Innovations

Peru

Prior Consultation with Indigenous or Native Peoples

The Prior Consultation with Indigenous or Native Peoples is a mandatory mechanism incorporated by law for prior consultation with indigenous peoples in cases of legislative or administrative measures that directly ...

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Brazil

National Conferences of Public Policies

The National Conferences of Public Policies for Women are participatory processes comprised by representatives of the government and society that aim to formulate public policies for women. Such conferences should ...

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Chile

Poderpedia (lit.Powerpedia)

Poderopedia (lit.Powerpedia) is a digital collaborative platform for data journalism that seeks to identify and link the key stakeholders in the business and political world. This tool promotes the understanding ...

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Argentina

DemocracyOS

The DemocracyOS software is an online platform that allows the deliberation and voting of political proposals. It is adapted to different formats, both in an online website and a downloadable ...

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Colombia

Anti-bureaucracy Crusade

The Anti-bureaucracy Crusade was a citizen participation exercise organized by the National Government in 2011 so that citizens could contribute to the identification of the most useless and difficult procedures ...

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Bolivia

Referendum on the Charter and Autonomous Statutes (regional, municipal, indigenous)

The Referendum on the Charter and Autonomous Statutes (regional, municipal, indigenous), was held in November 2016, so that 15 autonomous territorial entities from six departments of the country would vote ...

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Nicaragua

Editatona for Nicaraguan Women

The Editatona for Nicaraguan Women was a collective edition campaign for Wikipedia articles, which was carried out in 2016. It was organized by the group EnREDadas with the support of ...

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Dominican Republic

Know Your Budget

Fundación Solidaridad (lit. Solidarity Foundation), a civil society organization, together with the International Budget Partnership (IBP), founded a campaign for budget transparency in the Dominican Republic named ‘Conoce tu Presupuesto’ ...

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Costa Rica

Process of National Agreement in Costa Rica

The Process of National Agreement in Costa Rica, called the "Consensus for a Shared Future" was convened by the President-elect in 1998 after elections that showed a high degree of ...

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Ecuador

National Council for Equality of Peoples and Nationalities

The National Council for Equality of Peoples and Nationalities is the deliberative and consultative body established at the national level from the Organic Law of Councils for Equality and the ...

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El Salvador

Inter-institutional Penitentiary Board

The Institutional Penitentiary Board is a mechanism promoted by the Office of the Attorney General for Human Rights and aims to increase the participation of representatives of sectors of civil ...

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Guatemala

Guatemalan Internet Bill of Rights

The Guatemalan Internet Bill of Rights was carried out through a citizen-led participatory process in which different sectors of civil society created the first long-term agenda on digital issues in ...

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Honduras

Water Management Boards

The Water Management Board is a mechanism for citizen participation and self-management of public services at the town, village and municipal level. The Board is essentially responsible for the operation, ...

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Mexico

NarcoData

NarcoData (lit. Drug trafficker data) is an interactive site that allows one to learn of the evolution and advance of the various organized crime groups in Mexico. The site is ...

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Panama

Process of Consultation and Disclosure of the Proposed Draft Law on Citizen Participation

The Process of Consultation and Disclosure of the Proposed Draft Law on Citizen Participation was a dialogue space designed for the primary social stakeholders to provide feedback on the proposed ...

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Paraguay

Dengue Open Data

Dengue Open Data is a dengue-related "data model" developed by a group of researchers. It is based on open data, and revolves around making raw data available, facilitating its re-use ...

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Uruguay

Montevideo Citizen’s Forums (Decentralization Process)

A series of "Citizen Forums" were carried out to accompany the process of Decentralization of the Department of Montevideo, starting with zonal forums and culminating in a departmental forum. They ...

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Venezuela

Community Councils

The Community Councils (CC) are representative and deliberative bodies for citizen participation. They engage communities to propose, debate, formulate, decide, manage and evaluate public policy projects. They have entities for ...

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