2022 Award "Best Practice in Citizen Participation"
16th Edition
Rio de Janeiro - Participa.rio: integrated planning with a focus on listening to cariocas
The city of Rio de Janeiro has approached the municipal management of the population through several participatory strategies, both creating new spaces for the inclusion of citizens in the formulation of public policies and promoting awareness actions, taking information to cariocas.
Based on the understanding that guaranteeing the capillarity of participatory actions is essential in the establishment of democratic processes of social involvement and thinking about strategies for the reach and effectiveness of actions, to help bring cariocas closer to integrated city planning, the City of Rio the Participa.Rio tool is available to the population.
Created in 2018, the platform hosts multiple initiatives with polls and surveys that aim to increase engagement and disseminate the culture of participation in the population of Rio de Janeiro to build sustainable city planning in short, medium and long-term plans; being a participatory channel of practical and quick access, helping public managers in the construction of public policies that meet the needs of the population, providing better quality of life.
Structured around 4 actions: listen, analyze, apply and return the Participa.rio tool is a channel where citizens can become part of the planning and construction process of the city of Rio. In addition, it opens space for listening, providing transparency and effective responses to citizens, keeping the population increasingly engaged in social participation actions.
Coordinated by the Planning Office of the City of Rio de Janeiro, the tool is articulated with different bodies of the municipal sphere, since it is a central platform for social participation. Several secretariats have the opportunity to host surveys on different topics, always bringing new actors in addition to the support of Municipal Secretaries for the dissemination of participatory processes.
Since its creation, the platform has already involved 11 municipal bodies, with 16 participatory initiatives and 27 surveys that counted on the contribution of more than 60,000 citizens from Rio de Janeiro to build municipal plans and new public policies; opening paths for social participation and establishing the city with the mark of democratic management. A management that works for society in search of strategic choices for the improvement of public services and the expansion of future possibilities.
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