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

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Renata BoulosRenata Boulos

Coordinator for International RelationCoordinator for International Relationss(+55 11) 2475-8623(+55 11) 2475-8623

renataboulos@guarulhos.sp.gov.brrenataboulos@guarulhos.sp.gov.br

www.guarulhos.sp.gov.brwww.guarulhos.sp.gov.br