Museum of Modern PBRead from the reading room only. Trajectory: Müller and Fedozzi 2024 (Opinião Pública 30), Fedozzi 2009 (Cidades 18), the COP minutes of 7 March 2017, the Jornal do Comércio pieces of 7 November 2016 and 29 July 2025, the Brasil de Fato pieces of 23 June 2020 (Matinal), 10 March 2022 (Olívio Dutra) and 23 March 2022 (Raul Pont), the Observatório das Metrópoles column of 6 March 2024, the city news pages of 9 February 2022, 7 June 2023, 10, 11 and 12 December 2024, 22 January 2025 and 22 November 2025, the city's OP page and subprefeituras page. Rules: the Regimento Interno 2023 in full; the 2005/2006 and 2016/2017 editions' structure and criteria; the 2006, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2018/19 editions searched for changes. Evaluations: World Bank 2008 Volume I (executive summary, chapters 1, 2, 5 and 6) and Volume II (contents); Fedozzi, Furtado, Bassani, Macedo, Parenza and Cruz 2013 (chapters I, II and IV); Núñez, Campregher and Bertê 2003 (introduction, the OP chapter, results and conclusions); Santos 1998 and Baiocchi 1999 in full; Baiocchi 2002, Spada 2015, Calisto Friant 2017, Doré 2015, Martins and Prá 2013 and Magalhães 2023 (abstracts, introductions, conclusions); the Harvard and IDB assessment (Porto Alegre sections). Money and outputs: the Planos de Investimentos e Serviços 2011, 2013/2014, 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 (opening pages and totals), the 2002 thematic priorities matrix, the 2006 Centro assembly result, the LOA 2024 project (OP passages). Also the 2015 councillors list, the COP minutes of 1 March 2016 (opening pages), the IDEASS 2005 brochure, the World Bank 2003 notes, the Giacomoni slides, the 2017 city observatory deck, the Porto Alegre chapters of Democracia participativa na América Latina (2017), the 2013 cycle diagram and the assembly flyer renders, and the table of contents of the 2016 living-conditions report, whose text did not extract.
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Orçamento Participativo de Porto Alegre
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The goal of Orçamento Participativo de Porto Alegre is to let residents decide directly, in open regional and thematic assemblies and through an elected council, how the City's investment budget is spent, so that public investment is inverted towards the poorest neighbourhoods and the budget stops being an instrument of clientelism.
Values
Equity · Convener-stated · Performative
Shared power · Community-surfaced · Lived
Transparency · Convener-stated · Aspirational
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Partners and Roles
City government (Prefeitura de Porto Alegre) · Convener · Public
Conselho do Orçamento Participativo · Decision-maker · Elected citizen council
Regional and thematic forums of delegates · Decision-maker · Community-based organization
Governance department and 17 sub-prefectures · Facilitator · Public
City departments and agencies · Specialist · Public
UAMPA · Advocate or accountability holder · Community-based organization
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Priority Audiences
Low-income residents · Equity · Centered design
Specific neighborhoods or geographies of need · Equity · Centered design
Women · Representation gap · Demographic data on participants
Youth · Representation gap · Dedicated channels
People with disabilities · Representation gap · Dedicated channels
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Pot of Money
City investment US$ 54 to 82 million a year (1992 to 1996) · Public (tax-funded) · Can be used for capital, Can be used for programmatic
46% of City investment (1997 to 2006) · Public (tax-funded) · Can be used for capital, Can be used for programmatic
R$ 260.1 million for 679 demands (2011 plan) · Public (tax-funded) · Can be used for capital, Can be used for programmatic
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Authority and Mandate
Executive · Formal · Binding
Executive · Formal · Advisory with required response
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Activities
Outreach · Process · Per cycle
Idea collection · Process · Per cycle
Voting or deciding · Process · Per cycle
Deliberation · Process · Per cycle
Proposal development · Process · Per cycle
Implementation oversight · Process · Continuous
Cycle debrief · Process · Per cycle
Rulebook authoring · Infrastructure · Per cycle
Civic education about PB · System · Per cycle
Advocacy and resource development · System · Per cycle
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Feedback Loops
Annual rulebook revision · Participants themselves · Every cycle
Annual accounting of the investment plan · Internal team · Every cycle
Participant surveys 1993 to 2015 · Fully external academic body · Multi-cycle
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Geographies
17 OP regions · District · Hybrid
6 thematic tracks, citywide · Municipal or citywide · Administrative
Microregions and vilas inside each region · Neighborhood · Community-defined
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Engagement Channels
Regional and thematic assemblies · In-person events · In-person group
Delegate forums every two weeks · In-person events · In-person group
Neighbourhood associations and microregion meetings · Embedded in existing spaces · Embedded in a trusted intermediary
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Costs
Assembly, council and transport logistics · Direct money · Organizational
Staff time of coordinators, sub-prefectures and departments · Staff time · Organizational
Councillors' and delegates' unpaid meeting hours · Volunteer and community time · Individual, Community
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Effects
Investment tilted to poorer regions, 1989 to 2000 · Material or project outcome · Positive
Water 98%, sewage 85% of homes by 1996 · Material or project outcome · Positive
6,873 of 9,268 demands built by 2017 · Material or project outcome · Positive
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