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Court of Accounts of the Municipalities of the State of Ceará - CAM CAM – CITIZEN COMMITMENT CAM – CITIZEN COMMITMENT PROJECTS 2007 - 2009 PROJECTS 2007 - 2009 Fortaleza, May 19, 2009 Councilman Ernesto Sabóia President of the Court of Accounts of the Municipalities of the State of Ceará

Government for Informed Citizens SabóIa

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“Government for Informed Citizens”Ernesto Saboia, President, State of Accounts, Northern BrazilNandala Mafabi Nathan, Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, Parliament of UgandaTindamanyire Kabondo Gaudioso, Member of Parliament, Parliament of UgandaVivek Ramkumar, Manager, International Budget Partnership, Open Budget InitiativeIn this session, participants will hear from different country specialists on what they aredoing to make government more transparent and to help citizens become more activelyinvolved in understanding the actions of government.How do we keep citizens informed and restore their confidence?How do we help citizens to understand the financial commitments, theconsequences and how they and their community will benefit overall?What new media may be employed to promote citizen communications?

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Court of Accounts of the Municipalities of the State of Ceará - CAM

CAM – CITIZEN COMMITMENTCAM – CITIZEN COMMITMENTPROJECTS 2007 - 2009PROJECTS 2007 - 2009

Fortaleza, May 19, 2009

Councilman Ernesto Sabóia President of the Court of Accounts of the Municipalities

of the State of Ceará

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CEARÁ

REGION: NORTHEAST

AREA: 57,461.9 sq. mi.

POPULATION: 8,217,085 (2006) Share of National GDP: 1.9% (2004)

NO. OF MUNICIP. : 184 CAPITAL – FORTALEZA

POPULATION: 2,416,920 (2006).

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An agency of the state public system

Created in 1954.

A member of the External Control System, which is composed of the 34 Courts of Account in Brazil, including the Federal Court of Accounts

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RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE C.A.M.:RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE C.A.M.:Assess management accounts, including those of city Assess management accounts, including those of city

councils and others responsible for money, goods, and councils and others responsible for money, goods, and public assets of branches of the municipal government. public assets of branches of the municipal government.

Carry out inspections and accounting, financial, Carry out inspections and accounting, financial, budgetary, operational, and asset audits of legislative budgetary, operational, and asset audits of legislative and executive units of municipal governments, and of and executive units of municipal governments, and of other entities instituted and maintained by public other entities instituted and maintained by public (local) funds.(local) funds.. .

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MISSION

““Contribute to excellence in public Contribute to excellence in public administration through direction and audit, administration through direction and audit,

for the purpose of promoting the for the purpose of promoting the development of the development of the

municipalities of Ceará” municipalities of Ceará”

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Goal: Take on a Citizenship Pact between the CAM and civil society through:

User-friendly availability of information Training of civil society Agility, without losing quality of assessment or judgment of the

accounts of municipal agencies Encouragement of the development of a Citizens Network A virtual space to receive suggestions, criticisms, and denunciations

Through a social network, civil society will play an auxiliary role in the oversight of public expenditures—social control of public accounts

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• PREPARATION

• SOCIAL CONTROL

• AUDITS

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PREPARATION

Adjustment of the management model of the CAM

President’s visit to the 184 municipalities

Training of public servants and citizens

Information and services on the website

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SOCIAL CONTROL

• Develop a network of citizen-agents • Training of 30,000 people (goal) in partnership

with the Demócrito Rocha Foundation • Structuring of a social network (2,000 agents)• Transparency portal

2. Citizens’ Circle

3. The CAM and the academic community

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INSPECTIONS, 2009

All of Ceará state (184) in 9 monthsCommunication by local radio (in partnership

with the Cearense Association of Television and Radio)

Telephone and e-mail for contact with societyLittle contact with on-site inspectors (culture)

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PARTICIPATION OF SOCIETY (Results):

Talk with the President: 2008: 38.05 % more than in 2007; 2009 (projection): 94.76 % more than in 2007

Enrollment in distance-learning courses: 30,500

Telephone calls made for inspection, 2009: 61 (first month)

E-mails answered by students in courses ( SPAM)

Creation of a community (ORKUT)

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