Honduras

Forum to assess the situation of the LGTBI community

City/State/Region
Begin – End: 2015 – 2015
Name of organization in charge: Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD)Comité de Diversidad SexualAgencia Suiza para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación (COSUDE)
Type of organization in charge: civil society international organization
Level: national

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: unknown

The Forum to assess the situation of the LGTBI community was an opportunity for different representatives of civil society organizations, international cooperation agencies, and citizens in general to discuss the compliance with human rights norms in areas such as sexual identity, education, employment and political participation. They presented the "Report on the situation of fundamental human rights of sexual diversity in Honduras 2014" and the book "The face of discrimination: Stories about Discrimination and Violence on the grounds of Sexual Diversity." Both documents summarize the main demands of this community. The forum was attended by representatives of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (COSUDE), which support the different projects of LGTBI groups in Honduras. The international and non-governmental organizations: Hivo People Unlimited, Trust and Red Lactrans, and the World Bank (WB) were also involved.

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: single
Mode of selection of participants: open
Type of participants: citizens civil society
Decisiveness: democratic innovation yields a non-binding 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