During the 7th and 8th of December, the seminar “Reconstruction of Social Participation in Brazil” will take place, held by the Democracy and Participation Network (RDP). The event will bring to the table as coordinator of National Councils and Conferences, the professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Lindijane Almeida.
On this occasion, members will seek reflections on the topic with the aim of drawing up a diagnosis of the social participation of civil society in relation to the federal government. The event takes place in Brasília, with in-person conferences broadcast online. Access the registration form on our website.
The seminar contributes to the tasks of the Social Participation Council of the Government Transition Office. The Institute of Democracy and Democratization of Communication and the Brazilian Network of Participatory Budgeting also helped in organizing the event, with the support of the Observatório das Metrópoles e Resocie – IPOL.
Schedule (there will be live broadcast from all tables)
December 7th – Wednesday
Location: Journalists Union Auditorium – SIG Quadra 2, Lots 420/430/440 City Offices Journalist Carlos Castello Branco – Coverage C13
2pm – Opening table
Gleisi Hoffmann – Political Coordination Coordinator of the Government Transition Office (To be confirmed)
Gilberto Carvalho – Former Chief Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic
Wagner Romão – Democracy and Participation Network (RDP)
Leonardo Avritzer – INCT Institute for Democracy and Democratization of Communication (IDDC)
Kátia Lima – Brazilian Participatory Budget Network (RBOP)
2:30 pm – Table 1. Social movements in the formulation and implementation of public policies
Coordination: Wagner Romão (Nepac/Unicamp – RDP)
Fernanda Cruz (Brazilian Semi-Arid Articulation) – One Million Cisterns Program
Antonia Ivoneide “Nenê” (MST) – Food Acquisition Program
Josué Rocha (MTST) – My House My Life Entities
Pedro Vasconcelos – Cultura Viva Program
Luciana Tatagiba – Nepac/Unicamp
4:45 pm Coffee Stop
5pm – Table 2. The challenge of the national Participatory Budget
Discussion workshop on the national OP, prepared based on a proposal from the Brazilian Participatory Budget Network
Coordination: Kátia Lima and Eduardo Marques (RBOP) December 8th – Thursday
Location: Journalists Union Auditorium – SIG Quadra 2, Lots 420/430/440 City Offices Journalist Carlos Castello Branco – Coverage C13
9am – Table 3. National councils and conferences: assessment of dismantling and prospects for resumption
Coordination: Lindijane Almeida (UFRN/RDP) and Lizandra Serafim (UFPB/RDP)
Carla Bezerra – NDAC/Cebrap
Daniel Avelino – IPEA
Ana Paula Souza – Citizenship Action
Carmen Silva – Articulation of Brazilian Women / Platform of Social Movements for the Reform of the Political System
10:45 am – Coffee Stop
11am – Table 4. Participation, popular education and social transformation
Coordination: Rosangela Paz (NEMOS/ PUC-SP – RDP)
Pedro Pontual – Council for Popular Education of Latin America and the Caribbean – CEAAL
Raimunda de Oliveira – pedagogical coordinator of the Contag National Training School – ENFOC
Patrícia Mourão – former manager of the Secretariat of Territorial Development / MDA
Célio Turino – former secretary of Cultural Citizenship / MinC
Renato Simões – Social Participation Council – Transition Office
2pm – Table 5. New participatory formats for the federal government
Coordination: Leonardo Avritzer (IDDC – UFMG)
Giovanni Allegretti – CES – University of Coimbra – Portugal
Ernesto Ganuza – IESA / Córdoba – Spain
Ricardo Poppi – Instituto Cidade Democrática / Felicilab
Silvia Cervellini – Delibera BR
Vanessa Meneguetti – Open Government Institute
João Paulo Santos – Attorney General of the Union (AGU)
5:30 pm – Closing
Presentation of Bureau reports