Relatório de análise dos mecanismos de engajamento disponibilizados pela AGESB: extraído da dissertação “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 objective of this report is to forward to AGESB the technical products extracted from the dissertation “Evaluation of participatory governance of a local regulatory policy: the case of the Municipal Agency for the Regulation of Delegated Public Services of São Borja (AGESB)”, presented, under the guidance of Prof. Dr.Cláudio Júnior Damin, to the Postgraduate Program in Public Policies at the Federal University of Pampa (UNIPAMPA). The research from which this report was derived sought to measure the participatory dimension of a specific municipal regulatory agency, AGESB, taken as the object of the case study. After some adaptations, a composite indicator was used, the Participatory Governance Index, or iGP, based on indicators developed by the OECD, the Regulatory Policy and Governance Indicators (iREG). The research concluded that AGESB is, in the company of the most developed subnational regulatory agencies, in the phase of implementing procedures for participation in the publication of standards, which is the focus of the iGP. The evaluation, however, incorporated participation in other activities, such as decision-making in tariff processes and monitoring the quality of regulated services, attributing the concept of Participatory Governance to the AGESB stage in terms of adopting stakeholder engagement practices. Moderate, which reflects a relatively satisfactory scenario, taking into account the recent introduction of public consultations in the Agency's decision-making processes. In the end, the research resulted in the technical products gathered in this report: a Draft Resolution to replace the one that currently governs public hearings and consultations within the scope of AGESB; examples of data to be made available on the Agency's website; and other recommendations.