Argentina

Council for Prevention, Protection and Assistance to Victims and Witnesses of Human Trafficking and Smuggling

City/State/Region: Entre Ríos
Begin – End: 2011 – ongoing
Name of organization in charge: Ministerio de Gobierno y Justicia de Entre Ríos
Type of organization in charge: government
Level: regional

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: unknown
Policy Outcome: unknown

The Council for Prevention, Protection and Assistance to Victims and Witnesses of Human Trafficking and Smuggling was created in 2011 by Law 10,032. It is made up of representatives of governmental institutions and two representatives of civil society organizations. Its purpose is to propose to the Executive Power, on the one hand, agreements related to human trafficking and smuggling it can sign with international, national, provincial, municipal and community organizations and, on the other hand, bills drafts aimed at the prevention of human trafficking, smuggling and the assistance and protection of its victims and witnesses. In addition, the Council promotes intersectoral coordination in the development of actions linked to its competencies; encourages the development of research projects focused on human trafficking and human rights; carries out training activities for public officials on the matter of human trafficking and organizes awareness-raising campaigns.

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: embedded in the constitution/legislation
Frequency: regular
Mode of selection of participants: restricted
Type of participants: civil society
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.jusentrerios.gov.ar/biblioteca/ley-10-032-b-o-01062011-programa-de-prevencion-proteccion-y-asistencia-a-las-victimas-y-testigos-de-la-trata-y-trafico-de-personas/