Honduras

Municipal Council of Coexistence and Citizen Security

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 2007 – 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: partial
Output: yes
Policy Outcome: unknown

The Municipal Councils of Coexistence and Citizen Security represent a space for strategic decision making in citizen security. They are recognized as an agency for the articulation of actions of the stakeholders who work with violence prevention and crime control. These councils prioritize crimes with the greatest social impact in their communities and discuss actions and strategies to address these problems, differentiating the responsibilities of the municipal administration, the security authorities and the community. Among its members are mayors, members of the national police, representatives of chambers of commerce, religious leaders and other actors from civil society organizations that represent minority groups such as children, youth and women. By 2016, 7 Municipal Councils were in operation. In addition to the aforementioned functions, these Municipal Councils monitor and evaluate the operationalization of the Local Plan of Coexistence and Citizen Security.

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: 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