Local Solidary Governance The Experience of Porto Alegre, Brazil Cézar Busatto

Porto Alegre: Network-City Millennium Goals for 2015 / UN

Local Government Management CommitteeStrategic AxisLocal Solidary GovernanceParticipatoryBudgetSYSTEMIC VISION OF GOVERNANCESOCIETYGovernance AreaMunicipal Councils, Participatory Budget, Civil SocietyMANAGEMENT COMMITTEEMAYORDEPUTY MAYORSOCIAL AXIS

ECONOMIC AXIS

ENVIRONMENTAL AXIS

SUPPORT ACTIVITIES

Financial responsibility Foco de AtuaoGuarantee the balance of public accounts Resuls for Society Develop and strengthen the economy, promoting the generation of jobs Modernizao da gesto pblicaDesenvolver uma cidade empreendedoraModernizar e integrar as tecnologias de informaoCapacitar os colaboradores do servio municipalTo be reference in quality of life, creating a sustainable and participative environment, assuring the plurality, by means of Local Solidary Governance Promote social inclusionPromote environmental sustainability Fomentar e fortalecer atividades com potencial competitivoMelhorar o acesso e qualidade dos servios de sadeMelhorar a segurana da populaoRevitalizar e preservar reas da cidadeSocialEnvironmental EconmicoDescentralizar o planejamento e a execuo das aesFomentar a intersetorialidadeAumentar a efetividade da arrecadaoBuscar formas alternativas de financiamentoFinanceiroTransparnciaPromover a auto-sustentabilidade e emancipao dos cidadosBuscar excelncia dos processos administrativos e operacionais Governana Solidria LocalCriar uma ambincia favorvel aos negciosPlanejar e viabilizar a cidade futura e o seu crescimentoPromover a cultura de responsabilidade social e fiscalGarantir a relao harmnica entre os cidados, o servio pblico e o meio ambienteTo govern for who needs more Garantir uma comunicao eficaz com a sociedadeOportunidades de investimento e NegciosMelhoria na logsticaCultura empreendedoraArranjos produtivos locaisAlta tecnologia;Construo civil;TurismoInformaoDilogoMotivar colaboradores e atrair pessoas capacitadasPromote the attention and protection of children, teenagers and youth Program:Children's place is where family and school are.PROGRAMS14 ACTIONSFASC, SMED, EPTC, SMJ, SMGL, SME18 ACTIONSSMS, SMED, FASC, SMJ, SDHSU14 ACTIONSSMJ, SMED, FASC, SMIC, SME, SMC5 ACTIONSSMS, SMED, FASC, SMICSTRATEGIC MAPVision

Management and Budget by ProgramsFocus on objectives and goalsPromote functionalinclusion of civilservantsExtend dialogue with societyin regions and neighborhoods

CHILDREN'S PLACE IS WHERE FAMILY AND SCHOOL AREFORGET-ME-NOTLITTLE CITIZENSTHE RECIPE IS HEALTHAFFECTION IS AGELESSPORT OF INCLUSIONSAFE NEIGHBORHOODPORTO ALEGRE OF WOMENSOCIAL AXISPORT OF THE FUTURE INTEGRATED CITYLONG LIFE TO DOWNTOWNGREEN PORTCITY ENTRANCECITY DEVELOPMENTSOCIO-ENVIRONMENTALACCESSIBLE CITYENVIRONMENTAL AXISGROW PORTO ALEGREMORE FUNDS, MORE SERVICESTOTAL MANAGEMENTLOCAL SOLIDARY GOVERNANCEPARTICIPATORY BUDGETECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT AXIS 21 Government Programs

Responsible Agency: SMED

Justification: full attendance of Child and Teenager Statute CTS, mainly when they are in a vulnerability situation, that is, children in the street, with weak familiar bond and psychoactive substance users.

Objective: the program aims at to remove children and teenagers from the streets by reducing vulnerability variables, that are: attractiveness, quality and access to education, familiar structuralizing and approach with the origin community.

Indicators Recent Indicators Goal (2008)Children's place is where family and school are.Indicators and Goals

% of children 7-14 years old illiterates5,70%2%Number of children and teenagers living on the streets63763% of children 7-14 years old that are in school97,10%98,5%

MARCH / APRIL Preparatory meetings Meetings of joint and preparation in the regions, micro regions, thematic, etc. Guideline: Rendering of accounts / Presentation of the Plan of Investments / Presentation of the Internal Regulation / General and Technical Criteria / Quarrel of Thematic Priorities / Criteria for Choice of Council members / Suggestion of priorities

FEBRUARYRecess

DECEMBER / JANUARY Quarrel and voting of IRGeneral and Technical Criteria

FIRST FORTNIGHT OF JULY Municipal Assembly Guideline: To setting up of the new Council members / Delivery of the hierarquyzation of the constructions and services / Quarrel of subjets of general characterNOVEMBER / DECEMBERQuarrel in regional thematic fruns of the alterations to Internal Regulation (IR) / General and Technicial Criteria / Presentation of the PI and the regional and thematic voting in fruns and in the PBC (Participative Budget Council) and appreciation of appeals. OCTOBER / NOVEMBERDetailing of the Plan of Investments and Services Presentation and voting of the proposal of PI (financial and technique analysis of the demands of constructions and services) in fruns of regional and thematic commission agents, with the presence of similar government agencies, previous guiding of the related proposal to fruns AUGUST / SEPTEMBER Voting of the Matrix Quarrel and voting of the Budgetary Matrix and the distribution of resources for the thematic regions in the PBC (Participative Budget Council) APRIL / MAY Regional and Thematic AssembliesGuideline: Election of the Council members / Definition of the number of Commission agents / written and audiovisual Rendering of accounts MAY / JUNE / JULY Regional and Thematic AssembliesGuideline: Election of Commission agents / Hierarquyzation of the constructions and services / Deliberation of the demands (frum of commission agents) / Before the hierarchy visits of the commission agents the requested demands for knowledge. JULY / /SEPTEMBER / AUGUST Analysis of the demands and of the Government matrix: Financial and technique analysis of the demands / Assembly of the Budgetary Matrix Participatory Budget Cycle

17 Regional Assemblies and ForumsCENTER-SOUTH

6 Thematic Assembliesand ForumsPARTICIPATORY BUDGET

Creating Project and Initiative Communities based on Cooperation

ObjectivesOffer Universal Public PoliciesDeliver Qualified Services and Meet Populations Demands

Foster Local Development

Invest in Social CapitalCreate a Favorable EnvironmentFosterLocalDevelopmentLocal Solidary Governance

