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CEBRAP are important partners to the Centre. Based in Brazil they have been involved in research within Programme 1 and Programme 2 since the start of the second phase (from 2005).
In 2006 the Centre for the Future State decided to fund CEBRAP to develop it's institutional capacity and innovation for increasing policy influence. The aim was to ensure that the research the Centre and CEBRAP produced would have greater influence on public policy. The project was called the 'Policy Oriented Dissemination Strategy' project, or PODS for short.
To achieve this there were 3 main activites planned:
- Generating Policy Oriented Briefings
- Developing networks of policy makers and journalists
- Redesigning the CEBRAP website
The project was completed in the summer of 2008. For a full report of the outcomes click here.
Following the completion of the PODS project a new project was approved in summer 2008. The 'Translating research finding into policy inputs' project aimed to produce a policy handbook. The handbook was produced to disseminate findings, and corresponding policy advice, from two studies (Rights, Representation and the Poor and Forms of Representation in São Paulo´s Deliberative Policy Councils) linked to the Modes of Service Delivery project under Programme 2 to a wide range of policy actors.
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In November 2008 CEBRAP launched the 'training booklet' for the leaders of civil society organisations who have seats in Brazil's many participatory governance institutions. It explored the dilemmas that new and diverse forms of representation that are emerging in participatory governance. What is the role of these new representatives? Who do civil society councillors in participatory institutions represent? What mechanisms exist to ensure their accountability and legitimacy?
The booklet discusses the possibilities and limitations of the contribution civil society organisations are making to democratic governance, in their role as representatives in participatory governance institutions. It identifies some mechanisms that can make this representation more accountable and legitimate. Based on an academic study, the booklet provides materials and exercises to lead discussions and training of civil society councillors and members of civil society forums and organisations.
The booklet was disseminated throughout January 2009 to about 70 organisations. The majority of these organisations found the book highly useful and recognised the need to bring the theme into training processes.
A full report of that phase can be accessed here.
Following this success a second phase has now been approved which will see deeper dissemination of the first booklet and the production of a second.
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