Mexico

The Public Safety Council of the State of Nuevo León

The Public Safety Council of the State of Nuevo León is a social organization of a strictly civilian nature, created by the Public Security Law Article 99. It is autonomous and able to carry out legal acts as well as make its own decisions. It interferes and participates in all governmental activities related to security. For this, the Councilors can be organized in Commissions that deal with diverse areas, such as: attention to victims of crime; citizen outreach and participation; implementation and effectiveness of the examinations of trust of the police forces; improvement of penitentiary systems; attention to marginalized classes, among others. The council is empowered to promote the elaboration of or reform of legislation on the matter. This Council also collects concerns and requests from citizens.

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
citizens  
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

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