“Putting Anti-Corruption Commitments into Practice ...“Putting Anti-Corruption Commitments into Practice: Transparency, Participation and the Rule of Law” Rabat, 9th of June

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Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on

“Putting Anti-Corruption

Commitments into Practice:

Transparency, Participation

and the Rule of Law”

Rabat, 9th of June 2011

Mario Vinicius Spinelli

Secretary for Corruption Prevention and Strategic Information Office of the Comptroller General - Brazil

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• Federation: Union; 26 States; the

Federal District

• 5,564 Municipalities

• Population of Brazil =~ 190 million

• Democratic republic, with a

presidential system

• Eighth economy in the world with a

GDP about 2 trillion dollars

• Area: 8,514,877 km2

BRAZIL – AN OVERVIEW

24 Federal Ministries and 13 Institutions of Ministerial Status

Total Employment in the Federal Government: 1 482 026

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Institutional Framework

CGU is the Internal Audit Unit

and the Anti-Corruption

Agency of the Brazilian

Federal Government

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Ombudsman

Disciplinary

actions

Audit actions

(Internal Control)

Prevention

and

Transparency

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CGU - Countrywide Presence

13

31 49 43

17

48

43 48

79

91

64

65

32

33

18

20

37

109

34

30

57 42

35 71

36

13

DF: 1.312 Total: 2.476

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MAIN AUDIT ACTIONS (INTERNAL CONTROL)

- Control of the Federal Government's direct spending - Control of Transfers to States and Municipalities - Control of Transfers to citizens (such as

Conditional Cash Transfers)

Public Spending Observatory

United Nations Public Service Awards – UNPSA

2011

Category - Advancing Knowledge Management

in Government

Latin America and the Caribbean

1st Place Winner

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Data-matching and tracking system

AUDIT ACTIONS

(Information Technology)

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CORRUPTION PREVENTION GUIDELINES

• Increasing transparency

• Fostering public oversight

• Establishing public-private cooperation

• Improving legal framework

• Promoting education for ethics and citizenship

• Improving internal control efficiency

• Financing studies and research on corruption

By state/county

Direct Spending

Budget year

Transfers

Transparency pages

Transfers to citizens

Punished Firms

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Technical Language:

“Action number 8442 - Transfer of direct

income to Families in condition of Poverty

and extreme Poverty”

Citizen Language:

“Bolsa-Família” (Family Aid)

TRANSPARENCY PORTAL Citizen Language

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TRANSPARENCY PORTAL IN NUMBERS

Disclosed Amount

Registered payments

BRL 8 Trillions USD 4.8 Trillions

More than 1 Billion

Average Monthly Access

(until March 2011) 232,248

6 4 . 3 2 62 8 5 . 9 6 8

3 7 7 . 0 7 86 4 6 . 7 0 1

1. 4 4 3 . 6 101. 7 0 4 . 2 8 4

2 . 9 3 8 . 15 2

6 9 6 . 7 4 5

0

500.000

1.000.000

1.500.000

2.000.000

2.500.000

3.000.000

Until

mar

2011

2010200920082007200620052004

Visitors by year

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In the last 7 years,

more than 3,000

public servants have

been discharged

MEASURES AGAINST IMPUNITY

MAIN DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS

Enforcement on

companies

MEASURES AGAINST IMPUNITY

barred

companies 2,341 temporarily

suspended

companies 2,128

CGU MEASURES AGAINST IMPUNITY – LAW

ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION WITH PUBLIC AGENCIES

COOPERATION REQUESTS FROM THE FEDERAL POLICE

• 5 in 2004 to 525 in 2011

COOPERATION WITH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE

(since 2003)

• Over 2 400 audits and inspections requested

• More than 2 452 proceedings based on CGU inspections

COOPERATION WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE

(since 2008)

• 440 lawsuits based on CGU reports

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The Challenges We Have Faced in Brazil in Confronting Corruption

• Disseminate the idea that transparency is worth its inevitable

political price

• Ensure sound cooperation and proper relationships with other

institutions and the media

• Strike the proper balance between preventive and repressive

measures

• Stimulate social participation and public oversight

• Promote the engagement of the private sector

• Overcome deep-seated legal interpretations of the law that

hinder anti-corruption actions, such as bank secrecy, etc

• Reduce impunity and improve the judiciary system

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OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER-GENERAL

Setor de Autarquia Sul,

Quadra 1, Bloco A

Edifício Darcy Ribeiro

Brasília - DF

CEP: 70070-905

Tel: +55 61 2020-7264

www.cgu.gov.br