Municipality of Armação dos Búzios

What Municipality of Armação dos Búzios does

The Câmara Municipal de Armação dos Búzios is the municipal legislative chamber of Armação dos Búzios, a coastal municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 1997 following the municipality's emancipation from Cabo Frio (confirmed by plebiscite in 1995), it is composed of 9 elected council members (vereadores) serving four-year terms, supported by approximately 28 staff. The chamber exercises constitutionally mandated legislative authority and external fiscal oversight over the municipal executive (Prefeitura), including budget approval, parliamentary inquiries, and evaluation of municipal accounts.

Its service portfolio is delivered primarily through digital channels: an official web portal (armacaodosbuzios.rj.leg.br), the SAPL legislative process management system, a transparency portal compliant with Lei 12.527 and Lei Complementar 131, the e-SIC electronic information request system under the LAI, an Android mobile app, live session broadcasting on YouTube and Facebook, and the D.O.LE official gazette. Accessibility is delivered through VLibras (Brazilian Sign Language translation), and procurement is conducted through LICITANET and the national PNCP portal under Lei 14.133/2021. The Escola do Legislativo provides civic education, and a new 'Parque Tecnológico' headquarters was inaugurated in August 2026.

As a public legislative body, the Câmara does not generate commercial revenue; it is funded by transfers from the broader municipality's budget (R$686.1M municipal revenue in 2024), with all services provided free of charge to citizens under Brazilian transparency law. The 2024 fiscal year has been the subject of a formal complaint (denúncia) filed with the TCE-RJ and MP-RJ alleging irregularities in the Prefeitura's accounts, including a reported debt increase from R$563M to R$995.5M.

Name

Municipality of Armação dos Búzios

Legal name

Câmara Municipal de Armação dos Búzios

Website

https://armacaodosbuzios.rj.leg.br

Company type

Public

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Câmara Municipal de Armação dos Búzios is the elected municipal legislative chamber of Armação dos Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is composed of 9 vereadores and exercises fiscal oversight, legislative deliberation, and transparency functions over the municipal executive, serving the municipality's roughly 35,000 residents via digital portals, e-SIC, and live broadcasts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Legislative Services

NAICS

Legislative Bodies (921120), Legislative Bodies (92112), Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined (92114), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (9211)

akta.pro primary industry

City Clerk/Records, Elections & Civic Engagement (BPAIACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA), Municipal Finance, Treasury, Budget & Procurement (BPAIACAC)

Keywords

• Municipal legislative services
• Public administration transparency
• Citizen information access
• Legislative process management
• Fiscal oversight governance

Headquarters

HQ city

Armação dos Búzios

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Câmara Municipal de Armação dos Búzios is the municipal legislative body of the municipality of Armação dos Búzios in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It deliberates on municipal laws, approves the municipal budget, conducts fiscal oversight of the executive branch, and provides citizens with transparency, information access, and civic participation services through digital portals (transparency portal, e-SIC, live session broadcasts, SAPL legislative process system, official legislative gazette, and an Android mobile application).

Product overview

The Câmara Municipal de Armação dos Búzios operates as a Municipal Legislative Chamber providing digital services through a unified web portal. The product portfolio consists of a public-facing website (Portal da Câmara), the e-SIC electronic citizen information system for LAI requests, a Transparency Portal (Portal Transparência) for public accounts and procurement, a mobile application for Android devices, the SAPL legislative process management system, and the Escola do Legislativo for civic education. These components work together to deliver legislative services, public information access, fiscal transparency, and citizen engagement.

