Argentina

Social monitoring of the sanitation of the Matanza-Riachuelo basin

The Social monitoring of the sanitation of the Matanza-Riachuelo basin was a space designed to strengthen the capacities of the local stakeholders to carry out actions aimed at the accessing of information and monitoring of the management by the state in the Matanza-Riachuelo Basin. It consists of a monitoring network that enables citizens to access and disseminate public information regarding the management of the state in the sanitation of the watershed. Finally, the program was aimed at strengthening the citizen's exercise of the right to a healthy environment, channeling the demand for improvement of the quality of life and health in the watershed environment, and to enhance the impact of the neighbors in the control of the sanitation measures implemented in its territory.

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
not backed by constitution nor legislation, nor by any governmental policy or program 
Frequency
regular
Mode of selection of participants
open 
Type of participants
civil society  
Decisiveness
democratic innovation yields no decision  
Co-Governance
no 

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

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