Local Supervision and Monitoring Units (USCL)
The Local Supervision and Monitoring Units (USCL) constitute a citizen-run support mechanism for Municipalities. These units are permanent sources of knowledge for governments. They are in charge of identifying challenges regarding the provision of services and the problems that require corrective actions by the municipality. The Municipal Water and Sanitation Commissions also consider these suggestions when deliberating the sectorial planning proposals for local governments. They units have a regulatory and monitory role over water and sanitation service providers; they are a delegated function of the Water and Sanitation Services Regulatory Authority (ERSAPS). These units are to be made up of honorable citizens. By 2013, it had been possible to establish Units in 70 municipalities across the country, which allowed the application of a legal and regulatory framework that allowed municipalities to improve their management skills.
Institutional design
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 non-binding decision
- Co-Governance
- yes
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