December 11, 2008
8h30 - Coffee and Credentials
9h - Opening Roundtable
Fernando Damata Pimentel / Mayor of Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Júlio Pires / Belotur
Maria Caldas / Municipal Secretary of Planning - City Hall of Belo Horizonte.
Murilo Valadares / Municipal Secretary of Urban Politics - City Hall of Belo Horizonte.
Secretaries of Regional Administration / Municipal Secretary of Local Districts - City Hall of Belo Horizonte.
Municipal Council of Belo Horizonte.
Representatives of the Comission of Monitoring and Surveillance of the Execution of Participatory Budgeting of Belo Horizonte (COMFORÇA).
10h - Conference: Participatory Democracy and 15 Years of PB in Belo Horizonte
Maria Caldas / City Hall of Belo Horizonte.
Renato Raul Boschi / Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro (IUPERJ).
11h30 - Visit to the 1000th PB public work
15h - Panel 1 - "Advance in Participation: Challenges of the qualification of participatory processes"
Giovanni Allegretti / Universidade de Coimbra - Portugal.
Ricardo Herrero / City Hall of Santa Cristina d'Aro - Spain.
Kátia Cacilda Pereira Lima / City Hall of Guarulhos - Brazil.
Jorge Adalberto Ramirez Cuchilla / City Hall of San Salvador - El Salvador.
Representatives of the Comission of Monitoring and Surveillance of the Execution of Participatory Budgeting of Belo Horizonte (COMFORÇA) - Belo Horizonte - Brazil.
17h - Book Launch "Participatory Democracy: The experience of Belo Horizonte"
17h30 - Panel 2: Participatory Budgeting and Indicators for Measuring Results
Paulo de Martino Jannuzzi / Fundação SEADE (Sistema Estadual de Análise de Dados) - São Paulo, Brazil.
Ciro Biderman / Fundação Getúlio Vargas - São Paulo, Brazil.
Yves Basto Zamboni Filho / Controladoria Geral da União - Brasília, Brazil.
Roberto Pires / Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - USA.
19h40 - Cocktail
December 12, 2008
9h - Panel 1 - "Innovations in the models of Participatory Budgeting"
Gianpaolo Baiocchi / Brown University - Rhode Island, USA.
Ramakumar Ramasubramonian / Tata Institute of Social Sciences - Mumbai, India.
Amir Schvartz / City Hall of Recife - Recife, Brazil.
Hyun Beok Choi / Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - Paris, France.
Ana Luiza Nabuco / City Hall of Belo Horizonte - Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
10h50 - Panel 2 - "Institutionalization of PB: Challenges and Possibilities"
Jaime Vásconez / International Center for Urban Management (CIGU) - Quito, Ecuador.
Francis Alt. Jorge Garcia / Federación Dominicana de Municípios (FEDOMU) - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
C. David Miguel Noyola Martinez / City Hall of Ecatepec de Morelos - Ecatepec, Mexico.
Samuel Torres / Ministry of Economy and Finance - Lima, Peru.
14h - Panel 3: Participatory Budgeting and Participation in Networks
Nelson Manuel dos Santos Dias / Portuguese PB Network - São Brás de Alportel, Portugal.
Eva García Chueca / Social Inclusion and Participative Democracy (CISDP-UCLG) - Barcelona, Spain.
Felipe Llamas Sánchez / Fondo Andaluz de Municipios para la Solidaridad Internacional (FAMSI) - Córdoba, Spain.
Dr. Takawira Mumvuma / Municipal Development Partnership - Eastern and Southern African ( MDP-ESA) - Harare, Zimbabwe.
Parallel meetings
(Only for guests)
December 12, 2008
16h to 19h30 - 1st International Participatory Budgeting Networks Meeting
International Center for Urban Management (CIGU) - Quito, Ecuador.
Spanish State PB Network - Málaga, Spain.
Portuguese PB Network - São Brás de Alportel, Portugal.
Representantives of 27 cities of the Brazilian PB Network - Brazil.
Foro Chileno de Presupuesto Participativo - Chile.
Rede Novo Município - Milano, Italy.
MDP-ESA - Harare, Zimbabwe.
Rede Peruana de OP - Lima, Peru.
Fondo Andaluz de M. para la Solidaridad Internacional (FAMSI) - Córdoba, Spain.
Rede FAL Antena Norte - Málaga, Spain.
Rede Fal Antena Sul - Brazil.
Federação Domiciana de Municípios (FEDOMU) - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Rede Colombiana de OP.
16h to 19h30 - Popular Participation: the experience of PB commissions and councils
Representantives of Comforças - Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Representantives of PB Council - Guarulhos, Brazil.
Representantive of PB Council / Forum Estadual Paulista de Participação Popular - São Paulo, Brazil.
Verônica Campos / PB Manager - Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
December 13, 2008
9h to 13h - 3rd National Brazilian Participatory Budgeting Network Meeting
City Hall of Araraquara - São Paulo.
City Hall of Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais.
City Hall of Botelhos - Minas Gerais.
City Hall of Campina Grande - Paraíba.
City Hall of Cariacica - Espírito Santo.
City Hall of Caxias do Sul - Rio Grande do Sul.
City Hall of Contagem - Minas Gerais.
City Hall of Diadema - São Paulo.
City Hall of Fortaleza - Ceará.
City Hall of Gravataí - Rio Grande do Sul.
City Hall of Guarulhos - São Paulo.
City Hall of João Pessoa - Paraíba.
City Hall of Manaus - Amazonas.
City Hall of Monte Alto - São Paulo.
City Hall of Montes Claros - Minas Gerais.
City Hall of Nova Hartz - Rio Grande do Sul.
City Hall of Nova Lima - Minas Gerais.
City Hall of Olinda - Pernanbuco.
City Hall of Osasco - São Paulo.
City Hall of Porto Alegre - Rio Grande do Sul.
City Hall of Recife - Pernambuco.
City Hall of Santa Maria - Rio Grande do Sul.
City Hall of Santo André - São Paulo.
City Hall of São Carlos -São Paulo.
City Hall of São Leopoldo - Rio Grande do Sul.
City Hall of Suzano -São Paulo.
City Hall of Várzea Paulista -São Paulo.
City Hall of Vitória -Espírito Santo.
Brasília.
