This project was developed by the Center for Studies on State–Society Relations and Public Policies (NESPP-UFPB) and integrates research and extension activities, with the aim of building a Participation Observatory. The project comprises two lines of work: the first focuses on mapping and analyzing the functioning and decision-making outputs of national councils, while the second focuses on state councils and municipal councils in state capitals in Brazil’s Northeast region. The objective is to produce up-to-date diagnoses of the functioning and effectiveness of these Participatory Institutions. To this end, the project involves the collection, organization, systematization, and analysis of data on the structure and operation of the councils. The database generated through this initiative will feed into a repository currently under development, to be made publicly available by the Participa Observatory, a project of INCT Participa to which it is linked, with the aim of contributing to researchers and actors directly involved in participatory experiences in the region, whether from government or civil society.

Participants (Center)

NESPP/UFPB: Lizandra Serafim (coordinator), Marcelo Burgos Pimentel dos Santos, Carlos Eduardo de Lima Correia, Ingrid Raissa Guerra Lins, Jackson Macedo