Overview
- The Secretariat‑General published a portaria in the Diário Oficial instituting the program to expand social participation and democracy through direct work in territories.
- The measure creates a Technical Working Group tasked with diagnosing needs, proposing directives, and presenting a final report and normative act within 60 days, with a possible equal extension.
- The initiative combines on‑the‑ground listening rounds across states with a digital channel on the Brasil Participativo platform via the Digital Participatory Budget to gather budget priorities from residents.
- The program’s public launch on November 8 in Morro da Lua, Campo Limpo, brought community leaders, lawmakers, and social movements who highlighted demands such as ending the 6×1 work schedule, stronger mental‑health support, protections for app‑based couriers, and housing needs.
- Reporting describes the effort as a bid to reconnect the federal government with social movements and as potentially increasing mobilization of Lula‑aligned voters ahead of 2026.