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SOCIAL PARTICIPATION AND DIVERSITY ADVISORS (ASPAD): DIAGNOSIS AND BALANCE OF AN INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S PARTICIPATORY STRUCTURE

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  • Igor Ferraz da Fonseca Institute of Applied Economic Research image/svg+xml https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1254-4462
    • Funding Acquisition
    • Conceptualization
    • Project Administration
    • Validation
    • Investigation
    • Writing – Original Draft Preparation
    • Writing – Review & Editing
    • Data Curation
  • Ana Carolina Lessa Dantas Institute of Applied Economic Research image/svg+xml https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4423-9043
    • Data Curation
    • Investigation
    • Methodology
    • Writing – Original Draft Preparation
    • Writing – Review & Editing
    • Validation
  • Ariel Ferreira Nunes Institute of Applied Economic Research image/svg+xml https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9016-8398
    • Data Curation
    • Investigation
    • Methodology
    • Writing – Original Draft Preparation
    • Writing – Review & Editing
    • Validation
  • Débora Fernandes Pereira Machado Institute of Applied Economic Research image/svg+xml https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4362-855X
    • Methodology
    • Investigation
    • Data Curation
    • Validation
    • Writing – Original Draft Preparation
    • Writing – Review & Editing
  • Roberto Rocha Coelho Pires Institute of Applied Economic Research image/svg+xml https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9392-949X
    • Conceptualization
    • Investigation
    • Methodology
    • Writing – Original Draft Preparation
    • Validation
  • João Cláudio Basso Pompeu Institute of Applied Economic Research image/svg+xml https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0565-9819
    • Methodology
    • Validation
    • Investigation
    • Writing – Original Draft Preparation
    • Writing – Review & Editing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.13172

Keywords:

social participation, diversity, brokerage, institutional activism, innovation

Abstract

Established in 2023, the Assessorias de Participação Social e Diversidade [Social Participation and Diversity Advisory Offices] (ASPAD) are present in 29 ministries and four agencies with ministerial status. They represent the main innovation in the administrative structure of the Federal Government in reconstructing channels of social participation. The objective of this work is to discuss whether these advisory services constitute an innovation within the effort to rebuild participatory capacities at the federal level. To this end, we analyze how the ASPAD have articulated, in their daily activities, the themes of social participation and diversity; we provide data on the sociodemographic profile of the advisors; and we reflect on the relationship of the advisory services with social movements, participatory institutions, and civil society organizations. The results indicate the innovative nature of their role, especially in relation to social movements. Unlike councils and other participatory mechanisms that revisit existing structures, the advisory services create a direct and continuous channel of dialogue, with the potential to systematically articulate plural and intersectional demands.

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Author Biographies

Igor Ferraz da Fonseca, Institute of Applied Economic Research

Doutor em Democracia pelo Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra. É técnico em planejamento e pesquisa e Coordenador de Democracia e Interações Socioestatais do Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea). É também Professor da Universidade do Distrito Federal (UnDF).

Ana Carolina Lessa Dantas, Institute of Applied Economic Research

Técnica em planejamento e pesquisa do Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea) e doutoranda no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito da Universidade de Brasília (UnB).

Ariel Ferreira Nunes, Institute of Applied Economic Research

Doutoranda em Direitos Humanos, Mestre em Antropologia Social e Historiadora pela Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG). Pesquisadora bolsista do Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea).

Débora Fernandes Pereira Machado, Institute of Applied Economic Research

Mestre em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB). É professora de sociologia da Universidade do Distrito Federal (UnDF) e pesquisadora bolsista do Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea).

Roberto Rocha Coelho Pires, Institute of Applied Economic Research

Doutor em Políticas Públicas pelo Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). É técnico em planejamento e pesquisa e Coordenador de Planejamento e Análise de Políticas Públicas do Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea).

João Cláudio Basso Pompeu, Institute of Applied Economic Research

Especialista em Políticas Públicas e Gestão Governamental com atuação no Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea). Doutor em Sociologia pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB).

Posted

09/05/2025

How to Cite

SOCIAL PARTICIPATION AND DIVERSITY ADVISORS (ASPAD): DIAGNOSIS AND BALANCE OF AN INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S PARTICIPATORY STRUCTURE. (2025). In SciELO Preprints. https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.13172

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49th Annual ANPOCS Meeting

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    • Pesquisa de Assessoramento governamental, com dados não abertos ao Público