Innovations

Peru

datea

“Datea” is a digital platform for the dissemination of useful information to and from the community on a wide variety of topics. It operates based on crowdsourcing comments, photos, links ...

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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

Regional Councils

The Regional Councils of Chile, created by Law 19.097 in 1991, are legal persons under public law, whose purpose is to make the participation of the regional community effective in ...

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Argentina

Neighborhood Improvement Program (PROMEBA)

The Neighborhood Improvement Program (PROMEBA) seeks to improve the quality of life through the social integration and urban inclusion of economically disadvantaged sectors. It is a program that at the ...

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Colombia

Regional Peace Councils

The Regional Peace Councils are agencies at the departmental and municipal level which, in collaboration with the National Peace Council, are intended to promote the achievement and maintenance of peace, ...

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Bolivia

First National Dialogue "Bolivia towards the 21st century"

The First National Dialogue "Bolivia towards the 21st Century" was convened by the Bolivian national government in 1997 with the objective of promoting the debate between political, social and economic ...

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Nicaragua

Citizen Law Initiative for the Repeal of Law 840 of the Interoceanic Canal

The Citizen Law Initiative for the Repeal of Law 840 of the Interoceanic Canal for Nicaragua was proposed by the National Council for the Defense of the Earth, Lake and ...

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Dominican Republic

Local Democracy Watch

In 2010 and 2012, the Solidarity Foundation organized public monitoring of municipal administrations, which included 9 municipalities and three other public administrations, such as the Tobacco Institute (INTABACO) or the ...

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Costa Rica

Cantonal Road Boards

The Cantonal Road Boards are public bodies, appointed by the Council of each canton and made up of democratically elected representatives of the community, whose main function is to advise ...

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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

Citizen Observatory for Open Government

The Citizen Observatory for Open Government brings together civil society organizations, academics and government. Its objective is to follow up on twenty commitments defined in the Open Government Plan of ...

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Guatemala

National Policy of Midwives for the Four Native Groups of Guatemala

The National Policy of Midwives for the Four Native Groups of Guatemala was created from 33 round tables in which regional representatives of midwives, state agencies, and civil society and ...

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Honduras

Cultural Agents of the Lenca People

The Cultural Managers of the Lenca People emerged as a mechanism for participation in the Program for the Promotion of Culture and Tourism for Local Development on the Lenca Route, ...

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Mexico

#BreakTheFear

#BreakTheFear is a platform for the coordination of media and groups of human rights defenders to strengthen the security of persons exercising the right to freedom of expression in the ...

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Panama

Bambito Encounters

The Bambito Encounters were meetings that took place before the electoral process of 1994. They were organized to consolidate trust in the development of the democratic process and to establish ...

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Paraguay

National Cybersecurity Plan

The National Cybersecurity Plan was designed in a participatory manner between 2015 and 2016. The preparation started with working groups separated by sector. Representatives of the government, civil society, and ...

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Uruguay

Voices of organized rural women: building a national agenda

"Voices of organized rural women: building a national agenda" was a meeting organized by the National Institute of Women (INMujeres) in conjunction with several other National Institutes, Ministries and social ...

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Venezuela

Venezuelan Observatory of Women's Human Rights

The Venezuelan Observatory for the Human Rights of Women is an entity that brings together more than 40 women's organizations in Venezuela. It became active in 2006 and followed the ...

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