Why Local Solidary Governance?LOCAL: LSG has a net-oriented perspective that encompass different sectors and abilities. It is based on the territoriality formed by regions and neighborhoods.SOLIDARY: LSG has as its main line in the cooperation and mutual help between governmental and non-governmental institutions and people that voluntarily decide to take part in this initiative, aiming the accomplishment of common goals. GOVERNANCE: LSG is based on the partnership between government and society. It stimulates social participation, initiative and entrepreneurship of citizens and also induces its co-responsibility in city development.Concept

What do we seek through LSG?Government, civil society and private sector working together to accomplisha development agenda connected with the Millennium Goals of UNin the 17 regions and 82 neighborhoods of Porto Alegre

LSG Program ImplementationStep 1Step 0Step 4Step 2Step 6Step 5Step 8Step 7Step 3PresentationCapacity Building of agentsCreation of the articulation groupVision of the Future ForumPotencialities and diagnosisParticipative plan and goalsPriority agendasConfirmation of LSG agreementStarting agendas accomplishmentPresentation of the Program and creation of Local Government Local CommitteeLocal Government Management CommitteeArticulatorsPrograms ManagersCoordinatorsNet mobilization for agendas accomplishmentParticipation and diffusion in the netApproving in the Solidary Governance netNetwork capacitatingRegions net articulationMinimmum agendaAnother agenda itens

The New Budget of LSGThe articulation of government and community resources generates a new budget to foster local development and social inclusion.

Extend knowledge and strengthen local identityEQUITY Democratize the access to information ACCESSIBILITY Offer easy understanding informationLEGIBILITY ObjectivesEnable Manager-CitizensQualify social nets and instances of participatory democracy Empowering local communities Project of the International Observatory of Participatory Democracy, Net 3-Democracy in the City-of URB-AL.

The ObservaPoa is the result of a partnership among the City Hall, Federal University of the Estate of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) Catholic University (PUC), Dieese, Economics and Statistics Foundation (FEE) and Participatory Budget Council.Portal of information distributed on maps for neighborhoods, regions and for the city as a whole .City Observatorywww.observapoa.com.br

Percentage of born children from mothers with less than 8 years of study and health care centersIn the city, we have about 32% of born children from mothers with less than 8 years of study In the region, this percentage is a little inferior, 28,9% The neighborhoods Campo Novo, Terespolis and Vila Nova present higher percentages: 35%, 32% and 30,5%, respectively Source: SMS-SINASC 2005Center-South Region% born children from mothers with less than 8 years of study Health care centersRegional and Neighborhood Information

Goal 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Grf1

2.643

4.794

5.98

9.048

6.434

6.647

9.812

6.726

6.944

10.212

12.665

4.102

7.853

7.505

10.767

4.835

2.8

Pobreza 2000

% of disadvantaged

Percentage of disadvantaged family supporters, per districts, in 2000, and 2015 goals

Pobreza

Regies% de responsveis por domiclios com rendimento at 1/2 salrio mnimo 2000% de responsveis por domiclios sem rendimento 2000Pobreza 2000

Centro0.0842.5592.642.72

Centro Sul0.3844.414.794.94

Cristal0.2945.6865.986.16

Cruzeiro0.7658.2839.059.32

Eixo Baltazar0.3576.0776.436.63

Extremo Sul0.7135.9346.656.85

Glria0.7769.0369.8110.11

Humait/Navegantes/Ilhas0.7126.0146.736.93

Leste0.4366.5086.947.15

Lomba do Pinheiro0.849.37210.2110.52

Nordeste0.76911.89612.6713.04

Noroeste0.1673.9354.104.23

Norte0.4677.3867.858.09

Partenon0.4427.0637.517.73

Restinga0.71810.04910.7711.09

Sul0.294.5454.844.98

Total Cidade0.3625.4075.775.94

Pobreza 2000

Centro2.64

Centro Sul4.79

Cristal5.98

Cruzeiro9.05

Eixo Baltazar6.43

Extremo Sul6.65

Glria9.81

Humait/Navegantes/Ilhas6.73

Leste6.94

Lomba do Pinheiro10.21

Nordeste12.67

Noroeste4.10

Norte7.85

Partenon7.51

Restinga10.77

Sul4.84

Meta 20152.80

Pobreza

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Pobreza 2000

% de pobres

Percentual de responsveis pobres, por regies de Porto Alegre, em 2000 e Meta para 2015

Analfabetismo

RegiesTaxa de Analfabetismo, populao 15 anos e mais 2000Meta

Centro0.800.57

Centro Sul3.312.36

Cristal3.662.61

Cruzeiro6.204.42

Eixo Baltazar2.641.88

Extremo Sul7.535.37

Glria5.754.10

Humait/Navegantes/Ilhas5.123.65

Leste4.413.14

Lomba do Pinheiro6.894.91

Nordeste7.585.41

Noroeste1.451.04

Norte4.923.51

Partenon4.172.97

Restinga6.024.29

Sul3.102.21

Total Cidade3.452.46

% de analfabetos

Centro0.8

Centro Sul3.306

Cristal3.664

Cruzeiro6.203

Eixo Baltazar2.643

Extremo Sul7.529

Glria5.752


Leste4.407


Nordeste7.583

Noroeste1.452

Norte4.921

Partenon4.172

Restinga6.022

Sul3.098

Meta 20152.28

Analfabetismo

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

% de analfabetos

% analfabetismo

Taxa de analfabetismo, por regies de Porto Alegre, em 2000 e Meta para 2015

Escolaridade Mdia

RegiesEscolaridade MulheresEscolaridade Homens

Centro11.59712.757

Centro Sul7.8398.745

Cristal8.7239.603

Cruzeiro6.9587.907


Extremo Sul5.8086.304

Glria6.4757.116


Leste7.5828.64


Nordeste4.8025.313

Noroeste9.5410.88

Norte6.016.753

Partenon7.7058.584

Restinga5.6216.414

Sul8.5889.915

PoA 2000*99

PoA Projeo 20159.79

Desigualdade em 20150.7

*25 anos ou mais de idade

PoaAnos MulheresAnos Homens% M%H

199189

2000991.0131730136

Projeo 20159.79

Escolaridade Mdia

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

Escolaridade Mulheres

Escolaridade Homens

Anos de estudo

Escolarida mdia em 2000, por regies e sexo, e projeo e desigualdade em 2015 - Porto Alegre

