Avaliação da governança participativa de uma política regulatória local: o caso da Agência Municipal de Regulação dos Serviços Públicos Delegados de São Borja (AGESB)

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the participatory dimension of a specific county regulatory agency, the Agência Municipal de Regulação dos Serviços Públicos Delegados de São Borja (AGESB), taken as a case study object. After some adaptations, a composite indicator was used, the índice de Governança Participativa, or iGP, based on indicators developed by the OECD, the Regulatory Policy and Governance Indicators (iREG). It was concluded that AGESB is, in the company of the most developed subnational regulatory agencies, in the implementation stage of participation procedures in the editing of rules, which is the focus of iGP. The evaluation, however, incorporated participation in other activities, such as decision-making in tariff matters and monitoring the quality of regulated services, giving the AGESB stage in terms of adopting stakeholder engagement practices the concept of Participatory Governance Moderate, which reflects a relatively satisfactory scenario, given the recent introduction of public consultations in the Agency's decision-making processes. The research also proposed a Draft Resolution to replace the one that currently regulates public hearings and consultations within the AGESB; examples of data to be made available on the Agency's website; and other recommendations.