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

CEARÁ IN THE WORLD

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).

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 CAM – CITIZEN COMMITMENT

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

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE C.A.M.: Assess management accounts, including those of city councils and others responsible for money, goods, and public assets of branches of the municipal government. Carry out inspections and accounting, financial, budgetary, operational, and asset audits of legislative and executive units of municipal governments, and of other entities instituted and maintained by public (local) funds. . CAM – CITIZEN COMMITMENT

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE C.A.M.:

Assess management accounts, including those of city councils and others responsible for money, goods, and public assets of branches of the municipal government.

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

MISSION “ Contribute to excellence in public administration through direction and audit, for the purpose of promoting the development of the municipalities of Ceará” CAM – CITIZEN COMMITMENT

CAM – CITIZEN COMMITMENT 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

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

PREPARATION SOCIAL CONTROL AUDITS CAM – CITIZEN COMMITMENT

PREPARATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

AUDITS

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 CAM – CITIZEN COMMITMENT

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

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 CAM – CITIZEN COMMITMENT

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

INSPECTIONS, 2009 All of Ceará state (184) in 9 months Communication by local radio (in partnership with the Cearense Association of Television and Radio) Telephone and e-mail for contact with society Little contact with on-site inspectors (culture) CAM – CITIZEN COMMITMENT

INSPECTIONS, 2009

All of Ceará state (184) in 9 months

Communication by local radio (in partnership with the Cearense Association of Television and Radio)

Telephone and e-mail for contact with society

Little contact with on-site inspectors (culture)

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) CAM – CITIZEN COMMITMENT

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)