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Products and services

• Portal da Câmara Municipal Official website of the Municipal Chamber providing access to legislative information, news, transparency data, and citizen services, including live session broadcasts, legal norm searches, public hearings information, and downloadable official documents.
• e-SIC (Sistema Eletrônico de Informações ao Cidadão) Electronic System for Citizen Information that manages and tracks LAI (Lei de Acesso à Informação) requests, enabling citizens to request information and monitor response status.
• Portal Transparência Transparency portal providing public access to municipal financial data including budget execution, balance sheets, fiscal reports, procurement notices, contracts, corporate cards, and human resources information, in compliance with the Brazilian Access to Information Law and Fiscal Transparency Law.
• SAPL (Sistema de Apoio ao Processo Legislativo) Legislative Process Support System managing legal norms, legislative matters, session agendas, plenary sessions, committees, and parliamentary representatives, accessed via the chamber's SAPL portal.
• D.O.LE (Diário Oficial Legislativo Eletrônico) Digital Official Gazette (Diário Oficial Legislativo Eletrônico) publishing legislative decisions, resolutions, and official chamber announcements.
• Sessão ao Vivo (Live Sessions) Live session broadcasting system enabling citizens to watch legislative sessions in real-time via YouTube and Facebook, with ordinary sessions held Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10h.
• Escola do Legislativo (Legislative School) Legislative School providing civic education courses for municipal servers and the public, including legislative technique training programs with certificates.
• Aplicativo Câmara de Búzios Mobile application for Android devices enabling citizens to access legislative information, news, and chamber services from mobile devices, available on the Google Play Store.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Prefeitura Municipal de Armação dos BúzioscoreOthersThe Municipal Chamber maintains an institutional relationship with the Prefeitura Municipal (city hall) of Armação dos Búzios. The chamber oversees the executive's budget, approves laws initiated by the mayor, and conducts fiscal oversight of municipal accounts. The prefeitura is referenced in the chamber's links section (http://buzios.rj.gov.br) and its Diário Oficial Executivo is linked through the chamber's transparency portal.
• Sistema de Apoio ao Processo Legislativo (SAPL)coreTechnology or IntegrationSAPL is the legislative process support system used by the Municipal Chamber. It is operated via https://sapl.armacaodosbuzios.rj.leg.br and manages legislative norms, parliamentary matters, session agendas, committees, and text searches. SAPL is a standard platform used across Brazilian municipal and state legislative chambers.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Câmara Municipal de Cabo Frio: Municipal legislative chamber of Cabo Frio, the parent municipality from which Armação dos Búzios emancipated in 1995. Most directly comparable in size, jurisdiction, and operating model within the same Rio de Janeiro lakes region.
• Câmara Municipal de Arraial do Cabo: Small neighboring municipal chamber in the Região dos Lagos of Rio de Janeiro state. Comparable scale, population-driven vereador count, and reliance on the same SAPL/Interlegis technology stack.
• Câmara Municipal de São Pedro da Aldeia: Adjacent municipal chamber in the same Região dos Lagos. Operates under identical SAPL/LRF/LAI compliance framework with a similar small-staff, single-municipality profile.
• Câmara Municipal de Maricá: Municipal chamber of Maricá, RJ. Comparable role with a more digitally progressive track record, providing a useful benchmark for technology-enabled citizen services at the municipal legislature level.
• Câmara Municipal de Macaé: Municipal chamber of Macaé, RJ. Mid-sized municipal legislature in the same state operating under the same legal framework (LRF, LAI, LC 131) with comparable legislative process tooling.
• Câmara Municipal de Angra dos Reis: Municipal chamber of Angra dos Reis, RJ. Comparable size and tourist-economy profile to Búzios, operating the same SAPL-based legislative process and transparency portal model.

Broad incumbents

• Câmara Municipal de Niterói: Larger municipal chamber in Rio de Janeiro state serving a more populous and urban municipality. Broader scope but exercises the same constitutional municipal legislative and fiscal oversight functions.
• Câmara Municipal de Campos dos Goytacazes: Larger municipal chamber in northern Rio de Janeiro state with a more complex fiscal oversight mandate, useful as a scale-up benchmark for municipal legislative operations.

Others

• Interlegis (Programa do Senado Federal): Federal Senate program that provides the digital infrastructure (SAPL, webmail, training) used by the Câmara de Búzios. Adjacent ecosystem enabler rather than a direct peer.
• Associação Brasileira de Municípios (ABM): National municipal association that supports municipal governments including legislative chambers across Brazil. Ecosystem/advisory comparator rather than a direct operational peer.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/legislativobz
• Facebookfacebook.com/camarabuzios
• Instagraminstagram.com/buzioscamara

Compliance6 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

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