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São Paulo: Citizen Budget

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The Citizen Budget of the City of São Paulo is a permanent process of social participation in the development of the municipal public budget, combining territorially based public hearings, deliberation by Municipal Participatory Councils, online public voting, and public monitoring of the implementation of approved proposals. Implemented in the largest municipality in Brazil, with more than 11 million inhabitants and 32 subprefectures, the process aims to align budget priorities with the concrete needs of the city’s diverse territories.

The process was adopted in the 2021 Annual Budget Law Proposal (PLOA), maintaining a previous model of regional hearings while expanding its structure through the Participe+ platform. On this platform, citizens can submit proposals, support initiatives, vote, and track their implementation. In the 2026 PLOA cycle, the methodology included the submission of proposals both in person and digitally, prioritization by Municipal Participatory Councils, technical, legal, and budgetary feasibility analysis by relevant authorities, an appeal phase, revision, online public voting, feedback hearings, and monitoring.

Currently, the practice allocates R$320 million per year for the implementation of selected proposals, with R$10 million reserved for each of the 32 subprefecture territories. Winning proposals are incorporated into the Annual Budget Law of the following year, ensuring a direct impact on municipal public programming. The initiative strengthens participatory democracy by creating a complete institutional cycle—from proposal submission to implementation and monitoring—and enhances transparency by making all stages and results digitally accessible.

Its main contribution is demonstrating that public budgets can be built through territorial listening, institutional mediation, and citizen decision-making at a metropolitan scale, combining both in-person and digital participation. It represents a practice strongly aligned with open governance, decentralization, transparency, and the strengthening of relationships between citizens and public administration.

More information:
https://participemais.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/budgets
https://orcamento.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/orcamento/audienciapublica.php

https://www.oidp.net/docs/repo/doc1922.pdf 


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