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WHRCF2014 May 16 2014 Kimdaejung Convention Center Special Session 「Social and Human Rights from Local Governments : The Experience of Guarulhos」 - Renata C. BOULOS
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SOCIAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS FROM SOCIAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOCAL GOVERNMENTS
THE EXPERIENCE OF GUARULHOSTHE EXPERIENCE OF GUARULHOS
Renata BoulosRenata Boulos15/05/1415/05/14
Brazilian contextualisation
The experience of Guarulhos
Cities in the international scenario
Human Rights and regional integration
Final remarks
IndexIndex
Population of aprox. 274 902 636 inhab. (2011)
Most people living in the cities
Official Human Rights Organ
Initiatives to fight inequalities from and torwards cities
Mercocidades – HumaRights Commission
Population of aprox. 201 032 714 inhab.
274 different languages
Aprox. 5,570 municipalities
Most people living in the cities
GDP US$ 2,422 tr.
National Secretariat of Human Rights
8th GDP in the country
Population of aprox 1 299 249 inhab.
341km²
South American largest airport
4,079 industries, 961 civil construction, 17,831 commercial centres, 14,752 services
Challenges for human rights and social inclusion
Brazilian 1988 Constitution:
Redefinition of responsibilities and competences of local governments
Redistribution of power and popular participation to assure citizenship and social inclusion
Municipal responsibilities: education, health, sanitation and drinking water, lighting, solid waste, etc.
Municipal and regional partnership: safety, urban mobility, energy.
More than providing access to basic services, social inclusion and the assurance of the right to the city for each and every citizen became a priority in Guarulhos
Based on the social and economic characteristics of the city, plan a strategy to deal with challenges and potentialities
Policies developed in the city should be participatory
Since its implementation in 2001, the PB has realised more than 1,400 works requested by citizens in general assemblies
Inversion of priorities and decentralisation of investments
Co-responsibility in the decisions about priorities and
investments
Participatory Budget’s Municipal Council with members of civil
society and government
Trainning of ellected representatives and citizens - popular
education
The programme aims to take the State to the citizens
starting by locating low income families to register them in
the unique registration, prioritising the ones living in
extreme poverty situations
Door to door approach by trained professionals
Families get access to the social programmes
World Cup and mega-events Advanced centre of humanised attention to the migrant: since 2006
attending possible victims of traffic and abuse, help to the return of migrants to their hometown, inclusion in social programmes. 24h/7
Combat to international traffic of people
Campaign against sexual exploitation
Policies for immigrants and refugees: training social assistant to deal with immigrants. Project of construction of a migrant house
INTERNATIONAL CITIES Access to new opportunities of education and development
Access to new resources (Material, financial, human, technological)
New position on the global flows – cities became a relevant actor
Defence of interest of cities and network of cities
Seek for innovative solutions to problems cities were facing in different fields of public management
Learning and innovation through international relations
Decisions made in international forums affect lives in the cities
Spaces of participation of local and social authorities in international deciosion-making concerning public policies and the allocation of resources
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS – CHALLENGESTOURISM AND RECREATION?
IT IS NOT TOURISM, IT IS INTERNATIONAL PROJECTION
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TRANSLATION FIRM?
NO, IT IS INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MAIN AXES
Projects- Articulation with other activities. Making use of the space created by
networks and developing new activities through international contacts.
- Projects developed in Urb-AL about poverty, microcredit and safety.- Project developed with Rosario and CE about urban agriculture.- Project Brazil – France – Africa, firxt trilateral approved in Brazil,
about solid waste.- Project with FNP With Mozambique, involving urban development
and participatory budget- Facing the traffic of people – project with 100 citta with Brazilian and
European cities.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MAIN AXES
Multilateral cooperation (UN)- Global goals, local solutions- ILO – Municipal Agenda Municipal for Decent Work- WHO and OPAS, project “Faces, Voices and Places” and
“Urban Heart”, and Tuberculosis. - Municipalisation of the Millenium Development Goals
among local public policies and sistematisation (local observatory
- Participation on the deabte of Rio + 20.- Cooperation with Mercosul, through the FCCR – official
instance for the participation of cities in trhe regional block.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MAIN AXES
Cooperation- New Brazilian posture – to give cooperation is interesting. Focusing
on South to South cooperation- Less twinning arrangements, more cooperation- Cooperation with foreign universities- Cooperation for economic development – airport (Orly, for instance)- Technological Pole in Guarulhos- Decentralised cooperation: cooperation with other cities such as the
triangle cooperation Saint-Denis-Guarulhos-Maputo- Foreigners in Guarulhos: work together with consulates to help
immigrants and include them in municipal social programmes.- Refugees and immigrants: working together with UNHCR to include
refugees: today, 102 families of syrians are in Guarulhos
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MAIN AXES
Networks of cities- Active participation in the creation of FONARI – forum
for international relations secretaries- Vice-president for international relations in the FNP- Participation in Cities for Mobility, ICLEI, etc- Vice-president of FMDV - Vice-president of CISDPH in CGLU – active work in
regional networking for human rights- Active participation in Mercocidades: member of the
council, coordinator of education and vice coordinator of social development.
HUMAN RIGHTS AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION
Mercocidades and CISDPH
- Work with cities to assure the right to the city is provided.
- Active participation of cities in the process of regional integration – the integration is not economic, but mostly social and for citizens
- Create joint programmes and develop local policies: workshop in Guarulhos in November 2014 with partners to debate local policies for human rights and the right to the city. We will be waiting for you!
CHALLENGES Work together with social organisations in the
development of social policies
Assure the presence of more ellected people in international forums
Guarantee the voice of cities is heard abroad
Access funds to programmes developed in the cities
Thank youThank youGraciasGracias
ObrigadaObrigada감사합니다
Renata BoulosRenata Boulos
Coordinator for International RelationCoordinator for International Relationss(+55 11) 2475-8623(+55 11) 2475-8623
[email protected]@guarulhos.sp.gov.br
www.guarulhos.sp.gov.brwww.guarulhos.sp.gov.br