Banca de DEFESA: IVAN GOMES BONIFACIO

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : IVAN GOMES BONIFACIO
DATE: 05/09/2024
TIME: 19:00
LOCAL: Presencial
TITLE:

Innovation Labs in the Brazilian Judiciary: Results and Perspective

KEY WORDS:

Innovation; Public Innovation; Innovation Laboratory; Judiciary; Judicial Training; Complex Problems; Wicked problems

PAGES: 122
BIG AREA: Outra
AREA: Multidisciplinar
SUMMARY:

According to the 2024 "Justice in Numbers" report published by the National Council of Justice (CNJ), the Brazilian judiciary ended 2023 with over 80 million ongoing cases (CNJ, 2024, p. 133). The report also reveals that, on average, a judicial case can take up to 9 years to be resolved if it goes through all instances and procedural stages. Between January 2020 and March 2024, there was a 3.7% increase in the backlog of cases. This scenario clearly indicates a persistent trend of judicial congestion and its detrimental effects on the economy, society, and public policies, unless additional measures are implemented beyond the conventional handling of judicial demands. In response to this challenge, following global public administration practices, the CNJ, as the superior governance body of the Judiciary, issued CNJ Resolution No. 395 on June 7, 2021, to establish its innovation management policy, which led to the creation of over one hundred Judiciary Innovation Labs (LIJs). In this context, a quantitative research study was conducted to present how these labs are structured and the results they have generated. The study encompassed 22 states in Brazil and 44 institutions, covering the five branches of justice, with the participation of 84 individuals, including technical staff, managers, and judges. The research demonstrated that, in tackling the highly complex problem of balancing judicial demand and productivity, there has been an effort to develop a new level of judicial governance based on a culture of innovation. However, it is evident that there is still a long way to go. Despite the large number of LIJs applying collaborative approaches and cutting-edge technologies, often with the support of external entities to produce new or improved services and products daily, there is low involvement of key leadership in this process. The institutions have limited dedicated innovation teams, insufficient financial investment, inadequate technical training on this subject, nascent communication mechanisms, minimal use of data as a source for creating innovations, almost no involvement of external users (a closed system), and a low degree of product result evaluation. On the other hand, it is encouraging that judicial schools have shown great interest in enhancing the training of judges, who are the main managers of this process, with a focus on Innovation. This could become the best strategy to consolidate the principles and objectives of the Judiciary's Innovation Management Policy. To bring the Judiciary institutions closer to the state-of-the-art in innovation, this study suggests technical and technological products, such as national (CNJ and the National School of Magistrates) and local (Superior Court of Justice) regulatory changes, which should enhance judicial governance, reduce barriers to innovation, and help consolidate a culture of modernization and continuous improvement in this public sector segment.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 2377637 - CHRISTIANA SOARES DE FREITAS
Interna - 2097907 - ELISABETH APARECIDA CORREA MENEZES
Externo à Instituição - Leonardo Ferreira de Oliveira - IESB
Interna - 1100988 - SHEILA CRISTINA TOLENTINO BARBOSA