Governance is the name given to the set of policies and actions that contribute to strengthening public institutions, transparency increasing and corruption fighting. A good governance also means inclusive participation of society to achieve transformations that improve the lives of all people. Governance is part of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and of the Sustainable Development Goals It acts both as a goal and as an enabler that provides the achievement of all the development goals.
That is why Governance is very important for UNDP mandate and for the development of all countries. Governance is one of the UNDP's work pillars around the world. UNDP believes that strengthening public institutions and ensuring that they are even more transparent, accessible, and democratic is essential to achieving sustainable development for all.
Good governance is the appropriate framework of standards and practices that make public management be centred on the public interest and on the citizen. Public governance presupposes combating the corruption of civil servants. The Projeto Cérebro (Brain Project) uses the database of electronically public purchases and make cross-references of these databases, using economic filters to proactively identify cartels in public biddings.
The project works regardless of relying on leniency programs, like formal investigation or complaints. Projeto Cérebro (Brain Project) - Partnership between UNDP and CADE (Administrative Council for Economic Defense) to prevent and combat cartels. The project uses artificial intelligence to identify evidence of illicit agreements between competitors in public bidding processes.
Improving governance is about making democracy accessible to everyone. It is about ensuring more transparent policies and institutions; and because of that, better services provided to citizens. It is about giving public authorities the tools they need to work more effectively.
This is what governance does for development. And what can UNDP do for governance in the countries? That is why UNDP collaborates with its partners in the planning, implementation, monitoring and validation of technical cooperation projects.
Also offering support services for the development of the planned activities. This is how UNDP supports people and institutions committed to governance improvement in Brazil: by activating its international network of knowledge and contacts, providing a technical, operational, and managerial experience; multiplying the reach of initiatives, elaborating precise diagnoses and methodologies, and evaluating results. The results are everywhere.
The specialization course in local development and SDGs had many unexpected effects, including by ENAP itself. These strategies, that were applied to strengthen capacities of these managers, meant that they could finish the course with the ability to make decisions based on a collaborative and participatory public management, governance-based which promotes the development of their territories. Partnership with ENAP - Partnership between UNDP and ENAP (National School of Public Administration) to offer a Specialization course in Local Development and Sustainable Development Goals.
100 public managers trained, from over 70 municipalities. Involving the young people in the discussion about Governance is fundamental, so they become protagonists in this process of social change, and so they know the tools they may have at their disposal, to fight for these changes, but also, to be able to fight for the maintenance of their democratic rights. Cidade do Amanhã (City of Tomorrow).
Winning game of the 1st UNDP Brazil Digital Games Competition. Development of a new digital game related to the themes of integrity, transparency, and corruption prevention. Young people engaged in the development of an innovative tool focused on SDG 16.
‘Desenvolve’ was a project that marked my life. It was very dynamic and with a lot of learning. It was a very cool experience.
Projeto Desenvolve (Project Develops) - Development and application of a methodology for participatory formulation plan, which aims the local development acceleration in migration contexts. This is governance in practice and UNDP has all the tools for institutions to take this word out of the paper and turn it into the present and future of the country; leaving no one behind. Learn how we can collaborate at www.
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