Minutes template sample indicated for the use of the binary decomposition technique. Source: Elaborated by the authors.

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... technique of analyzing council meeting minutes presented in this article is a useful tool for identifying the flaws and the potentiality of institutional design within the scope of EPG guidelines. Figure 2 presents the meeting minutes template that was commonly used by PEIC and whose format prevails in many preparations of minutes. It is noted the location of the data transformed into variables for the analysis of the GPE of the PEIC management, described in Table 1. ...

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... first step in facilitating the analysis of the minutes is a document analysis by creating an indexed database in which information from the underlying analysis can be entered. As mentioned, the broader format for creation of the council minutes is aimed at obtaining metadata ( Figure 2), such as those pointed out in Table 1 (for example, date and location of the meeting, among other aspects), which already provide information relevant to the identification of the variables of meeting frequency, diversity of social actors, representation, and those that can be indexed as primary variables of the minutes database, to be mobilized quickly with the aim of producing information relevant to the design. ...

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... analysis of the deliberations can be the second step in the organization of the minutes database. Information of this type can be mobilized, comparing the number and quality of meeting agendas and their resolutions (Figure 2, Table 1). It is the analysis of empowerment that requires more analytical and reflective time because it directs the analysis to the development of the discussions presented in the minutes and requires the most active mobilization in the categorical content analysis, as well as the use of qualitative analysis tools (such as NVivo software). ...

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... is important to emphasize that the application of the binary decomposition technique for the analysis of minutes is only possible in spaces where written records of the meetings are used and where a determinate template is followed (Figure 2). The description of the discussions is the essential point for enabling the analysis of empowerment. ...

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... technique points out ways of systematizing and building a database of the minutes (document analysis) as a first step in data indexing. The next stage would be the systematization of this indexing in a spreadsheet, based on basic metadata (Figure 2, Table 1) aimed at understanding social participation. The analysis of more superficial content of the minutes from defined variables (Table 1) generates information on the deliberative processes, which can be quantified using the binary decomposition technique. ...

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... analysis of more superficial content of the minutes from defined variables (Table 1) generates information on the deliberative processes, which can be quantified using the binary decomposition technique. Only these two concepts, participation and deliberation, can be extracted from the minutes with less analytical effort ( Figure 2). The analysis of empowerment, however, requires greater specification in the description of the meetings' discussions in the minutes, as well as greater effort in the categorical content analysis, which may require the use of qualitative analysis software (such as NVivo). ...