The main purpose of this project is to support the Municipality
of Rio de Janeiro in the conception and operation of a strategy to improve the
delivery of public services, policies and projects in pacified favelas. To do
so, the Rio+Social Programme focuses on the provision of reliable and qualified
data and information on the territories at stake and on the articulation of
multiple relevant stakeholders. The project outputs and activities are
organized around two Expected Accomplishments (EAs):
EA1: Urban and
social information on pacified communities is available and updated for better
informed planning and decision making
EA2: Projects and
actions for local development in pacified communities are strengthened through
a comprehensive multi-stakeholder and participatory approach
Since the pacification represents an opportunity window to
change the planning and implementation of public policies and projects in
pacified favelas, the direct beneficiaries of the Rio+Social Programme are the 558.786
dwellers of the 208 favelas comprehended by the UPPs.
For the past four years, the project has enabled a better integration of public
policies through the promotion of a transparent, permanent and informed dialogue
with the main public stakeholders. Similarly, the Rio+Social Programme has
already facilitated the conception of 285 joint actions with 56 partners from
the private sector and civil society, strengthening local development.
The main partners for the achievement of the project
purpose and EAs are the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro and the Pereira Passos
Institute (IPP) who shall facilitate the exchange and articulation with other
thematic public bodies within the municipality which are responsible for the
delivery of services and policies – all the 29 municipal secretariats and their
related bodies. For the first two phases of project implementation, both
partners have played a very important role enhancing the programme's legitimacy
vis-à-vis public stakeholders at the municipal level. However, it is still
necessary to strengthen the dialogue with stakeholders from the other two tiers
of government who also implement major infrastructure projects in pacified
favelas. At the State Government level, the dialogue has been already
established with some specific State Secretariats, namely 1. State Secretariat
for Education; 2. State Secretariat for Environment; 3. State Secretariat for
Culture; 4. State Secretariat for Social Assistance and Human Rights; 5. State
Secretariat for Sport, Leisure and Youth and 6. State Secretariat for Public
Works. At the federal level, important
steps have also been made with the Federal Ministry of Cities and the National
Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES).
New punctual partnerships with the private sector and civil
society organizations shall be established for achievement of EA2, especially
in recently pacified territories where projects to spawn local development are
still scattered and lacking coordination. Finally, it is important to highlight
that, for the past four years, the Rio+Social Programme has identified and
mobilized local leaders and associations in each favela under intervention. Up
to date, 307 local
organizations were mapped and have collaborated with the Programme.
Through this cooperation
project, UN-Habitat has been transferring knowledge and establishing mechanisms
for the exchange of methodologies adopted in various countries and regions to
IPP. UN-Habitat also facilitates contacts that foster national and
international exchanges, in particular on the experiences of other programmes
that deal with local participatory planning.
