Welles Matias de Abreu - Brazilian GIFT

Ministry of Planning
Federal Budget Secretariat Federal Budget Secretariat
2012 ICGFM Winter Conference (EN)
Budget Transparency in Brazil

Welles Matias de Abreu
Federal Budget Secretariat
December 10-12, 2012 Washington (DC) USA
Summary
Legislation
Transparency and Communication Initiatives

Brazilian Development and Budgeting Framework Fiscal, Social and Transparency Results Additional Information
Legislation
Fiscal Responsibility Law (2000):

Context:
Mexico, Russia and Asia Crisis 1995-1999 Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency IMF
Strict Limits Established:

Civil servants spending limits Government debts control (federal, states and municipalities)
Anticipation of budget revenues rules

Public Sectors Primary Results (2012: R$ 139.8 bi, 3.10% do GDP)
Fiscal transparency and participation

Open Fiscal Budget Reports: over 50 reports Transparency Websites and public hearings
Access to Public Information Law (2011)
The rule is transparency and the exception is secrecy
Important Questions
The importance of the Public Budget to Society: Why does society need to know about the public budget? How to present public budget in an understandable language?
Transparency and Communication
Initiatives
Federal Budget For Everyone:

Premisses: Understandable language
Relevant Informations to Society
Document that synthesizes the Budget Proposal for 2012
Clarify concepts already established (GDP, inflation, etc)

An exercise of communication to Society
IBP included this initiative in 2012 research
Public Budget Primer : Sofinha and her team

2007 Federal Budget Secretariat accession as one of the managers of Brazilian National Fiscal Education Program. Also, participation in the review and update of the pedagogical Book 4 (Democratic Management applied to Public Resources) Created the Public Budget Primer: Sofinha and her team: How does the Government Must Expend the Money That is Paid by Society? 2008 Began the implementation of the Sofinha and her team primer on Public Schools; 2009 Sofinha Brochure became available on SOF website; and 2010 Talk to Sofinha on the SOF website. over 60,000 copies distributed in Brazil
Examples - Blumenau Schools:

From 2009 to 2010, Blumenau worked with 26 schools and 5 Early Childhood Education Centers. Together they distributed more than 2,000 Sofinha Brochures in meetings, seminars and lectures.
SOF Website
Informations about budgeting process Technical data and services provided to society Interactive Contents
Modern Environment
Increased Accessibility Development of the Citizen Page (innovations)
www.orcamentofederal.gov.br
Radio Broadcasts: The Timing Budget

What is the public budgeting? How important is the Public Budget? What is precatory? How does brazilian government finance its public health? What are compulsory expenditures? What is the purpose of the LOA (Annual Budget Bill)? How does federal budgeting gets to states and municipalities? ... and much more! Over 30 recorded programs
Technical Bugeting Handbook - MTO

Provides Guidelines to the federal government budgeting An effort to simplify the budgetary language Contains instructions for preparing the fiscal and Social Security budgeting Available on the web
WEBSITE MP www.planejamento.gov.br BUDGET INFORMATIONS www.orcamentofederal.gov.br/informacoes-orcamentarias
Budgeting Courses to Society

SOF Virtual School
Objective: Transfer knowledge through the Internet. Target Audience: Federal, State and Municipal civil servants and society. Courses currently offered:
Basic Course on Public Budgeting (no tutoring) Public Budgeting Course (with mentoring) Guidelines Budget law (LDO) for municipalities (no tutoring) Course on Public Revenue (in preparation) Federalism (in preparation)
ead.orcamentofederal.gov.br (Moodle)
Basic course on public budgeting modules: What is the Public Budget, Legal Framework, Understanding the Budget Cycle; Civil Society Participation (Total: 8 h)
Others Initiatives
Regional, National and International Seminars with the purpose of discussing the budgetary process innovations
III National Seminar on Public Budget - Nov 2012
Brazilian Budget Open Data

SIOP Executive Budget System (including in RDF format) SIGA Brasil Legislative Budget System Portal Transparncia Public Spending Details
Debate on Internet and Public Hearings about public budget

http://edemocracia.camara.gov.br/ http://www9.senado.gov.br/portal/page/portal/orcamento_senado
Brazilian Participatory institutions

Mechanisms of Individual Participation:
Ombudsmen (call centers or internet) to complaints, evaluating the quality, mediations or express their level of satisfaction
About 95% of the municipalities and states have ombudsmen
Collective and Cooperative Processes: Public conferences

Public policies councils Social groups and forums
Civil servants and society representatives who work in these deliberative meetings. In some cases, regulated by federal law The Presidency of the Republic monitors these processes For example: CONSOCIAL - National Conference on Transparency and Social Control, CDES - Economic and Social Development Council, and CEFEMEA - Studies and Advice Feminist Center
Font:http://www.ipea.gov.br/portal/index.php?optio n=com_content&view=article&id=10761&Itemid=2
Brazilian Development and Budgeting Framework
Brazilian Development Framework
Fiscal Results
Public Policies
Social Results
Transparency and Responsibility Environment
Brazilian Budgeting Framework