Mortalidade

RegiesTaxa de mortalidade infantil em menores de 5 anos 2004Projeo 2015

Centro8.2996.590.746.14Centro6.14

Centro Sul19.47115.450.7414.41Centro Sul14.41

Cristal16.29312.930.7412.06Cristal12.06

Cruzeiro13.58710.780.7410.05Cruzeiro10.05

Eixo Baltazar11.1738.870.748.27Eixo Baltazar8.27

Extremo Sul26.66721.160.7419.73Extremo Sul19.73

Glria16.05812.740.7411.88Glria11.88

Humait/Navegantes/Ilhas21.61517.150.7416.00Humait/Navegantes/Ilhas16.00

Leste11.6289.230.748.60Leste8.60

Lomba do Pinheiro8.3826.650.746.20Lomba do Pinheiro6.20

Nordeste24.16419.180.7417.88Nordeste17.88

Noroeste9.9737.920.747.38Noroeste7.38

Norte19.62215.570.7414.52Norte14.52

Partenon15.77312.520.7411.67Partenon11.67

Restinga16.66713.230.7412.33Restinga12.33

Sul17.6313.990.7413.05Sul13.05

Total Cidade14.54211.540.7410.76Meta 20158.25

8.25

Mortalidade

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Projeo 2015

taxa por 1000 nascidos

Projeo para a Taxa de Mortalidade de menores de 5 anos, por regies de Porto Alegre, em 2000 e meta para 2015

Mortalidade RS PoA

BrasilRio Grande do SulPorto AlegreVar% BRVar% RSVar% POA

199159.4826.3724.74

200039.3217.2718.330.960.950.97

Projeo19.72508.5311.12

Meta 201519.8278.798.25

19912000ProjeoMeta 2015

Brasil59.4839.3219.7319.83

Rio Grande do Sul26.3717.278.538.79

Porto Alegre24.7418.3311.128.25

Mortalidade RS PoA

000

000

000

000

Brasil

Rio Grande do Sul

Porto Alegre


Taxa de Mortalidade de menores de 5 anos para 1991 e 2000, projeo e meta para 2015 - Brasil, Rio Grande do Sul e Porto Alegre

bitos Maternos

Var %

199642

2004290.95

Projeo 201517.43

Meta 201510.5

como meta foi considerada a reduo de 3/4 sobre o nmero de bitos maternos

19962004Projeo 2015Meta 2015

422917.427194197110.5

bitos Maternos

0

0

0

0

Nmero de bitos

Nmero de bitos maternos em 1996 e 2004 e projeo e meta para 2015 - Porto Alegre

AIDS

BrasilRio Grande do SulPorto Alegre%var BR%var RS%var PoA

199716.2720.8975.19

200515.0524.7261.590.991.020.98

Projeo13.6530.5148.00

19972005Projeo 2015

Brasil16.2715.0513.65

Rio Grande do Sul20.8924.7230.51

Porto Alegre75.1961.5948.00

AIDS

000

000

000

Brasil

Rio Grande do Sul

Porto Alegre

Taxa de Incidncia

Taxa de Incidncia de AIDS (por 100 mil habitantes), em 1997 e 2005 e projeo para 2015 - Brasil, Rio Grande do Sul e Porto Alegre

gua encanada

19912000Projeo 2015

Brasil71.5280.7598.856


Porto Alegre95.7197.8101.385

% Var Brasil1.014

% Var RS1.010

% Var Poa1.002

gua encanada

000

000

000

Brasil

Rio Grande do Sul

Porto Alegre

Proporo em %

Proporo da populao com gua encanada em 1991 e 2000 e projeo para 2015 - Brasil, Rio Grande do Sul e Porto Alegre

Goal 2 Achieve universal primary education

Grf2

0.8

3.306

3.664

6.203

2.643

7.529

5.752

5.119

4.407

6.889

7.583

1.452

4.921

4.172

6.022

3.098

2.28

% de analfabetos

% iliteracy

Literacy rate, per Porto Alegre regions, in 2000, and 2015 Goals

Pobreza

Regies% de responsveis por domiclios com rendimento at 1/2 salrio mnimo 2000% de responsveis por domiclios sem rendimento 2000Pobreza 2000

Centro0.0842.5592.642.72

Centro Sul0.3844.414.794.94

Cristal0.2945.6865.986.16

Cruzeiro0.7658.2839.059.32

Eixo Baltazar0.3576.0776.436.63

Extremo Sul0.7135.9346.656.85

Glria0.7769.0369.8110.11

Humait/Navegantes/Ilhas0.7126.0146.736.93

Leste0.4366.5086.947.15

Lomba do Pinheiro0.849.37210.2110.52

Nordeste0.76911.89612.6713.04

Noroeste0.1673.9354.104.23

Norte0.4677.3867.858.09

Partenon0.4427.0637.517.73

Restinga0.71810.04910.7711.09

Sul0.294.5454.844.98

Total Cidade0.3625.4075.775.94

Pobreza 2000

Centro2.64

Centro Sul4.79

Cristal5.98

Cruzeiro9.05

Eixo Baltazar6.43

Extremo Sul6.65

Glria9.81


Leste6.94


Nordeste12.67

Noroeste4.10

Norte7.85

Partenon7.51

Restinga10.77

Sul4.84

Meta 20152.80

Pobreza

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Pobreza 2000

% de pobres

Percentual de responsveis pobres, por regies de Porto Alegre, em 2000 e Meta para 2015

Analfabetismo

RegiesTaxa de Analfabetismo, populao 15 anos e mais 2000Meta

Centro0.800.57

Centro Sul3.312.36

Cristal3.662.61

Cruzeiro6.204.42


Extremo Sul7.535.37

Glria5.754.10


Leste4.413.14


Nordeste7.585.41

Noroeste1.451.04

Norte4.923.51

Partenon4.172.97

Restinga6.024.29

Sul3.102.21

Total Cidade3.452.46

% de analfabetos

Centro0.8

Centro Sul3.306

Cristal3.664

Cruzeiro6.203

Eixo Baltazar2.643

Extremo Sul7.529

Glria5.752


Leste4.407


Nordeste7.583

Noroeste1.452

Norte4.921

Partenon4.172

Restinga6.022

Sul3.098

Meta 20152.28

Analfabetismo

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

% de analfabetos

% analfabetismo

Taxa de analfabetismo, por regies de Porto Alegre, em 2000 e Meta para 2015

Escolaridade Mdia

RegiesEscolaridade MulheresEscolaridade Homens

Centro11.59712.757

Centro Sul7.8398.745

Cristal8.7239.603

Cruzeiro6.9587.907


Extremo Sul5.8086.304

Glria6.4757.116


Leste7.5828.64


Nordeste4.8025.313

Noroeste9.5410.88

Norte6.016.753

Partenon7.7058.584

Restinga5.6216.414

Sul8.5889.915

PoA 2000*99

PoA Projeo 20159.79

Desigualdade em 20150.7

*25 anos ou mais de idade

PoaAnos MulheresAnos Homens% M%H

199189

2000991.0131730136

Projeo 20159.79

Escolaridade Mdia

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

Escolaridade Mulheres

Escolaridade Homens

Anos de estudo

Escolarida mdia em 2000, por regies e sexo, e projeo e desigualdade em 2015 - Porto Alegre

