Country: Brazil

My Municipality (Meu Município) a free public portal that organizes and makes available the financial performance of 90% of the Brazilian cities in a intuitive, user-friendly way. It is used for citizens to understand, monitor and compare how Brazilian municipalities collect and spend our money. My Municipality is also designed for public managers in their analysis and decision-making about the city's directions.

Rede Bem Cuidar (Well Caring Network) is a network of Local Health Units, each acting as a multi-generational social hub. We developed the project to improve the quality of public health services offered to the city of Pelotas’ citizens, establishing community participation as a precondition for unfolding the project. The resulting renovations are designed to improve healthcare facilities and services, support employee well-being and create much-needed community space.

LabHacker is a space within the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies open to citizen participation and experimentation. It works with a network of citizens, lawmakers and public employees in projects that enhance transparency and participation. One of the main projects is an open source website - e-Democracia - that enables citizens to suggest amendments to bills and to participate in public hearings.

The Electronic System for the Citizen Information Service (e-SIC) was developed to enable, in a cost-effective and efficient way, the reception and processing of access to information requests. The system facilitated the implementation of the Access to Information Act and serves as an essential tool for monitoring its implementation.

Law nº 12.527/2011, the Access to Information Act, has come to materialize, in practice, transparency mechanisms of public information predicted in the 1988 Brazilian Federal Constitution, and in other several international treaties. The Law consolidates the understanding that public information is owned by society, not by public bodies that produce or keep it. Reviewing and improving mechanisms of various processes, such as increasing transparency and knowledge management, were implemented.