LATINNO
Innovations for Democracy in Latin America
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18
countries covered
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Currently @ LATINNO This month, Mexico's historical turnout in its general elections was accompanied by various forms of participation that went well beyond attendance to the polls. Besides presenting you our favorite democratic innovation during the country's 2018 elections, this newsletter will talk about how participatory spaces that engage citizens in the electoral process have been present across the entire region. They mainly consist of oversight bodies that supervise campaigns, political promises, and transparency during elections through digital and non-digital means, but other ...
Read moreCurrently @ LATINNO This month, our newsletter will focus on participatory innovations that aim to engage children and teenagers in policymaking processes in Latin America. These new spaces seek to create a dialogue between governments and the youth, identify the needs of often vulnerable social groups, and improve their representation. LATINNO at the Annual Meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation On June 28th, LATINNO's coordinator Thamy Pogrebinschi, who was an Alexander von Humboldt’s Georg Forster ...
Read moreCurrently @ LATINNO It has been a busy month for LATINNO! While continuing to update our database with new cases of democratic innovation in Latin America, we shared our results at the International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association in Barcelona and exchanged some insights regarding digital participation at the #Innovapol debate "The Limits of Political Innovation.". In this newsletter, we will focus on the participatory innovations that aim to create more inclusive processes within local and national healthcare ...
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