Government Agencies Planning Ministry Republic Presidency Legislative
Plan
(PPA, LDO and LOA)
P U B L I C
P O L I C E S
Do
Government Agencies No Gov. Organizations Internal Audit External Audit Public Ministry Judiciary
Check
R E S P O N S A B I L I T Y
T R A N S P A R E N C Y
D E V E L O P M E N T
Social Participation
Fiscal, Social and Transparency Results
Public Sector Primary and Nominal Results (% of GDP)

Primary keeping primary surplus
Result = Revenue - Spending
Nominal Result = Primary Result + Financial Interest Result
Public Sector Gross and Net Debts (% of GDP)
Gross Debts
Net Debts
Credibility of Country Risk

Brazil Risk and Exchange Rate
(Until Dec/11)
Annual Average Increase of GDP (%)

(1999 2010)
GDP Increase
Risk
Exchange rate Font: www.ibge.gov.br
13% Brazilian reduction of social inequality (Gini index) in 14 years

Reduction of 0.077 (GINI Index) between 1997-2011
Font: www.ibge.gov.br and www.ipea.gov.br
Evolution of Minimum Wages (Increase: GDP + Inflation)

Increase 13.6%
(7.5% GDP + 6.1% Inflation)
Minimum Salary (R$)
Minimum Salary (U$)
Font: http://www.esaf.fazenda.gov.br/esafsite/cursos_presenciais/IX_semana-AOFCP/Florianopolis/Material_Florianopolis/ Oficina%2021%20-%20Receita%20Or%C3%A7ament%C3%A1ria_Florian%C3%B3polis_v1.pdf
Reduction of Unemployment Tax

Average
Considered full employment
International Budget Partnership IBP 2010 94 countries (Brazil 9)
Document
% Of the countries that have failed
No available Internal use only available to society
Pre-Budget Statement Executives Budget Proposal Enacted Budget Citizens Budget In-Year Reports Mid-Year Review Year-End Report
Citizens Budget Audit Report
Additional Information
How to get Sofinha Primers?

E-mail: sofinha@planejamento.gov.br
How to request participation in courses?

http://ead.orcamentofederal.gov.br/
How to get Federal Budget For Everyone magazine?

E-mail: gasto.eficiente@planejamento.gov.br
Open Brazilian Budget Data:

https://www.siop.planejamento.gov.br/siop/ http://www9.senado.gov.br/portal/page/portal/orcamento_senado/SigaBrasil http://www.portaltransparencia.gov.br/
Others Links:
Development with Fiscal Responsibility and Transparency
Valuing Democracy
Brazil
+ Development + Equality +Participation
Thank You!
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Phone: +55 61 20202220

E-mail: sof@planejamento.gov.br

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Ministry of Planning

Federal Budget Secretariat Federal Budget Secretariat

2012 ICGFM Winter Conference (EN)

Budget Transparency in Brazil

December 10-12, 2012 Washington (DC) USA

Transparency and Communication Initiatives

Fiscal Responsibility Law (2000):

Strict Limits Established:

Anticipation of budget revenues rules

Fiscal transparency and participation

Access to Public Information Law (2011)

The rule is transparency and the exception is secrecy

Transparency and Communication

Federal Budget For Everyone:

Document that synthesizes the Budget Proposal for 2012

Clarify concepts already established (GDP, inflation, etc)

IBP included this initiative in 2012 research

Public Budget Primer : Sofinha and her team

Examples - Blumenau Schools:

Radio Broadcasts: The Timing Budget

Technical Bugeting Handbook - MTO

Budgeting Courses to Society

Brazilian Budget Open Data

Debate on Internet and Public Hearings about public budget

Brazilian Participatory institutions

Collective and Cooperative Processes: Public conferences

Brazilian Development and Budgeting Framework

Brazilian Development Framework

Transparency and Responsibility Environment

Brazilian Budgeting Framework

Fiscal, Social and Transparency Results

Public Sector Primary and Nominal Results (% of GDP)

Result = Revenue - Spending

Nominal Result = Primary Result + Financial Interest Result

Public Sector Gross and Net Debts (% of GDP)

Credibility of Country Risk

Annual Average Increase of GDP (%)

Exchange rate Font: www.ibge.gov.br

13% Brazilian reduction of social inequality (Gini index) in 14 years

Font: www.ibge.gov.br and www.ipea.gov.br

Evolution of Minimum Wages (Increase: GDP + Inflation)

Minimum Salary (R$)

Minimum Salary (U$)

Font: http://www.esaf.fazenda.gov.br/esafsite/cursos_presenciais/IX_semana-AOFCP/Florianopolis/Material_Florianopolis/ Oficina%2021%20-%20Receita%20Or%C3%A7ament%C3%A1ria_Florian%C3%B3polis_v1.pdf

Reduction of Unemployment Tax

Considered full employment

International Budget Partnership IBP 2010 94 countries (Brazil 9)

% Of the countries that have failed

No available Internal use only available to society

Citizens Budget Audit Report

How to get Sofinha Primers?

How to request participation in courses?

How to get Federal Budget For Everyone magazine?

Open Brazilian Budget Data:

Development with Fiscal Responsibility and Transparency

a country for everyone

Phone: +55 61 20202220

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