Brasilia leads transparency ranking for the World Cup.
The Ethos Institute ranks the federal capital first in a survey on accountability and access to information regarding investments in the 2014 World Cup; on the eve of the opening of the FIFA event that will define the World Cup groups, Governor Agnelo Pacheco and Secretary Claudio Monteiro will bring good news; the Mané Garrincha Stadium, which is always packed, passed all the tests.
Brasilia 247 - Brasilia is the host city with the highest transparency in investments for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™. The Federal District received a score of 77,26 on a scale of 0 to 100 – almost six points higher than the second-placed city, Porto Alegre (71,82).
The performance was confirmed in research by Ethos Institute, a business association created in 1998 and committed to sustainability and ethical, social and environmental responsibility.
The Undersecretary for Transparency and Corruption Prevention in the Federal District, Soraia Mello, states that the result is the culmination of intense work. “We were already expecting a better ranking, because we dedicated ourselves to this tirelessly. First place is very welcome news,” she celebrates.
For Governor Agnelo Queiroz, there are no surprises. "We worked with extreme seriousness and competence on the issue of the World Cup and stadium projects, this multi-purpose arena built with competence, quality, and transparency. This result demystifies the bad faith approach. Brasília, as the capital of the country, needs to carry out quality works, at the level that the country deserves, so that tomorrow we don't have to make reform after reform," he emphasizes.
The research is part of the project Fair Play Inside and Outside Stadiums, which monitors and oversees investments from the three levels of government (federal, state/district, and municipal).
Structure - In early 2012, the Ethos Institute collected data for the first version of the survey, which assigned low scores to all 12 host cities. "When the first survey was conducted, part of our structure was still being designed," explained the acting Secretary of Transparency for the Federal District, Mauro Noleto, in an interview with the Brasília na Copa portal a week ago.
Since 2012, the FIFA World Cup™ accountability infrastructure has become consolidated.Transparency Portal for the World Cup It gathers information about the bidding processes, investments, and progress of all works related to the World Cup, such as the Mané Garrincha National Stadium in Brasília and the expansion of the DF-047 highway.
Continuity – The Federal District's leadership in the transparency ranking consolidates an important step for public administration, but Soraia is categorical: the work will not stop. "The recognition is important, but it does not end our concern," she clarifies.
For the coming months, the challenge is to make the content increasingly accessible. "We want to make the information more didactic for the average citizen, who doesn't understand the technical language," he explains.
Access to information via mobile devices (tablets and cell phones) and in other languages is also part of the Transparency Secretariat's plans and should be available in the coming months.