Mortalidade

RegiesTaxa de mortalidade infantil em menores de 5 anos 2004Projeo 2015

Centro8.2996.590.746.14Centro6.14

Centro Sul19.47115.450.7414.41Centro Sul14.41

Cristal16.29312.930.7412.06Cristal12.06

Cruzeiro13.58710.780.7410.05Cruzeiro10.05

Eixo Baltazar11.1738.870.748.27Eixo Baltazar8.27

Extremo Sul26.66721.160.7419.73Extremo Sul19.73

Glria16.05812.740.7411.88Glria11.88

Humait/Navegantes/Ilhas21.61517.150.7416.00Humait/Navegantes/Ilhas16.00

Leste11.6289.230.748.60Leste8.60

Lomba do Pinheiro8.3826.650.746.20Lomba do Pinheiro6.20

Nordeste24.16419.180.7417.88Nordeste17.88

Noroeste9.9737.920.747.38Noroeste7.38

Norte19.62215.570.7414.52Norte14.52

Partenon15.77312.520.7411.67Partenon11.67

Restinga16.66713.230.7412.33Restinga12.33

Sul17.6313.990.7413.05Sul13.05

Total Cidade14.54211.540.7410.76Meta 20158.25

8.25

Mortalidade

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Projeo 2015


Projeo para a Taxa de Mortalidade de menores de 5 anos, por regies de Porto Alegre, em 2000 e meta para 2015

Mortalidade RS PoA

BrasilRio Grande do SulPorto AlegreVar% BRVar% RSVar% POA

199159.4826.3724.74

200039.3217.2718.330.960.950.97

Projeo19.72508.5311.12

Meta 201519.8278.798.25

19912000ProjeoMeta 2015

Brasil59.4839.3219.7319.83

Rio Grande do Sul26.3717.278.538.79

Porto Alegre24.7418.3311.128.25

Mortalidade RS PoA

000

000

000

000

Brasil

Rio Grande do Sul

Porto Alegre


Taxa de Mortalidade de menores de 5 anos para 1991 e 2000, projeo e meta para 2015 - Brasil, Rio Grande do Sul e Porto Alegre

bitos Maternos

Var %

199642

2004290.95

Projeo 201517.43

Meta 201510.5

como meta foi considerada a reduo de 3/4 sobre o nmero de bitos maternos

19962004Projeo 2015Meta 2015

422917.427194197110.5

bitos Maternos

0

0

0

0

Nmero de bitos

Nmero de bitos maternos em 1996 e 2004 e projeo e meta para 2015 - Porto Alegre

AIDS

BrasilRio Grande do SulPorto Alegre%var BR%var RS%var PoA

199716.2720.8975.19

200515.0524.7261.590.991.020.98

Projeo13.6530.5148.00

19972005Projeo 2015

Brasil16.2715.0513.65


Porto Alegre75.1961.5948.00

AIDS

000

000

000

Brasil

Rio Grande do Sul

Porto Alegre

Taxa de Incidncia

Taxa de Incidncia de AIDS (por 100 mil habitantes), em 1997 e 2005 e projeo para 2015 - Brasil, Rio Grande do Sul e Porto Alegre

gua encanada

19912000Projeo 2015

Brasil71.5280.7598.856


Porto Alegre95.7197.8101.385

% Var Brasil1.014

% Var RS1.010

% Var Poa1.002

gua encanada

000

000

000

Brasil

Rio Grande do Sul

Porto Alegre

Proporo em %

Proporo da populao com gua encanada em 1991 e 2000 e projeo para 2015 - Brasil, Rio Grande do Sul e Porto Alegre

