Guatemala

National Permanent Dialogue System

The National Permanent Dialogue System is a space created by the country's executive branch with the objective of establishing a dialogue with civil society, within the framework of a strategy of conflict resolution and democratic governance. The system is made up of a board, chosen by the President of the Republic, whose members follow the guidelines of the technical team and those emerging from the multisectorial dialogues carried out at local/regional/national level, in order to take the final decisions. The dialogues deal with the following topics: 1) budget agreements; 2) sustainable resolution of conflicts; and 3) the presentation and approval of legislative initiatives. On May 2013, the National Permanent Dialogue System was reformed and its "permanent" character was modified.

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 civil society private stakeholders  
Decisiveness
democratic innovation yields a non-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

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