Presentation in the first workshop of the Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries project. Looking at the context of open data, and the research case study planned for 2013 - 2014. See http://www.opendataresearch.org/project/2013/inesc

1. OPEN DATA, PUBLIC BUDGET
AND ITS RELATIONS TO
PEOPLE S RIGHTS IN BRAZIL
Institute for Socioeconomic Studies

2. INESC - BACKGROUND INFORMATION
 INESC is a Brazilian policy, research and advocacy CSO founded in
1979, with the mission of contribute to deepen democracy, promote human
rights and environmental sustainability, focusing our action on public
budget and parliamentary work
 Since 1991 Inesc has developed strategies related to
budget process. We use budget as a tool to demand
from the State the fullfilment of the Human Rights.
 Budget Transparency and Access to Information
 OBI (Open Budget Index) – International Budget
Partnership
 Subnational Budget Transparency (states and
municipalities)
 Member of the Steering Committee of OGP (Open
Government Partnership)
 Member of the Transparency and Accountability
Initiative

3. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT
• Analyze the disclose of the budget
information (revenues and expenses)made by
the Federal Government, the 26 capitals of the
states and the Federal District, complying to
the principles of open data
•Rank the capitals and the Federal
Government according to their performance
•Evaluate the impacts of open data regarding
budget disclosed at the national transparency
portal on the expansion of Human Rights

4. POLITICAL CONTEXT
• Brazilian Federal Constitution (1988)
• Law 131/2009: federal government, states and municipalities
must disclose to the full knowledge and tracking by the society, in
real time, detailed information on the budgetary and financial
execution, in electronic means of public access
•Access to information Law (2011): Mandatory the dissemination
of the information at official sites of the internet; open and non-
proprietary formats; structures and readable by machines
• Brazil Government co-chared the OGP (Open Government
Partnership): public commitment with transparency, participation
and access to information.

5. RESEARCH METHODS
• A quantitative survey (28 transparency portals) to evaluate if they
provide information on the execution of public budget in open
data (revenues and expenses).
We will use the methodology which is based in the 08 Open
Government Data Principles
(complete, primary, timely, accessible, machine processable, non-
discriminatory, non-proprietary, license free) which was
interpreted for specific context of budgetary data in Brazil
(proposed by Gisele and others).
For each of the categories we will propose a value that will allow
us to produce a ranking

6. RESEARCH METHODS AND PARTNERSHIP
A qualitative survey will be carry out among four
categories of groups (information mediators) in a first
effort to measure open data s impacts on the
expansion of human rights:
•Government
• Social Movements and NGOs
•Media
•Hacker Community
Partnership: GPOPAI/USP – Group of Research on Public Policies
for the Access to Information from University of São Paulo

7. PUBLIC BUDGET AND HUMAN RIGHTS: STANDARDS USED
 Apply the maximum of its available
resources to promote human rights
(ICESCR obligation – art. 2);
 Promote the progressive implementation of
human rights –
civil, political, economic, social, cultural, envi
ronmental, sexual and reproductive rights
(ICESCR obligation – art. 2);
 Guarantee the HR without discrimination of
any kind. Act promoting equality and avoid
discrimination;
 Ensure its financing with social justice;
 Social participation and transparency.
The State
should: