CAIXA Municipal Best Practices Awards for Brazil

The CAIXA Municipal Best Practices Awards for Brazil were presented at an Award Ceremony on 23 February 2000, at the Cultural Centre Auditorium in Brasília. The ceremony was attended by, among others, the Minister of Urban Development, the President and the Director of Urban Development of CAIXA, and representatives of the Ministries of Environment and Planning, members of the National Congress, state and local authorities, members of the Jury and the Executive Director of IBAM.

The CAIXA Award for Best Practices represents a commitment of CAIXA to furthering the implementation of the Habitat Agenda in Brazil.

Representatives of short-listed 20 practices, selected among 114 submissions by an independent Technical Committee, received a certificate. Representatives of the 10 awarded practices, selected by a Jury, received a trophy from the Minister of Urban Development and the President of CAIXA.

The majority of the best practices selected by the TAC and the Jury are local initiatives implemented by municipalities in partnership with other governmental authorities, civil society institutions, universities and community-based organisations. They cover a wide range of BLP thematic categories, including housing, squatter upgrading, land tenure, urban infrastructure, waste management, environment protection, community development, income generation, and rural development.

More information on the Award-winning best practices is available on: http://www.caixa.gov.br

Follow up activities to the awards include:

• The submission of the 10 awarded practices for consideration by the 2000 Dubai International Awards for Best Practices;
• The development of an on-line Best Practices database by IBAM, which will initially include the 114 good and best practices;
• Proposals for the preparation of Best Practice case studies and lessons learned based on the 10 awarded practices and of a municipal guide for the transfer and replication of best practices.

For more information on the above, please contact:
Marlene Fernandes
International Advisor
IBAM - Brazilian Institute for Municipal Administration
Phone: 55-21-537-7595
FAX: 55-21-539-7554
E-mail: ibam@ibam.org.br