPULATION GROWTH: 1.17% per year (2000 to 2010) LIFE EXPECTANCY: 73.5 years (Census 2010) ILLITERACY RATE: 9.6% (Census 2010) PER CAPITA INCOME: R$ 16, (2009) HDR (Human Development Index): – high human development. Brazil is in the 84 th position among 187 countries studied (UNDP 2011)

Brazil General Data  AREA: 8,514, km² ( IBGE – Brazilian Inst. Geography and Statistics )  POPULATION: 190,732,694 million (Census 2010)  NUMBER OF STATES: 26  NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES: 5,435  CURRENCY: Real ( R$ )  OFFICIAL NAME: Federative Republic of Brazil  NATIONALITY: Brazilian  BRAZILIAN POPULATION FORMATION: Mixed race: 43.1%, White: 47.7%, Black: 7.6%, Indigenous: 0.4%, Yellow: 1.1% (Source: IBGE - Census 2010).

Planning Functional Regions and Regional Development Councils

Rio Grande do Sul General Data Total population (2010): 10,693,929 inhabitants Area (2010): 281,748.5 km² Municipalities: 496 Population Density (2010): 38.0 inhab/km² Illiteracy rate of people 15 years old or less (2010): 4.53 % Life Expectation at Birth (2000): years Child Mortality Coefficient (2010): by 1,000 born alive Rio Grande do Sul’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 5.7% in GDP reached R$ 273,879 million, and GDP per capita, R$ 24,846, representing a growth of 5.2% in relation to $ FOB 15,382,445,828 ICMS (Tax on Goods e Services) (2010): R$ 17,893,312,783

Systemic thought and vision A systemic vision of participation processes invites us to take into account and understand the whole and parts of public policies and State responsibilities, in order to allow good assessments, more qualified interferences, diminution of superposition and organized register of citizen’s manifestations. Systemic vision and thought mean the ability to identify the links between different facts, assuming interdisciplinarity and complementarity, thus finding more appropriate solutions for citizenship needs.

PARTICIPATION SYSTEM Formed by a group of participation tools, systemically used in the elaboration, monitoring and evaluation of public policies developed in Rio Grande do Sul State.

PARTICIPATION SYSTEM A modern participation system must be sophisticated, multifaceted and prioritize sharing, expanding access to State codes and recognizing several forms of mobilization and participation. No tool is more important than the other. Personal attendance should be combined with the virtual one.

Participation System has 4 axes Budget Decisions Social Control Social Dialogs Digital Participation

Main Tools Being Used Annual Budget Cycle, lasting five months, it involves more than one million persons to decide on a share of the State budget. Digital Cabinet, that promotes dialog with the population about issues of interest to society and government, in various formats: “Government Asks”, Government Listens” and “Government Answers”.

Main Tools Being Used (cont.) Sector and Rights Councils and their conferences in the areas of: – Education, Health, Culture, Youth, Tourism, Elderly, Social Welfare, Children and Teenagers, People with Disabilities, Policies for Women, Food and Nutritional Security, Transparency and Social Control, Environment. State Council for Social and Economic Development – institutional public space, of management democratization and social dialog. The decision-making process is not made by voting, but by the search for collective definitions.

Process Planning 20- Elaboration of Guidelines 30 – Budget Approval Monitoring of Budget Law progress in State Congress Regional Government Forums 3 to 5 – III Participation System International Seminar Regional Public Hearings 15- Submission of Budget Law to State Congress 6 e 7 – VOTING OF PRIORITIES Municipal Assemblies Delegates Regional Forums POPULAR PARTICIPATION - BUDGET CYCLE 2013/ Budget sanction and publication Process evaluation