Accountability and co-production of information and control: social observatories and their relationship with government agencies/Accountability, coproducao da informacao e do controle: observatorios sociais e suas relacoes com orgaos governamentais/Accountability, coproduccion de la informacion y del control: los observatorios sociales y su relacion con las agencias gubernamentales

Through the development of a proposal to categorize accountability into four stages--classical, cross-sectional, systemic, and diffused--, this article aims to identify characteristics of co-production of information and socio-political control of public administration in the work of Brazilian social observatories in relationship with government control agencies. The study analyses data from 20 social observatories and, particularly, three experiences of co-production of information and control, based on a systemic perspective on accountability and a model with four categories: Political and cultural; valuing; systemic-organizational, and production. The conclusions summarize characteristics of these practices, specific phases in the accountability processes, as well as the potentialities and challenges of co-production of information and control, which not only influences, but it is also influenced by the accountability system. Keywords : accountability; co-production; control; information; social observatories. A partir do desenvolvimento de uma proposta de categorizacao da accountability em quatro estagios --classica, transversal, sistemica e difusa--, este trabalho objetiva identificar caracteristicas da coproducao da informacao e do controle sociopolitico sobre a administracao publica nas relacoes entre observatorios sociais brasileiros e orgaos estatais de controle. O estudo analisa dados de 20 observatorios sociais e, particularmente, tres experiencias de coproducao da informacao e do controle, com base em uma perspectiva sistemica da accountability e um modelo em quatro categorias: politica-cultural; valorativa; organizacao sistemica e producao. A conclusao sintetiza caracteristicas dessas praticas, fases especificas no processo de accountability, bem como potencialidades e desafios para a coproducao da informacao e do controle, que nao so influencia como tambem e influenciada pelo sistema de accountability. Palavras-chave : accountability; coproducao; controle; informacao; observatorios sociais. Desde una propuesta de categorizacion de la accountability--clasica, transversal, sistemica y difusa --, este trabajo tiene como objetivo identificar las caracteristicas de la coproduccion de la informacion y del control sociopolitico de la administracion publica en las relaciones entre los observatorios sociales brasilenos y las agencias gubernamentales de control. El estudio analiza datos de 20 observatorios sociales y, mas especificamente, de tres exper