Techo Guatemala
The "Techo" initiative arrived in Guatemala with the name "Un Techo para mi Pais" (lit. A Roof for my Country), while it expanded throughout Latin America. The main objective of this project is the development of precarious settlements in the country, the promotion of social action and the denunciation of the social exclusion of vulnerable populations. The project is carried out in three phases: the first is the evaluation of selected territories; the second is the participatory planning of solutions to different problems (mainly related to community infrastructure) that is done in conjunction with volunteers and citizens and is based on the results of the initial diagnosis; and the third phase is the implementation of these solutions. Within the framework of this methodology and until 2017, Techo Guatemala built 4,698 emergency homes and organized 12 infrastructure projects. In addition, this organization also carried out a census of settlements in the country.
Institutional design
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
- not backed by constitution nor legislation, nor by any governmental policy or program
- Frequency
- sporadic
- Mode of selection of participants
- open
- Type of participants
- citizens
- Decisiveness
- democratic innovation yields a non-binding decision
- Co-Governance
- no
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