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which it plans to compare all evaluations of public
information access laws carried out around the
world. This portal already shows the results from
different transparency evaluations, based on a
unified database, for all Latin American countries.
The largest study program on transparency in
Brazil and a leader in evaluation methodology, the
PTP has already conducted a series of evaluations,
which gave rise to the following reports: “Estado
Brasileiro e Transparência: Avaliando a aplicação
da Lei de Acesso à Informação” (“The Brazilian
State and Transparency: Evaluating the Application
of the Information Access Law”), “Avaliação de
Transparência do Ministério Público Federal”
(“Federal Public Prosecutors’ Office Transparency
Evaluation”), “Police Transparency: Evaluating
Access to Information in Relation to the Policing
of Public Gatherings in Brazil, India, Mexico, South
Africa and the United Kingdom,” and the most
recent, “Transparência Local no Brasil: Avaliando
a aplicação da Lei de Acesso nos estados e nas
grandes cidades” (“Local Transparency in Brazil:
Evaluating the Application of the Access Law in
States and Large Cities”).
The PTP continues to carry out important research,
including in the following areas: remuneration of
municipal government employees; transparency
of public funding of non-profit organizations;
government spending on official advertising;
and surveillance and smart city initiatives at the
municipal level.
Learn more about FGV’s Public Transparency
Program at
Founded in 2014 with the support of the
Open Society Foundations (OSF), FGV’s Public
Transparency Program (PTP) is a research
initiative coordinated by students and
professors at the Brazilian School of Public and
Business Administration (EBAPE) and Center for
Technology and Society (CTS), part of the Rio de
Janeiro Law School (Direito Rio).
The main goal of the program is to analyze
compliance with the Information Access Law by
Brazilian public organizations, and to study public
policies on transparency and open data across
the world.
The program’s activities are guided by the
following questions:
To what extent are the public authorities
complying with the new rules and laws
regarding public transparency?
To what extent can transparency mechanisms
supply information on the performance of
public agencies andofficials?Are theauthorities
managing their personnel, processes and
obligations regarding public policies in a fair,
efficient and responsible way?
Howcanweimprovethemeasuresandmethods
that researchers, the media and citizens use to
evaluate governmental transparency?
In2016, thePublic TransparencyProgram launched
its website, which compiles all information on
the initiative. The PTP is also developing the
Transparency Evaluation Network website, on
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