1) Highlight the importance of this University. The Englishmen, as well the French, are very proud of the contribution they have made and still make to the thought.2) Giddensintegrates this University management. Refer him in the lecture because he has been publishing works on the Progressist Governance. For example, he defends the importance of the integration of Brazil with other Latin American countries. By the way, he is one of the major theorists aligned with the integration, cooperation, and so on.3) Another important issue is to stress the role of Great Britain in the process of "invention" and universalization of the modern democracy. Nowadays, everyone emphasizes the intensive efforts made by governments and by the British society around tolerance, which is referred to as multiculturalism. Also, value the cultural and theoretical contribution: Charles Dickens, Aldous Huxley, Daniel Defoe, Salman Rushdie (who has been adopted by the English), Jane Austen,Disraeli, George Orwell (1984), Kipling,John Le Carr, John Stuart Mill,etc.4) The moment we live in the world, in Latin America, in Brazil, and finally arrive in the city.5) To set the link between the global situation and the role of the cities and their integration for the local/global development. Relationships of the City Hall with international organizations. 6) Advocate for the cooperation between London and Porto Alegre. (London is governed by a hyper-progressist Mayor. It is very important that the lecture refers the respect our city has for the humanist thematic: Free sexual orientation, gender, human rights, access to land, etc.Finally, as a consequence of the inflow of simultaneous globalization and localization processes, the last years have brought innovative and transforming experiences for the democratic management, either through the multiplication of initiatives aiming at the participation of the citizens in the public space, either through the adoption of systemic management models by governments and local institutions, which are experimenting unknown governance systems.Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to participate and ask you to join us in the efforts that the City Hall of Porto Alegre is making to accomplish in July 2007, in a partnership with UNESCO and the World Bank, the World Conference on the Development of Cities Innovative Experiences of the Democratic Management in the XXI Century. Intended to reflect on the innovations and transformations that are arising in all fields and sectors of the life in society and on the performance of local governments the purpose of the event is to congregate public managers, specialists, governmental, corporative and social promoters of participatory experiences focused on urban territorialities, and turned to the induction of the local development in cities. By the way, there are grounded evidences that the relationship standards between the State and the society are passing through deep changes, mainly within the local scope. Together with the popular participation methods intended to interact with the State in the definition, accomplishment and inspection of public policies and the provision of quality services, having as a focus the governmental budget, new ways to incorporate the society potential start to be experimented, in order to find out and develop their own assets and to make their potentialities more dynamic in order to favor a sustainable human and social development With the crisis of the state-nation shape, pressed from above by the vertiginous flows of resources and information that cross the world without considering the old territorial borders, and on the other side, due to the growing demand for autonomy of the sub-national spheres, the stage of these innovative and transforming experiences have usually been the cities, which are becoming the new local actors in a globalized world. All this movement is followed by embryonic State types that are being referred now in order to explain the growing political and economical participation of these new subjects of the development process, as the so-called State-region that does not coincide with the old national borders and also as the cities and micro-regions constituted from local development plans and which increasingly affirm themselves inside each nation.Elements that may constitute the future shape of a network-state are arising, mainly due to initiatives of the cities, with all the consequences that this may have on the models of governmental and social management and for the governance models, inspiring new forms of representation and political participation, and of social interaction based on social networks, on the investment in the social capital, on the democracy in real time, on the molecular empowerment of the population and on the stimulation to the collective intelligence of the communities. The more walls we built, more we limit the life to our yard, and the city becomes sadder and more cruel. But when we realize that our commitment with the whole contaminates and expands light and delight, the city gains new colors. To be responsible with the whole and with everyone is the result of an atmosphere where there is mutual confidence, respect for the differences and cooperation. The City Hall of Porto Alegre believes that the joint responsibility of all citizens and the integration of the government and society are crucial attitudes to make the city more cheerful, more human, more just and happier. O compromisso poltico assumido pelo atual governo fazer com que Porto Alegre seja referncia em qualidade de vida construindo um ambiente sustentvel e participativo, garantindo a pluralidade por meio da Governana Solidria Local. Com essa viso de longo prazo e com a misso de promover o capital social para a cidade atingir novo patamar de bem-estar coletivo atravs do desenvolvimento local, estamos construindo juntamente com as comunidades espaos alternativos para a propagao de boas prticas que originaro autonomia, qualidade de vida e convivncia pacfica entre nossos concidados.Assim, passamos a trabalhar com trs eixos institucionais de governo: um novo modelo de gesto, o Oramento Participativo e a Governana Solidria Local, tendo por objetivos: romper com a setorizao; governar por programas, objetivos e metas, com transversalidade; promover a incluso funcional; abrir espao para a incorporao de todos os colaboradores ao projeto de governo; e, territorializar a gesto pblica e o desenvolvimento local.Assim, passamos a trabalhar com trs eixos institucionais de governo: um novo modelo de gesto, o Oramento Participativo e a Governana Solidria Local, tendo por objetivos: romper com a setorizao; governar por programas, objetivos e metas, com transversalidade; promover a incluso funcional; abrir espao para a incorporao de todos os colaboradores ao projeto de governo.A partir dessa deciso, promovemos o reordenamento da atuao governamental sob a forma de programas o que tem por finalidade melhorar os resultados da administrao e dar maior transparncia aplicao dos recursos pblicos. A adoo da metodologia do oramento-programa, definido em nosso Plano Plurianual, na Lei de Diretrizes Oramentrias e na Lei do Oramento Anual, possibilitou a estruturao de 21 programas de governo alinhados aos desafios estratgicos da Prefeitura e aos recursos disponveis.This way, it is possible to monitor the integrated programs, actions, targets, and indicators continuously, eliminating the segregation among multiple departments, agencies and secretariats. The information is shared, speeding up the solution to the problem and allowing the society to inspect and follow the course of its demands. Besides building an internal dialog and partnership, it is created an atmosphere of co-responsibility among secretariats, public officers and the society. The public management keeps its focus on the strategic planning through a modern, agile and efficient work tool.In order to territorialize the government, we have introduced another innovation in each region of the PB, through the creation of Local Management Committees - a governmental instance where all the agencies, secretariats and municipal companies work in an integrated way trying to identify and solve the problems that affect the local community. With it, we can offer a faster answer to service demands of each community, and ensure the transversal actuation of the city governmental frame - stimulating what we have named endogovernance.The promotion of inter-sectors, which is another commitment we have, is supported by the governance practice. Through the promotion of articulated actions of different secretariats, crossing their specializations with the local demands, the government not only realizes the citizens as complex beings, but also provides faster answers to their demands, optimizing the existing resources, reducing costs and increasing the effectiveness of the processes. The management model we have adopted is focused on the concepts of an entrepreneurial and socially responsible city. The public power and the society must work together for a healthier and more entrepreneurial city, that guarantees work and a fair income to its inhabitants. The city we want will be built by all of us, and the responsibility of making Porto Alegre the happiest place in the world to live in, cannot be an exclusive duty of the governors.Thats the reason why we work starting from a concept Local Solidarity Governance and adopt a specific program for the implementation of the local solidarity governance, which is feasible due to the technical cooperation with UNESCO.The program need arose because despite the concepts of governance, solidarity and territoriality being not so new, up to now they have not been used in the Brazilian municipal public management in a joint way. This is demanding from the City Hall of Porto Alegre an additional effort to propagate this new practice and also of collective learning. And then we signed a cooperation protocol with UNESCO that is making possible the qualified production of educational material and the qualification of governmental agents, and which we will now enlarge to the schools, telecenters and communitarian, unionist and entrepreneurial entities. Such partnership ensures the required support to form governance agents, to qualify public officers and managers as well as social leaderships for the development and promotion of the social capital. Until December 2008 we expect having 13 thousand voluntary agents connected and articulated in a big network of Local Solidarity Governance acting in the 82 districts and 478 suburbs of the city. At the end of next year we also hope to have at least 700 organizations of the civil society, qualified in project management and in the raising of funds everything based on a view that is not possible to continue thinking anymore that the responsibility for the solution of the social problems is exclusive of the public power. O Brasil no pode mais postergar a implementao de um ambicioso projeto nacional de combate a pobreza e erradicao da misria para o qual todos devero ser convocados.

necessrio criar um ambiente de unio de iniciativas e competncias capaz de alavancar o desenvolvimento social sustentvel e instrumentos de melhoria contnua em harmonia com o meio-ambiente e com o desenvolvimento econmico.

Com governana social possvel se pensar num planejamento estratgico multidisciplinar.

