2023 Award "Best Practice in Citizen Participation"

The Collaborative Digital Map platform of the Participatory Master Plan of Fortaleza was developed by the Fortaleza Planning Institute - IPLANFOR, in conjunction with the Department of Urban Planning and the Environment, the Department of Planning and the Department of Management, where all were involved in the definition process of needs. Its objective is to encourage the active participation of the population in the elaboration of the Participatory Master Plan of the city through an interactive digital map that allows the submission of georeferenced proposals. Users can submit their proposals and categorize them into 6 themes: Culture, Heritage, Education, Research and Innovation; Sustainable Economic Development; Social development; Urban Development; Governance; and Environment. Proposals are moderated by a responsible committee, which assesses their viability and relevance for the city. In addition, the platform allows the visualization of proposals submitted by other users, which encourages debate and the exchange of ideas among participants. Users can also "like" proposals that they find interesting and relevant. With this, the platform seeks to make the urban planning process more transparent and inclusive, involving the population in the decision-making process and ensuring that the needs and demands of citizens are considered in the preparation of the master plan.

The entire proposal submission process, as well as each moderation, is registered in the database with information that can be audited and that is also sent by email, to the author who is registered with the City Hall of Fortaleza, a necessary condition to make contributions.

We emphasize that the platform has a mechanism that allows its use in each review of the city's master plan, as well as that it can be expanded for use in other cities (provided that the base map is adapted), thus making it a wildcard platform for participatory projects of this type. Each database will be stored with a reference to a period (year of revision of the master plan).

https://mapapdpfor.fortaleza.ce.gov.br/ (External link)