The minister of the (Supreme Federal Court) determined this Sunday (12) that the Union and the states publish, within 30 days, rules on sending funds from parliamentary amendments to universities and foundations linked to higher education institutions.
The new standards and guidelines must guarantee the “appropriate application and accountability” of the amendments, “with transparency and traceability”, said Dino.
The decision is an outcome of (Comptroller General of the Union) on transparency in the execution of amendment funds by 33 non-profit institutions, including NGOs and foundations linked to universities.
On the last day 3, institutions. According to him, they provided detailed data on the use of resources indicated by deputies and senators. The CGU assessed whether organizations disclose on the internet, “in an accessible, clear, detailed and complete way, the receipt and execution of resources”.
This Sunday, Dino called for the drafting of the new rule by pointing out that “there is a significant number of foundations supporting universities” among the organizations included in the Comptroller’s audit.
“Furthermore, there are reports in the records that such foundations, through hiring NGOs without objective criteria, have served as instruments for transferring amounts resulting from parliamentary amendments”, the Supreme Court minister also stated.
The determination establishes that (Ministry of), CGU (Comptroller General of the Union) and the AGU (Advocacy General of the Union), in addition to the states, must prepare the new rule on the amendments.
Since the suspension of transfers, foundations linked to universities have told the STF that they are already transparent about the amendments or that they have made adjustments to comply with Dino’s determination. The entities ask for the release of resources.
Fapur, a foundation linked to the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, told the STF that it “promptly arranged for the regularization of its website” and included a specific link with “the itemized list of amendments and commitments received, in chronological order of financial year, list of agreements and terms of transfer/partnership, origin of resources, amounts received”, among other data.
On Friday (10), Dino called the CGU to assess whether the foundations that had already called the STF had in fact started to present the data correctly.
In August, the minister had determined that NGOs and other third sector entities should report, on the internet, the amounts received from parliamentary amendments from 2020 to 2024, “and what they were applied and converted into”.
In the processes related to the amendments, he also ordered the CGU to carry out several analyses, including those regarding transfers.
In the decision of January 3, the minister determined that the Comptroller must carry out a new specific audit on the 13 entities within 60 days. The institutions that had their funding cut will also be ordered to publish the amendments received on their websites within ten days.
In the report already presented to Dino on the transfer of amendments to NGOs, the CGU states that “the absence or insufficiency of active transparency makes control difficult, especially social control, which is essential for adequate supervision and the guarantee of accountability in the application of public resources “.