Estimular a unio de esforos em torno de uma agenda convergente voltada para a melhoria dos indicadores sociais.Finally, as a consequence of the inflow of simultaneous globalization and localization processes, the last years have brought innovative and transforming experiences for the democratic management, either through the multiplication of initiatives aiming at the participation of the citizens in the public space, either through the adoption of systemic management models by governments and local institutions, which are experimenting unknown governance systems.Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to participate and ask you to join us in the efforts that the City Hall of Porto Alegre is making to accomplish in July 2007, in a partnership with UNESCO and the World Bank, the World Conference on the Development of Cities Innovative Experiences of the Democratic Management in the XXI Century. Intended to reflect on the innovations and transformations that are arising in all fields and sectors of the life in society and on the performance of local governments the purpose of the event is to congregate public managers, specialists, governmental, corporative and social promoters of participatory experiences focused on urban territorialities, and turned to the induction of the local development in cities. By the way, there are grounded evidences that the relationship standards between the State and the society are passing through deep changes, mainly within the local scope. Together with the popular participation methods intended to interact with the State in the definition, accomplishment and inspection of public policies and the provision of quality services, having as a focus the governmental budget, new ways to incorporate the society potential start to be experimented, in order to find out and develop their own assets and to make their potentialities more dynamic in order to favor a sustainable human and social development With the crisis of the state-nation shape, pressed from above by the vertiginous flows of resources and information that cross the world without considering the old territorial borders, and on the other side, due to the growing demand for autonomy of the sub-national spheres, the stage of these innovative and transforming experiences have usually been the cities, which are becoming the new local actors in a globalized world. All this movement is followed by embryonic State types that are being referred now in order to explain the growing political and economical participation of these new subjects of the development process, as the so-called State-region that does not coincide with the old national borders and also as the cities and micro-regions constituted from local development plans and which increasingly affirm themselves inside each nation.Elements that may constitute the future shape of a network-state are arising, mainly due to initiatives of the cities, with all the consequences that this may have on the models of governmental and social management and for the governance models, inspiring new forms of representation and political participation, and of social interaction based on social networks, on the investment in the social capital, on the democracy in real time, on the molecular empowerment of the population and on the stimulation to the collective intelligence of the communities. The more walls we built, more we limit the life to our yard, and the city becomes sadder and more cruel. But when we realize that our commitment with the whole contaminates and expands light and delight, the city gains new colors. To be responsible with the whole and with everyone is the result of an atmosphere where there is mutual confidence, respect for the differences and cooperation. The City Hall of Porto Alegre believes that the joint responsibility of all citizens and the integration of the government and society are crucial attitudes to make the city more cheerful, more human, more just and happier. Finally, as a consequence of the inflow of simultaneous globalization and localization processes, the last years have brought innovative and transforming experiences for the democratic management, either through the multiplication of initiatives aiming at the participation of the citizens in the public space, either through the adoption of systemic management models by governments and local institutions, which are experimenting unknown governance systems.Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to participate and ask you to join us in the efforts that the City Hall of Porto Alegre is making to accomplish in July 2007, in a partnership with UNESCO and the World Bank, the World Conference on the Development of Cities Innovative Experiences of the Democratic Management in the XXI Century. Intended to reflect on the innovations and transformations that are arising in all fields and sectors of the life in society and on the performance of local governments the purpose of the event is to congregate public managers, specialists, governmental, corporative and social promoters of participatory experiences focused on urban territorialities, and turned to the induction of the local development in cities. By the way, there are grounded evidences that the relationship standards between the State and the society are passing through deep changes, mainly within the local scope. Together with the popular participation methods intended to interact with the State in the definition, accomplishment and inspection of public policies and the provision of quality services, having as a focus the governmental budget, new ways to incorporate the society potential start to be experimented, in order to find out and develop their own assets and to make their potentialities more dynamic in order to favor a sustainable human and social development With the crisis of the state-nation shape, pressed from above by the vertiginous flows of resources and information that cross the world without considering the old territorial borders, and on the other side, due to the growing demand for autonomy of the sub-national spheres, the stage of these innovative and transforming experiences have usually been the cities, which are becoming the new local actors in a globalized world. All this movement is followed by embryonic State types that are being referred now in order to explain the growing political and economical participation of these new subjects of the development process, as the so-called State-region that does not coincide with the old national borders and also as the cities and micro-regions constituted from local development plans and which increasingly affirm themselves inside each nation.Elements that may constitute the future shape of a network-state are arising, mainly due to initiatives of the cities, with all the consequences that this may have on the models of governmental and social management and for the governance models, inspiring new forms of representation and political participation, and of social interaction based on social networks, on the investment in the social capital, on the democracy in real time, on the molecular empowerment of the population and on the stimulation to the collective intelligence of the communities. The more walls we built, more we limit the life to our yard, and the city becomes sadder and more cruel. But when we realize that our commitment with the whole contaminates and expands light and delight, the city gains new colors. To be responsible with the whole and with everyone is the result of an atmosphere where there is mutual confidence, respect for the differences and cooperation. The City Hall of Porto Alegre believes that the joint responsibility of all citizens and the integration of the government and society are crucial attitudes to make the city more cheerful, more human, more just and happier. Finally, as a consequence of the inflow of simultaneous globalization and localization processes, the last years have brought innovative and transforming experiences for the democratic management, either through the multiplication of initiatives aiming at the participation of the citizens in the public space, either through the adoption of systemic management models by governments and local institutions, which are experimenting unknown governance systems.Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to participate and ask you to join us in the efforts that the City Hall of Porto Alegre is making to accomplish in July 2007, in a partnership with UNESCO and the World Bank, the World Conference on the Development of Cities Innovative Experiences of the Democratic Management in the XXI Century. Intended to reflect on the innovations and transformations that are arising in all fields and sectors of the life in society and on the performance of local governments the purpose of the event is to congregate public managers, specialists, governmental, corporative and social promoters of participatory experiences focused on urban territorialities, and turned to the induction of the local development in cities. By the way, there are grounded evidences that the relationship standards between the State and the society are passing through deep changes, mainly within the local scope. Together with the popular participation methods intended to interact with the State in the definition, accomplishment and inspection of public policies and the provision of quality services, having as a focus the governmental budget, new ways to incorporate the society potential start to be experimented, in order to find out and develop their own assets and to make their potentialities more dynamic in order to favor a sustainable human and social development With the crisis of the state-nation shape, pressed from above by the vertiginous flows of resources and information that cross the world without considering the old territorial borders, and on the other side, due to the growing demand for autonomy of the sub-national spheres, the stage of these innovative and transforming experiences have usually been the cities, which are becoming the new local actors in a globalized world. All this movement is followed by embryonic State types that are being referred now in order to explain the growing political and economical participation of these new subjects of the development process, as the so-called State-region that does not coincide with the old national borders and also as the cities and micro-regions constituted from local development plans and which increasingly affirm themselves inside each nation.Elements that may constitute the future shape of a network-state are arising, mainly due to initiatives of the cities, with all the consequences that this may have on the models of governmental and social management and for the governance models, inspiring new forms of representation and political participation, and of social interaction based on social networks, on the investment in the social capital, on the democracy in real time, on the molecular empowerment of the population and on the stimulation to the collective intelligence of the communities. The more walls we built, more we limit the life to our yard, and the city becomes sadder and more cruel. But when we realize that our commitment with the whole contaminates and expands light and delight, the city gains new colors. To be responsible with the whole and with everyone is the result of an atmosphere where there is mutual confidence, respect for the differences and cooperation. The City Hall of Porto Alegre believes that the joint responsibility of all citizens and the integration of the government and society are crucial attitudes to make the city more cheerful, more human, more just and happier. Finally, as a consequence of the inflow of simultaneous globalization and localization processes, the last years have brought innovative and transforming experiences for the democratic management, either through the multiplication of initiatives aiming at the participation of the citizens in the public space, either through the adoption of systemic management models by governments and local institutions, which are experimenting unknown governance systems.Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to participate and ask you to join us in the efforts that the City Hall of Porto Alegre is making to accomplish in July 2007, in a partnership with UNESCO and the World Bank, the World Conference on the Development of Cities Innovative Experiences of the Democratic Management in the XXI Century. Intended to reflect on the innovations and transformations that are arising in all fields and sectors of the life in society and on the performance of local governments the purpose of the event is to congregate public managers, specialists, governmental, corporative and social promoters of participatory experiences focused on urban territorialities, and turned to the induction of the local development in cities. By the way, there are grounded evidences that the relationship standards between the State and the society are passing through deep changes, mainly within the local scope. Together with the popular participation methods intended to interact with the State in the definition, accomplishment and inspection of public policies and the provision of quality services, having as a focus the governmental budget, new ways to incorporate the society potential start to be experimented, in order to find out and develop their own assets and to make their potentialities more dynamic in order to favor a sustainable human and social development With the crisis of the state-nation shape, pressed from above by the vertiginous flows of resources and information that cross the world without considering the old territorial borders, and on the other side, due to the growing demand for autonomy of the sub-national spheres, the stage of these innovative and transforming experiences have usually been the cities, which are becoming the new local actors in a globalized world. All this movement is followed by embryonic State types that are being referred now in order to explain the growing political and economical participation of these new subjects of the development process, as the so-called State-region that does not coincide with the old national borders and also as the cities and micro-regions constituted from local development plans and which increasingly affirm themselves inside each nation.Elements that may constitute the future shape of a network-state are arising, mainly due to initiatives of the cities, with all the consequences that this may have on the models of governmental and social management and for the governance models, inspiring new forms of representation and political participation, and of social interaction based on social networks, on the investment in the social capital, on the democracy in real time, on the molecular empowerment of the population and on the stimulation to the collective intelligence of the communities. The more walls we built, more we limit the life to our yard, and the city becomes sadder and more cruel. But when we realize that our commitment with the whole contaminates and expands light and delight, the city gains new colors. To be responsible with the whole and with everyone is the result of an atmosphere where there is mutual confidence, respect for the differences and cooperation. The City Hall of Porto Alegre believes that the joint responsibility of all citizens and the integration of the government and society are crucial attitudes to make the city more cheerful, more human, more just and happier. Finally, as a consequence of the inflow of simultaneous globalization and localization processes, the last years have brought innovative and transforming experiences for the democratic management, either through the multiplication of initiatives aiming at the participation of the citizens in the public space, either through the adoption of systemic management models by governments and local institutions, which are experimenting unknown governance systems.Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to participate and ask you to join us in the efforts that the City Hall of Porto Alegre is making to accomplish in July 2007, in a partnership with UNESCO and the World Bank, the World Conference on the Development of Cities Innovative Experiences of the Democratic Management in the XXI Century. Intended to reflect on the innovations and transformations that are arising in all fields and sectors of the life in society and on the performance of local governments the purpose of the event is to congregate public managers, specialists, governmental, corporative and social promoters of participatory experiences focused on urban territorialities, and turned to the induction of the local development in cities. By the way, there are grounded evidences that the relationship standards between the State and the society are passing through deep changes, mainly within the local scope. Together with the popular participation methods intended to interact with the State in the definition, accomplishment and inspection of public policies and the provision of quality services, having as a focus the governmental budget, new ways to incorporate the society potential start to be experimented, in order to find out and develop their own assets and to make their potentialities more dynamic in order to favor a sustainable human and social development With the crisis of the state-nation shape, pressed from above by the vertiginous flows of resources and information that cross the world without considering the old territorial borders, and on the other side, due to the growing demand for autonomy of the sub-national spheres, the stage of these innovative and transforming experiences have usually been the cities, which are becoming the new local actors in a globalized world. All this movement is followed by embryonic State types that are being referred now in order to explain the growing political and economical participation of these new subjects of the development process, as the so-called State-region that does not coincide with the old national borders and also as the cities and micro-regions constituted from local development plans and which increasingly affirm themselves inside each nation.Elements that may constitute the future shape of a network-state are arising, mainly due to initiatives of the cities, with all the consequences that this may have on the models of governmental and social management and for the governance models, inspiring new forms of representation and political participation, and of social interaction based on social networks, on the investment in the social capital, on the democracy in real time, on the molecular empowerment of the population and on the stimulation to the collective intelligence of the communities. The more walls we built, more we limit the life to our yard, and the city becomes sadder and more cruel. But when we realize that our commitment with the whole contaminates and expands light and delight, the city gains new colors. To be responsible with the whole and with everyone is the result of an atmosphere where there is mutual confidence, respect for the differences and cooperation. The City Hall of Porto Alegre believes that the joint responsibility of all citizens and the integration of the government and society are crucial attitudes to make the city more cheerful, more human, more just and happier. Finally, as a consequence of the inflow of simultaneous globalization and localization processes, the last years have brought innovative and transforming experiences for the democratic management, either through the multiplication of initiatives aiming at the participation of the citizens in the public space, either through the adoption of systemic management models by governments and local institutions, which are experimenting unknown governance systems.Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to participate and ask you to join us in the efforts that the City Hall of Porto Alegre is making to accomplish in July 2007, in a partnership with UNESCO and the World Bank, the World Conference on the Development of Cities Innovative Experiences of the Democratic Management in the XXI Century. Intended to reflect on the innovations and transformations that are arising in all fields and sectors of the life in society and on the performance of local governments the purpose of the event is to congregate public managers, specialists, governmental, corporative and social promoters of participatory experiences focused on urban territorialities, and turned to the induction of the local development in cities. By the way, there are grounded evidences that the relationship standards between the State and the society are passing through deep changes, mainly within the local scope. Together with the popular participation methods intended to interact with the State in the definition, accomplishment and inspection of public policies and the provision of quality services, having as a focus the governmental budget, new ways to incorporate the society potential start to be experimented, in order to find out and develop their own assets and to make their potentialities more dynamic in order to favor a sustainable human and social development With the crisis of the state-nation shape, pressed from above by the vertiginous flows of resources and information that cross the world without considering the old territorial borders, and on the other side, due to the growing demand for autonomy of the sub-national spheres, the stage of these innovative and transforming experiences have usually been the cities, which are becoming the new local actors in a globalized world. All this movement is followed by embryonic State types that are being referred now in order to explain the growing political and economical