Argentina

Student Deliberative Councils

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 2009 – 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

The "Student Deliberative Councils" is a national program that promotes the creation of institutional spaces designed to invite highschool. students to participate in the Deliberative Council in their locality, where they can propose and present real projects that are effectively addressed by the Councilors and implemented in their area. The program was initiated in 2009 by the Secretariat for Parliamentary Relations of the Office of the Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers, and has been declared of educational interest by the Secretary of Education of the Nation. The areas that wish to implement it must issue an Ordinance by which they call for the creation of the Student Deliberative Council of the city. Helping to form the Council are student representatives from the schools of the district, who are responsible for producing and discussing projects considered of interest to the youth and the student community. The projects approved by the student councils are then obligatorily dealt with the Deliberative Councils of each city.

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: restricted
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

Sources

http://www.cde.gob.ar/