Argentina

Participatory budget (Face-to-Face)

City/State/Region: RosarioLa MatanzaCrespoSan MiguelSan FernandoUnquilloReconquistaSan Carlos de BarilocheSanta FeQuilmesCórdobaMendozaResistenciaCorrientesRafaelaMorónNeuquénLas HerasZárateBella VistaVilla MaríaSan PedroMaipúBerissoCañada de GómezComodoro RivadaviaConcepción del UruguayGeneral PueyrredónSan Salvador de JujuyLa CostaPehuajóRío GrandeGeneral San MartínSunchales
Begin – End: 2002 – ongoing
Name of organization in charge: Gobiernos Municipales
Type of organization in charge: government
Level: local

Impact

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Implementation: was the innovation effectively, partially or not put into practice at all?

Fulfillment of Aims: were the goals of the innovation completely, partially or not achieved at all?

Output: has the innovation generated recommendations, initiatives, decisions or policies?

Outcome: if there were a policy output, was it enacted or implemented?

Implementation: yes
Fulfillment of Democratic Innovation’s aim: yes
Output: yes
Policy Outcome: yes

Since 2002, the Participatory Budget began to be implemented throughout the country, starting from assemblies or neighborhood forums. The different initiatives have different degrees of institutionality and legal support. In general, they are regulated at the local level by the municipalities in the form of an Ordinance and provide for an informational instance, an assembly and proposal body, and in many cases also the composition of a body (Participatory Budget Council) to accompany the technical development and the implementation of projects. Some Provinces have Framework Laws that regulate them. The motivation for the implementation of this system is fundamentally for the integration of the citizenry in the public decisions and the inclusion of proposals of solutions and projects in the calculation and execution of the fiscal funds. Until 2016, the municipalities that used it reached a total of 56, distributed between the Provinces of: Buenos Aires, Chubut, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, Salta, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, and Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands. All of these municipalities also integrate the Argentine Network of Participatory Budgets (RAPP).

Institutional design

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Formalization: is the innovation embedded in the constitution or legislation, in an administrative act, or not formalized at all?

Frequency: how often does the innovation take place: only once, sporadically, or is it permanent or regular?

Mode of Selection of Participants: is the innovation open to all participants, access is restricted to some kind of condition, or both methods apply?

Type of participants: those who participate are individual citizens, civil society organizations, private stakeholders or a combination of those?

Decisiveness: does the innovation takes binding, non-binding or no decision at all?

Co-governance: is there involvement of the government in the process or not?

Formalization: only backed by a governmental program or policy
Frequency: regular
Mode of selection of participants: open
Type of participants: citizens
Decisiveness: democratic innovation yields a binding decision
Co-Governance: yes

Means

Deliberation
Direct Voting
E-Participation
Citizen Representation

Ends

Accountability
Responsiveness
Rule of Law
Political Inclusion
Social Equality

Policy cycle

Agenda setting

Formulation and decision-making

Implementation

Policy Evaluation