participation of these new subjects of the development process, as the so-called State-region that does not coincide with the old national borders and also as the cities and micro-regions constituted from local development plans and which increasingly affirm themselves inside each nation.Elements that may constitute the future shape of a network-state are arising, mainly due to initiatives of the cities, with all the consequences that this may have on the models of governmental and social management and for the governance models, inspiring new forms of representation and political participation, and of social interaction based on social networks, on the investment in the social capital, on the democracy in real time, on the molecular empowerment of the population and on the stimulation to the collective intelligence of the communities. The more walls we built, more we limit the life to our yard, and the city becomes sadder and more cruel. But when we realize that our commitment with the whole contaminates and expands light and delight, the city gains new colors. To be responsible with the whole and with everyone is the result of an atmosphere where there is mutual confidence, respect for the differences and cooperation. The City Hall of Porto Alegre believes that the joint responsibility of all citizens and the integration of the government and society are crucial attitudes to make the city more cheerful, more human, more just and happier. Finally, as a consequence of the inflow of simultaneous globalization and localization processes, the last years have brought innovative and transforming experiences for the democratic management, either through the multiplication of initiatives aiming at the participation of the citizens in the public space, either through the adoption of systemic management models by governments and local institutions, which are experimenting unknown governance systems.Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to participate and ask you to join us in the efforts that the City Hall of Porto Alegre is making to accomplish in July 2007, in a partnership with UNESCO and the World Bank, the World Conference on the Development of Cities Innovative Experiences of the Democratic Management in the XXI Century. Intended to reflect on the innovations and transformations that are arising in all fields and sectors of the life in society and on the performance of local governments the purpose of the event is to congregate public managers, specialists, governmental, corporative and social promoters of participatory experiences focused on urban territorialities, and turned to the induction of the local development in cities. By the way, there are grounded evidences that the relationship standards between the State and the society are passing through deep changes, mainly within the local scope. Together with the popular participation methods intended to interact with the State in the definition, accomplishment and inspection of public policies and the provision of quality services, having as a focus the governmental budget, new ways to incorporate the society potential start to be experimented, in order to find out and develop their own assets and to make their potentialities more dynamic in order to favor a sustainable human and social development With the crisis of the state-nation shape, pressed from above by the vertiginous flows of resources and information that cross the world without considering the old territorial borders, and on the other side, due to the growing demand for autonomy of the sub-national spheres, the stage of these innovative and transforming experiences have usually been the cities, which are becoming the new local actors in a globalized world. All this movement is followed by embryonic State types that are being referred now in order to explain the growing political and economical participation of these new subjects of the development process, as the so-called State-region that does not coincide with the old national borders and also as the cities and micro-regions constituted from local development plans and which increasingly affirm themselves inside each nation.Elements that may constitute the future shape of a network-state are arising, mainly due to initiatives of the cities, with all the consequences that this may have on the models of governmental and social management and for the governance models, inspiring new forms of representation and political participation, and of social interaction based on social networks, on the investment in the social capital, on the democracy in real time, on the molecular empowerment of the population and on the stimulation to the collective intelligence of the communities. The more walls we built, more we limit the life to our yard, and the city becomes sadder and more cruel. But when we realize that our commitment with the whole contaminates and expands light and delight, the city gains new colors. To be responsible with the whole and with everyone is the result of an atmosphere where there is mutual confidence, respect for the differences and cooperation. The City Hall of Porto Alegre believes that the joint responsibility of all citizens and the integration of the government and society are crucial attitudes to make the city more cheerful, more human, more just and happier. Finally, as a consequence of the inflow of simultaneous globalization and localization processes, the last years have brought innovative and transforming experiences for the democratic management, either through the multiplication of initiatives aiming at the participation of the citizens in the public space, either through the adoption of systemic management models by governments and local institutions, which are experimenting unknown governance systems.Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to participate and ask you to join us in the efforts that the City Hall of Porto Alegre is making to accomplish in July 2007, in a partnership with UNESCO and the World Bank, the World Conference on the Development of Cities Innovative Experiences of the Democratic Management in the XXI Century. Intended to reflect on the innovations and transformations that are arising in all fields and sectors of the life in society and on the performance of local governments the purpose of the event is to congregate public managers, specialists, governmental, corporative and social promoters of participatory experiences focused on urban territorialities, and turned to the induction of the local development in cities. By the way, there are grounded evidences that the relationship standards between the State and the society are passing through deep changes, mainly within the local scope. Together with the popular participation methods intended to interact with the State in the definition, accomplishment and inspection of public policies and the provision of quality services, having as a focus the governmental budget, new ways to incorporate the society potential start to be experimented, in order to find out and develop their own assets and to make their potentialities more dynamic in order to favor a sustainable human and social development With the crisis of the state-nation shape, pressed from above by the vertiginous flows of resources and information that cross the world without considering the old territorial borders, and on the other side, due to the growing demand for autonomy of the sub-national spheres, the stage of these innovative and transforming experiences have usually been the cities, which are becoming the new local actors in a globalized world. All this movement is followed by embryonic State types that are being referred now in order to explain the growing political and economical participation of these new subjects of the development process, as the so-called State-region that does not coincide with the old national borders and also as the cities and micro-regions constituted from local development plans and which increasingly affirm themselves inside each nation.Elements that may constitute the future shape of a network-state are arising, mainly due to initiatives of the cities, with all the consequences that this may have on the models of governmental and social management and for the governance models, inspiring new forms of representation and political participation, and of social interaction based on social networks, on the investment in the social capital, on the democracy in real time, on the molecular empowerment of the population and on the stimulation to the collective intelligence of the communities. The more walls we built, more we limit the life to our yard, and the city becomes sadder and more cruel. But when we realize that our commitment with the whole contaminates and expands light and delight, the city gains new colors. To be responsible with the whole and with everyone is the result of an atmosphere where there is mutual confidence, respect for the differences and cooperation. The City Hall of Porto Alegre believes that the joint responsibility of all citizens and the integration of the government and society are crucial attitudes to make the city more cheerful, more human, more just and happier. I am very proud to be governing a city that defends values. Cultural, affective and institutional values. Porto Alegre is a land where the people adopt life principles and abide by them. We appreciate loyalty, friendship, the respect for the nature. I am fascinated to live in a city that has the culture as its major value. The culture that comes from our ancestries, that respect for the cultural elements that shape our behavior standards. And thats the reason why the most southern capital in Brazil is not satisfied to be just a point at the 30th parallel with more than one million trees, 409 squares and the city with the highest concentration of birds in Brazil. Its 1 million and 400 thousand inhabitants know they are global citizens, militants of an internationally acknowledged citizenship. It was there where the first environmental movements in Brazil were born, and where innovations like the Participatory Budget have strengthened; the pioneer implementation in the country of the Guardianship Councils provided in Statute of the Child and Adolescent. We have managed and hosted the World Social Forum, among other countless international conferences. With its creative search for a broader democracy, we can say that few cities are so bustling and proud of themselves as the gaucho capital. But, much more than a happy harbor, our city is the anchorage of our hopes, dreams, and of our joys. Porto Alegre, which will be celebrating its 235 years in a few months, is the fruit of a history filled with great democratic vocation. It is also a flower that blooms due to its huge capacity of weaving social networks.

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Local Solidary Governance The Experience of Porto Alegre, Brazil Cézar Busatto